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Sherlock Holmes And The King's Evil: And Other New Tales Featuring The World's Greatest Detective (2009)

by Donald Thomas(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1605980439 (ISBN13: 9781605980430)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Pegasus

series

Sherlock Holmes

review 1: Most Sherlock Holmes fanfiction is better than this plodding attempt. No amount of clever ideas - having Holmes discover the truth of Wilde's "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime", for instance; or introducing the young Winston Churchill as the pre WWI Home Secretary - can make up for the terrifyingly pedestrian slog Thomas produces. Neither Holmes not Watson have a distinctive voice; only gimmicky expressions nabbed from Conan Doyle. Boring, boring, boring - pass the seven percent solution *now*, there's a good man.
review 2: I enjoyed the stories Thomas crafts in this book, particularly 'The Case of the King's Evil' and 'The Case of the Zimmerman Telegram.' Thomas's dialog between Watson and Holmes is reminiscent of Doyle's engaging style, although here the descripti... moreve narrative is not as well done (whereas the scenes of Sherlock Holmes's original escapades seem to come alive on the page for me, it felt like these were flat by comparison). It's a fun, quick read. less

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