Review: The Devil's Due by Bonnie MacBird

The Devil's Due is Bonnie MacBird's third Sherlock Holmes novel and I say up front that it is the best so far.

Review: The Adventures of Solar Pons Vol 1

Yes I know this is not strictly speaking a Sherlock Holmes or Arthur Conan Doyle matter but you'll have to bear with me as it's a quiet news day (month? year?) from a Holmes perspective.

Guest Post from Alan Lance Andersen

 Some time ago I posted about the challenges of writing a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that felt authentic. Naturally I'm not the only person with thoughts on this subject...

Announcement - New book from Tim Symonds

Tim Symonds has a new pastiche out.

The Affairs of Sherlock Holmes • by Sax Rohmer

A new Sherlock Holmes pastiche is out now.

Update on current reading

As mentioned yesterday, I am reading a Holmes pastiche for review.

Review: The House at Baker Street

Pan Macmillan recently supplied me with a copy of The House at Baker Street by Michelle Birkby. Here is my review.

Look what's arrived for review...

I have some reading to do.

Farewell to Baker Street - Review part 3

Yes it's the latest part of my drawn out review of Farewell to Baker Street.

Farewell to Baker Street - Review part 2

I have been working my way through a pastiche collection entitled Farewell to Baker Street.

Review: Art in the Blood

Now I don't normally review pastiche but I have made an exception.

Down the rabbit hole once more....

I have begun reading Art in the Blood.

Separating the wheat from the chaff

Back in 2013 I wrote about the issue of money versus longevity when it comes to Sherlockian writings.

"Lost" Sherlock Holmes story - my thoughts

If the historian Walter Elliot, who discovered the story which he believed to be a lost Sherlock Holmes story, wanted publicity he certainly got it....