The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Series by Orlando Pearson
The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Series by Orlando Pearson
The Church Times calls his works “clever, thought-provoking, and
Orlando Pearson is the creator of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series. In its Baker Street dozen of volumes, Pearson demolishes forever the absurd notion that Sherlock Holmes and his even cleverer brother, Mycroft, might not have been real people.
Autumn 2025 saw the third Redacted novel, Further Studies in Statecraft. This is a second set of Mycroftian memoirs with Sherlock’s cleverer brother’s Machiavellian machinations on full display as he toys with the Ripper, Alfred Dreyfus, Winston Churchill, Hitler’s only Jewish field-marshal, and two girl-friends of Hitler. In the last work in the collection, Mycroft negotiates a trade deal with maverick American President, Ronald Crump.
Margie’s Musings said of this, “I have been waiting eagerly for this book. I loved the first volume of Mycroft Holmes’ memoirs. The second book did not disappoint…. Vastly entertaining. I look forward to volume three.
Pearson’s The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume IX appeared in June of last year and featured three famous composers (one female), a famous footballer (female), a scandalous woman, Queen Victoria, a Nobel prize winning scientist, Tsar Nicholas II, Charles de Gaulle, and Adolf Hitler. This time the Historical Novels Society said, “This book should be read and enjoyed while reclining on a chaise longue with a glass of bubbles within reach and with the willing suspension of disbelief.”
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote fifty-six short works and four longer ones about Sherlock Holmes.
Who would bet against Orlando matching this in 2026?
A recent Canadian Radio interview with Orlando is under the link below.
