Nouvelles

David Marcum Tracy Revels entered the Sherlockian literary world by way of a short volume of Holmes parodies, a three-volume series in which Holmes is a magical member of the wizarding world, and an excellent online Christmas pastiche written in the traditional and correct manner about the True Holmes. From this, she was invited to participate in “The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes stories”, and she never looked back, becoming one of the most prolific contributors. Since then, she has shared dozens of excellent Canonical adventures with happy readers, and now these have been collected into three volumes –...

Tom Turley Les pasticheurs sherlockiens (moi y compris) oublient souvent que le but principal de Conan Doyle dans le Canon était de montrer ses compétences de détective en matière d'observation et de déduction. Assurément, Denis O. Smith n’en fait pas partie. Chacun des cinq cas de sa nouvelle collection est une chaîne d’analyse logique parfaitement construite, dans laquelle (comme Watson l’a dit ailleurs) chaque maillon sonne vrai. Il existe une variété louable parmi eux : deux sont évidemment inspirés de récits canoniques ; une autre est une « histoire inédite ». Une offrande fantaisiste sur un artefact volé cède la...

David Marcum It’s wonderful to live in a time when there are so many new Holmes adventures, as I recall when they were much harder to find. These eight tales in Caiden Cooper Myle’s second collection, “The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes – Volume II” are everything that one looks for in a Holmes story – well-plotted, interesting in a way to propel the reader forward to find out what happens next, and told in Watson’s voice concerning the TRUE traditional Canonical Sherlock Holmes. Like Myles’ first book, these stories follow the Canonical path and, reading them, I quickly sit...

The Traitorous Templar (Richard Ryan) Holmes is asked to probe unexplained after-hours visits to a medieval arms room. He uncovers a connection to a present-day Templar and a hidden underground storeroom dating back to the Middle Ages. Death In The Harem (Susan Knight) Sherlock Holmes and Mrs Hudson are called to investigate the mysterious deaths of the Sultan of Turkey's favourite concubines. Mrs Hudson infiltrates the harem, where she faces mortal danger.  The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Volume II Eight newly uncovered mysteries involving theft, spiritualism, espionage, and puzzling personal cases, including mysterious gifts, a scientist's obsession with a...

The Sherlock Holmes Society of London Jeff Cody, vice-president of marketing and communications at a small Catholic university in Erin, Ohio, is an unsuccessful writer of hard-boiled crime stories. Outclassed by his brother-in-law, Professor Sebastian McCabe BSI, a leading author and amateur detective, Jeff serves as a sometimes rather grudging Watson to Sebastian’s Holmes. Both have a fondness for the super-heroes and villains of graphic novels, so naturally they attend the Tri-State Comic Book Expo when it comes to Erin. One speaker is a local celebrity, Parker Williams, high-flying writer-artist, who has been accused of stealing the character of his...