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The human side of Sherlock Holmes.

Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye

January 3, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Lyndsay Faye is a consummate player of The Great Game, and this book was a lovely little treat. If you’re somehow unaware, The Great Game is the practice of Sherlockians to act as if Holmes and Watson were real, and to make existing canon and facts fit together. This book plays into that in that Faye acts like she is just the editor of these stories, which are all told from the first person perspectives of people in Sherlock Holmes’s life who aren’t Dr. John […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes ·
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Very satisfying Sherlock Holmes pastiche, with bonus Jack the Ripper.

Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye

December 30, 2020 by narfna 1 Comment

I would not be lying if I say that this is the best Sherlock Holmes novel I’ve ever read, and that’s including the actual Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I have some thoughts about why this is, none moreso than ACD never seemed to love his characters as much as other people did, and the popularity and lovabilty of the character has maintained, even grown in some circles, in the one hundred years since he first appeared in the pages of […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: dust and shadow, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, historical fiction, jack the ripper, john watson, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, pastiche, Sherlock Holmes

narfna's CBR12 Review No:190 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: dust and shadow, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, historical fiction, jack the ripper, john watson, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, pastiche, Sherlock Holmes ·
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Lady Charlotte Holmes investigates closer to home

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

December 4, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the fifth book in an ongoing series, and as such, this review may and probably will contain spoilers for earlier books. If you’re not caught up, go start at the beginning, with A Study in Scarlet Women.    Official book description: Inspector Treadles, Charlotte Holmes’s friend and collaborator, has been found locked in a room with two dead men, both of whom worked with his wife at the great manufacturing enterprise she has recently inherited.   Rumours fly. Had Inspector Treadles killed […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian

Malin's CBR12 Review No:79 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian ·
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She really is smarter than everyone else

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

September 28, 2020 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

I have recommended A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas to nearly everyone it feels like. It seems very appropriate to review it for the Gateway CBR12 bingo square. I started reading it last year for Cannon Book Club, but never went back to finish. So I went in fresh with the audiobook to jumpstart my brain and finally finish my paperback copy. Charlotte Holmes is a clever woman who is smarter than almost everyone she meets. All she wants is independence to do […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a study in scarlet women, book one, book remix, cbr12bingo, Gateway, historical romance, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a study in scarlet women, book one, book remix, cbr12bingo, Gateway, historical romance, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas ·
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A Monster Take on Sherlock Holmes

A Study In Emerald by Neil Gaiman

September 1, 2020 by Ale 1 Comment

I’m not usually one for graphic novels, but I will read Neil Gaiman’s grocery list, so when my friend brought this over and said ‘you gotta read this,’ I took the opportunity. “A Study In Emerald” closely follows Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original “A Study in Scarlet,” but with cooler characters and monsters. To give anything else of the plot away will spoil the joy of this story too much, so I’ll leave it at that and let those who love Gaiman and Sherlock Holmes […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: cbr12bingo, Green, Neil Gaiman, Sherlock Holmes

Ale's CBR12 Review No:17 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Short Stories, Speculative Fiction · Tags: cbr12bingo, Green, Neil Gaiman, Sherlock Holmes ·
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A Sherlock Holmes Retelling That Actually Works!

The Angel of the Crows by Katherine Addison

July 1, 2020 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

Katherine Addison might just have made my auto-pre-order list. I loved The Goblin Emperor, and she did it again with her most recent book which is effectively Sherlock Holmes fan-fiction. The cool thing about The Angel of the Crows is how it sets things up to be kind of recognizable but then drops a detail or line that makes it really clear which story you’re in and puts things recently mentioned in new and often interesting perspectives. The world of the story is a Victorian […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Mystery Tagged With: angels, katherine addison, London, Sherlock Holmes, The Angel of the Crows, vampires, Victorian, werewolves

CoffeeShopReader's CBR12 Review No:56 · Genres: Fanfiction, Fantasy, Mystery · Tags: angels, katherine addison, London, Sherlock Holmes, The Angel of the Crows, vampires, Victorian, werewolves ·
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  • narfna on And now, jump back hundreds and hundreds of years…#BlameMalin on this one for me, too, because she literally sent me a copy.
  • narfna on “And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”That's gotta be the new headcanon.
  • drmllz on “And that very same evening—that very same evening—Lord Edgware dies. Good title that, by the way. Lord Edgware Dies. Look well on a book stall.”I like to think the wife packs Hastings off to England to hang out with Poirot and enjoys having a whole ranch to herself...
  • Emmalita on And now, jump back hundreds and hundreds of years…Oh yay! Another #BlameMalin victim. That was an expensive miscommunication. I'm glad your grandmother is ok.
  • Emmalita on I liked this more as an exercise in boundary pushing for meI have to admit, I really liked this one. But Anita Kelly's whole vibe just works for me. I do have a couple of non...
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