Sherlock Holmes at the Breakfast Table

by L.F.E. Coombs

Sherlock Holmes at the Breakfast Table is a sparkling new collection of the further adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. It is unique in combining the style and intrigue of Holmes and Watson stories with the developing technology of turn-of-the-century Victorian England. Written in the original Strand Magazine style and told by Holmes' companion, Dr John Watson, these previously untold tales unfold with wit and humour and most are recounted or begin at the breakfast table. Although told in the classic Holmes style, these adventures see the pair involved in telegraphy, flying-machines, a horseless carriage, chemistry, naval weapons and advanced steam engines. Holmes applies his highly developed powers of deduction to whole new fields of understanding, and the stories deftly mingle fiction with facts and events of the day.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2012

Reviews

[L.A. Adolf · Rating 3 out of 5]

The stories are well written, full of period detail, and feature a capable Watson, but I found I could not rate the book higher than three stars, because the mysteries were simply not very involving.

Also, the author seems to have a fixation on orange marmalade, each of the tales presented has some connection to the famous British breakfast tradition or its constituent parts. Quixotic, but again, not very interesting.