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Review of “A World of Wolves: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” Paula Hammond’s

Paula Hammond’s novel “A World of Wolves: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” brings us a brutal case based on a horrifying reality of Victorian times. The first incident, in 1868, is an investigation carried out when Sherlock Holmes was a teenager. Sherlock, with older brother Mycroft’s help, is still developing his observation and deduction skills. He and Mycroft are called to Cambridge to investigate a murder. They assist the police in finding the culprits but the case changes both men and provides...

Review of “The Man Who Believed in Fairies” What if Sherlock Holmes'

What if Sherlock Holmes' greatest enemy wasn't a criminal mastermind - but his own creator?

Having abandoned retirement, Sherlock Holmes is drawn into a battle of intellects where, this time, the stakes are deeply personal. Lurking behind the shadows of his past is the true architect of his near-fatal encounter at Reichenbach Falls: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - a flawed genius whose beliefs threaten everything Holmes stands for.

When two young girls claim to have captured photographic proof of...

Review of “The Clockmaker’s Bequest: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure” “When

“When solicitor Phineas Larcombe telegrams Baker Street with two words - murder suspected - Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are drawn into a web of death that begins in a Clerkenwell clockmaker's workshop and reaches far darker places than either man could have imagined.

Ezekiel Brand, master horologist, is dead at his workbench. The police call it natural causes. His solicitor isn't so sure. Brand has left behind a singular clock - a masterwork of brass and oak with no numerals on its face -...

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