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The Trials of Sherlock Holmes
It is a cold London morning in 1887, and the discovery of a dead man in an abandoned house plunges Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson into a series of eight trying cases that will test the friendship of the two companions and threaten the safety of the country itself.
From a staged murder to an impossible suicide, the theft of a national document to the disappearance of an entire family, London's foremost consulting detective and his faithful companion must seek out the clues and venture into the very heart of each mystery. All the while a sinister force, lurking amid the busy streets of London, stalks their every case, testing their own mental and physical prowess; ultimately they require the assistance of their closest allies, including Mycroft Holmes and the unsophisticated Inspectors Gregson and Lestrade.
Will Holmes and Watson be able to avert the approaching threat that appears to be vengefully heading straight for them?
From a staged murder to an impossible suicide, the theft of a national document to the disappearance of an entire family, London's foremost consulting detective and his faithful companion must seek out the clues and venture into the very heart of each mystery. All the while a sinister force, lurking amid the busy streets of London, stalks their every case, testing their own mental and physical prowess; ultimately they require the assistance of their closest allies, including Mycroft Holmes and the unsophisticated Inspectors Gregson and Lestrade.
Will Holmes and Watson be able to avert the approaching threat that appears to be vengefully heading straight for them?
173 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 10, 2017
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About the author
James Moffett
13 books14 followersJames Moffett discovered his love for reading at a later stage than usual. Since then he has been absorbing all kinds of facts and histories, going as far back as the Roman era and as recent as the Victorian age. During his brief writing career, he has published a collection of short stories and a stand-alone novel on the character of Sherlock Holmes, including short story submissions to two anthologies about the same literary character. He also maintains an online blog on the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien: atolkienistperspective.wordpress.com as well as a YouTube channel: Brewing Books. In his spare time, James engages in copious amounts of reading, tea drinking, and practising archery.
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
July 18, 2017
The mysteries here are satisfying, and they all tie together into one unified puzzle pretty nicely.
If you are a fan of the BBC series Sherlock, you will probably like this. It's got the Victorian London setting of the canonical stories, but I found the characterizations to be very much informed by the BBC show. The Holmes in this book is "cheeky" (p. 119) and "mischievous" (p. 145), and other anachronisms such as a kitchen in the 221B apartment also seem derived from the show rather than the book.
In the end, I found this book a fun way to pass the time. Just right for a little light summer reading.
If you are a fan of the BBC series Sherlock, you will probably like this. It's got the Victorian London setting of the canonical stories, but I found the characterizations to be very much informed by the BBC show. The Holmes in this book is "cheeky" (p. 119) and "mischievous" (p. 145), and other anachronisms such as a kitchen in the 221B apartment also seem derived from the show rather than the book.
In the end, I found this book a fun way to pass the time. Just right for a little light summer reading.
March 27, 2018
Actual rating: 3.5
Very good, very interesting read.
Very good, very interesting read.
July 25, 2017
Who is this new mastermind of evil?
My thanks go out to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my copy of this book! Thanks so much, you guys!
This book is a series of interconnecting short stories. They work extremely well as a complete book, but I doubt that the stories would all function well as standalone stories. Holmes and Watson are first drawn into the story while investigating a locked-room murder.
The action moves on to each new case, and each has a seeming one time criminal. But Holmes becomes aware of a force behind the scenes that is using these crimes to entice the detective and Doctor Watson to their doom for imagined injustices.
Saying much more might possibly spoil the book, so I will be brief. The whole thing is arranged around a case that Holmes has always felt was one of his failures. The protagonist, however, is new and unique to this novel. Holmes and Watson have seldom been in so much danger or injured so badly as they find themselves in this book!
I will give the book four stars!
Quoth the Raven…
My thanks go out to Steve and Timi at MX Publishing for my copy of this book! Thanks so much, you guys!
This book is a series of interconnecting short stories. They work extremely well as a complete book, but I doubt that the stories would all function well as standalone stories. Holmes and Watson are first drawn into the story while investigating a locked-room murder.
The action moves on to each new case, and each has a seeming one time criminal. But Holmes becomes aware of a force behind the scenes that is using these crimes to entice the detective and Doctor Watson to their doom for imagined injustices.
Saying much more might possibly spoil the book, so I will be brief. The whole thing is arranged around a case that Holmes has always felt was one of his failures. The protagonist, however, is new and unique to this novel. Holmes and Watson have seldom been in so much danger or injured so badly as they find themselves in this book!
I will give the book four stars!
Quoth the Raven…
December 23, 2017
Exquisite
A riveting and well phrased read, worthy of Holmes lovers and fans of detective fiction. Except for the kitchen of course.
A riveting and well phrased read, worthy of Holmes lovers and fans of detective fiction. Except for the kitchen of course.
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