Medium – Book (Graphic Novel) About the Book – Set in a cross-over world of Sherlock Holmes and the Lovecraftian Cthulhu Mythos, we meet the detective and his staunch companion, a wounded soldier. They are called to the murder of a member of the royal family, a creature with tentacles, green blood and a ‘faceContinue reading “2021 Book #49 – A Study in Emerald”
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2021 Book #33 – Mrs Hudson and the Lazarus Testament
Medium – Book About the Book – Mrs Hudson, the redoubtable housekeeper of Sherlock Holmes, and Flotsam, the maid and her investigative assistant, return in the third of these ‘Holmes and Hudson Mysteries’. The book follows Flottie as she works as a maid at 221B Baker Street in the 1880/1890s (we assume!) One day, asContinue reading “2021 Book #33 – Mrs Hudson and the Lazarus Testament”
TBR Pile #23 – Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon
Medium – Book About the Book – Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are at the denouement of a case involving a purloining St Nicholas when they are approached by a beautiful young woman, Eve Allerthorpe, who believes that she is being haunted by a Christmas Demon. Her late mother, who committed suicide last Christmas, toldContinue reading “TBR Pile #23 – Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon”
TBR Pile #17 – Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons
Medium – Book About the Book – The events of the Hound of the Baskervilles occurred five years ago and still the terror of the climatic night haunts Dr Watson. They are called back to Baskerville Hall under the most awful of circumstances – Sir Henry Baskerville’s wife, Audrey, is killed whilst out walking oneContinue reading “TBR Pile #17 – Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons”
TBR Pile #16 – The Complete Sherlock Holmes
Medium – Audiobook About the Book – Stephen Fry reads the Complete Collection of Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From the novel ‘The Study in Scarlet’ to the final (canonical) Holmes tale ‘His Last Bow’, the adventures of the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend and colleague Dr Watson areContinue reading “TBR Pile #16 – The Complete Sherlock Holmes”
TBR Pile #14 – Mrs Hudson’s Diaries
Medium – Book About the Book – The comedians Barry and Bob Cryer have ‘discovered’ the memoirs of Mrs Hudson, the long-suffering housekeeper of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The diaries trace Mrs Hudson’s thoughts from the arrival of her tenants to their supposed date of her death in 1914. We meet her as sheContinue reading “TBR Pile #14 – Mrs Hudson’s Diaries”
Book #32 – Granada’s Greatest Detective
Prompt – A book with a title with more than twenty characters Medium – Book About the Book – Keith Frankel tells the ‘behind the scenes’ story of the Granada production of ‘Sherlock Holmes, filmed in the 1980s and 1990s. The incomparable Jeremy Brett played the role of Sherlock Holmes, alongside David Burke (seasons 1-2)Continue reading “Book #32 – Granada’s Greatest Detective”
Book #24 – The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerising Girl
Prompt – A book with a main character in their 20s Medium – Book About the Book – The sequel to ‘European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman’, Theodora Goss presents the next adventures of the Athena Club. Mary, Justine, Diana, Catherine and Beatrice return as they receive a message that their kitchen maid, Alice, andContinue reading “Book #24 – The Sinister Mystery of the Mesmerising Girl”
Book #22 – European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman
Prompt – A book that passes the Bechdel Test (a book must feature at least two women, they must talk to each other and their conversation must be about something other than a man). Medium – Book About the Book – The second in a trilogy of books by Theodora Goss, ‘European Travel for theContinue reading “Book #22 – European Travel for the Monstrous Gentlewoman”
Book #10 – Mrs Hudson and the Spirit’s Curse
Prompt – A book set in a city that hosted the Olympics – London! Medium – Book About the book – Flotsam, a poor street girl, gets taken in by Mrs Hudson, the famous housekeeper of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. Mrs H, it turns out, is something of a detective herself, and has manyContinue reading “Book #10 – Mrs Hudson and the Spirit’s Curse”
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