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In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes
In the Shadow of Sherlock Holmes features 21 stories published during the earliest days of detective literature, 1862 to 1910. These stories are stand-outs in the field, and though not well-known today, they easily match or beat Arthur Conan Doyle''s master detective in whose shadow they have been relegated. IDW corrects that literary oversight in this "best of the best" c...more
Paperback, 362 pages
Published
December 13th 2011
by IDW Publishing
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The back cover of this collection says the stories "easily match or beat Arthur Conan Doyle's master detective," which aside from not really making sense is just blurbtalk. With a few exceptions, these stories are deservedly forgotten and lacking style, character, interesting plots, or any sense of how to structure a mystery.
Those exceptions include a Sherlock-less train mystery from Sir ACD himself, who shows up like Springsteen at SXSW to show the kids how its done, and the funny and ingenious...more
Those exceptions include a Sherlock-less train mystery from Sir ACD himself, who shows up like Springsteen at SXSW to show the kids how its done, and the funny and ingenious...more
The introduction gives the reader the impression that this collection is of excellent stories that didn't quite manage to gain popularity during a time when the world was obsessed with Holmes. In reality, these stories were not, in fact, over-looked due to timing but to their own sorry quality. The only ones that were any good at all was The Problem of Cell 13 by Jacques Futrelle (a clever plot if forgetably written), The Story of the Man with the Watches by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (typical maste...more
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