Nouvelles

David Marcum Susan Knight is a wonderful Holmesian pasticheur, and her traditional Canonical Sherlockian adventures appear regularly in “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories” – many of which were collected in “The Strange Case of the Pale Boy”. With these, she always raising the bar of excellence. But she’s also known for her Mrs. Hudson novels. She first appeared on the scene with “Mrs. Hudson Investigates”, followed by “Mrs. Hudson Goes to Ireland”, “Mrs. Hudson Goes to Paris”, “Death in the Garden of England” – and now “Death in the Harem”, wherein Holmes and Mrs. Hudson travel, by...

The results are in and it was a very close race between Denis Smith and Caiden Cooper Myles and their short story collections with Caiden coming out just ahead with his Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes despite Denis catching up fast in the last few months of the year. The top five books of the year were all short story collections with the top novel, David Marcum's Eye of Heka the only one to break into the top 10. Audio has grown in to become the most popular format of Sherlock Holmes Books in 2024 with now over 400 of...

David Marcum Brenda Seabrooke has been a reliable and welcome contributor to “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories”. Many of those tales were collected in her first Holmes book, “The Persian Slipper”, and now she’s back with more in “The Crimson Trail”, ten previously published stories, here in one convenient volume.     My personal favorite is “Mrs. Farinstosh’s Opal Tiara”, relating one of Holmes’s early “Untold Cases”, before he met Watson. But each one is enjoyable, and Sherlockians will be glad to have this book in their libraries.   Sherlock Holmes The Crimson Trail and Other Stories is...

David Marcum There have been a lot of kids books related to Sherlock Holmes. There are countless variations of the adventures of the Baker Street Irregulars in various combinations. There are several series looking at the life of Young Sherlock Holmes. All serve to give young readers a sense of who Holmes is, serving as a gateway to lead them to the true Canon. This series does the same, but in a new and unique way – a Sherlockian mystery narrated by cats.     In Heather Edwards’ first book, “Sherlock Cat and the Missing Mousie”, two cas decided to...

David Marcum I first became aware of Martin Daley when he wrote his Sherlock Holmes novel “The Adventure of the Spanish Drums”, which included Inspector Cornelius Armstrong. Daley later became a regular and valued contributor to “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories”, and then he published four volumes of Inspector Armstrong’s adventures.   Now, with “The Selected Cases of Doctor Watson”, he presents a collection of new and previously published material, all written with the same level of excellence that we’ve come to expect. This handsome volume contains eleven wonderful Holmes adventures, and true Sherlockians who appreciate the...