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Now on Kickstarter – A Sherlock Holmes Alphabet

Now on Kickstarter – A Sherlock Holmes Alphabet

The Sherlock Holmes Alphabet brings iconic scenes from the Sherlock Holmes canon to life using Lego figures in high resolution images.

Five years ago, James Macaluso began building scenes from Sherlock Holmes stories in LEGO® figures. This became a series of books covering twelve of the adventures of Sherlock Holmes titled “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined”. Each book featured many high resolution features as well as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s original text for the stories.

They went down a storm with both fans and critics.

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James was asked to create more Sherlock Holmes scenes in LEGO® and the idea for the Sherlock Holmes Alphabet was born.

“A is for Agra, the immense treasure found. B is for Baskerville, accursed by the hound.”

Thus begins A SHERLOCK HOLMES ALPHABET, in which selected characters and objects featuring in the Sherlock Holmes stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle are presented in rhyming verse, from A to Z, and accompanied by amusing photographic illustrations of custom designed LEGO® models and mini-figures.

This uniquely illustrated edition is sure to delight LEGO® enthusiasts, as well as fans of the Great Detective, children and adults alike.

In addition to pre-publication copies of A Sherlock Holmes Alphabet, we are also offering copies of the Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined books and also copies of the complete collection.

For more information click here.

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The bestselling Sherlock Holmes audio books in February

#1 Scarlet Thread of Murder – Luke Kuhns & Joff Manning – Sherlock Holmes short stories

#2 The Casebook of Inspector Armstrong: Volume I – Martin Daley and Steve White – The first in the Inspector Armstrong series

#3 A Guide to Deduction – Hannah Rogers and Steve White – The ultimate handbook for any aspiring Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Watson

#4 Sherlock Holmes and the Folk Tale Mysteries Volume 2 – Gayle Lange Puhl and Kevin E Green

#5 Return To Reichenbach – Geri Schear and Dominic Lopez

#6 Sherlock Holmes the Golden Years – Kim H. Krisco and Richard Di Britannia

#7 The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – Richard T Ryan and Nigel Peever

Now 141 books on our Sherlock Holmes Audio Books Pinterest Board

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Out on Audio –  The Hounding of Peers Baskerville: The Redacted Sherlock Holmes

It is 1909, and 20 years have passed since the great Devon adventure.

Holmes is consulted by Sir Henry Baskerville’s son after a shepherd in the baronet’s clothes is found dead at the foot of a cliff.

Watson is dispatched to Dartmoor to investigate and finds that the publication of his novel – controversial at the time because of the inadequacies it exposed in Holmes’s handling of the original case – has had some wholly unexpected consequences for the members of the dramatis personae of the original story.

It takes the return of Holmes to Dartmoor to separate truth from legend and to bring some legend to the truth.

Now 141 books on the Pinterest Sherlock Holmes Audio Books Board

The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Series is available from Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK , Book Depository (free worldwide shipping) and all the books and individual stories are available in Kindle and Audio book format.

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Review of Imagination Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes

Peter E. Blau reviews Imagination Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes: A Collection of Scripts From The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

IMAGINATION THEATRE’S SHERLOCK HOLMES, edited by David Marcum (London: MX Publishing, 2017; 388 pp.), is a collection of 15 scripts from “The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (the long-running radio series produced by the late Jim French from 1998 to 2017).  The scripts for the pastiches were written by Jim French and other authors, and provide a welcome opportunity for those who enjoy radio drama to see what goes into creating entertaining programs. The MX web-sites are at <www.mxpublishing.com> and <www.mxpublishing.co.uk>.

Imagination Theatre’s Sherlock Holmes is available from all good bookstores including The Strand Magazine, Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository. Available on Kindle.

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Kickstarter – The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 9 & 10

Last week to support on Kickstarter – The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Volumes 9 & 10

“The MX New Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories” collection has over 100 of the world’s leading Sherlock Holmes authors participating.

The anthology includes only traditional stories set in the original Sherlock Holmes period. Between them, these authors have sold millions of books, and they come together for a common cause – Undershaw.

This is Volumes IX and X – The 2018 Annual bringing 37 new stories spread across the two volumes. Full list of participating authors is below.

“No historical material here. This is all new, and it’s beyond impressive, in quantity (more than 60 stories in three handsome volumes) and in consistent quality. Here are some — most — of the best, most dedicated Holmesian authors working today” – Sherlock Holmes Society of London review of Volumes I-III  

The authors are donating the royalties to projects at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former home, Undershaw. The building was in terrible disrepair and was saved from destruction by the Undershaw Preservation Trust (patron Mark Gatiss). Today the building is the new home of Stepping Stones (a school for children with learning difficulties) and has being lovingly restored to its former glory. Royalties will go to Stepping Stones for specific projects such as the new literary program.

Volume IX: 2018 Annual (1879-1895) features contributions by: Deanna Baran, Roger Riccard, David Marcum, Tracy Revels, S.R. Bennett, Nick Cardillo, Robert Stapleton, Kevin Thornton, Leslie Charteris and Denis Green, Shane Simmons, James Moffett, C.H. Dye, Stephan Gaspar, Marcia Wilson, Sonia Featherston, Geri Schear, David Friend, Mark Mower, and a poem by Amy Thomas.

Volume X: 2018 Annual (1896-1916) features contributions by: Mike Hogan, Kelvin Jones, Jim French, Arthur Hall, Steve Ehrman, Greg Hatcher, Jayantika Ganguly, Paul Freeman, Dick Gillman, Maurice Barkley, Daniel D. Victor, Martin Rosenstock, Peter Coe Verbica, Hugh Ashton, Will Murray, Robert Perret, Thaddeus Tuffentsamer, G.L. Schulze, Tim Symonds, and a poem by Derrick Belanger …

and Forewords in volumes IX and X by Nicholas Meyer, Roger Johnson, and David Marcum.

For more information click here.

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The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes

In addition to nine extremely traditional and accurate Holmes stories, The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes contains stunning illustrations from Chris Coady. Many critics have commented that they are the closest they have seen to the original images from the Strand by Sidney Paget.

The special edition hardback collectors edition has been specially formatted into two columns like the original stories.

The special edition Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes hardback version, 2 column ’Strand’ format is available from all good bookstores including Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK, and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository.

The standard version of the book available from all good bookstores worldwide, including Amazon USA,Barnes and Noble, Amazon UK  , Waterstones. For elsewhere Book Depository who offer free delivery worldwide. In ebook format there is Amazon KindleNookKobo Books and iBooks (iPad/iPhone), and it is available in Audible Audio Edition.

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John Sutton not resting on his writing laurels with new book Upon A Nation’s Honour

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John Sutton not resting on his writing laurels with new book Upon A Nation’s Honour – Article in The Gazette & Essex County Standard

EVEN from an early age writer John Sutton was dealing with local crime stories.

Back then it was as a clerk in his father’s solicitors but more recently he’s been dealing with crime of a very different sort, introducing the world’s most famous detective to our area.

And not content with penning just one book on Sherlock Holmes, John is bringing out two, within a matter of months of each other.

In his first book, In Unhallowed Rest, Watson meets a man in Waterloo station that leads himself, Holmes and Inspector Lestrade to the Essex/Suffolk borders where a series of murders point to a possible satanic cult of Vampirism.

Set in Dedham, that book came out in November, but hot on its heels is another Sutton Sherlock adventure entitled Upon A Nation’s Honour.

In that book, due out on February 15, Holmes is this time employed by the government of 1916 to find the agents of a foreign power who have stolen secret radio detection equipment from the newly built Dreadnaught battleship.

He says: “Rather than being a homage to Conan Doyle, I’ve tried to just write a story that happens to have Sherlock Holmes as a character in it.

“I’m fascinated by the era the Holmes books are set in and I’ve been pretty meticulous in my research on that period in history. That’s one of the best bits about writing these fictional stories is finding out the factual bits they’re based on.”

Read more here.

By  Neil D’Arcy-JonesThe Gazette & Essex County Standard, 4th February, 2018

Upon a Nation’s Honour: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure is available for pre order from all good bookstores including The Strand Magazine, Amazon USA, Barnes and Noble USAAmazon UK and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository. In ebook format it is in Kindle.

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The bestselling Sherlock Holmes audio books in January

#1 Scarlet Thread of Murder – Luke Kuhns & Joff Manning – Sherlock Holmes short stories

#2 A Guide to Deduction – Hannah Rogers and Steve White – The ultimate handbook for any aspiring Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Watson

#3 Sherlock Holmes and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper – Gerard Kelly and  Kevin Theis

With 4 books drawing for 4th place

#4 In Unhallowed Rest: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – John Sutton and  Steve White

#4 Return To Reichenbach – Geri Schear and Dominic Lopez

#4 Sherlock Holmes and the Folk Tale Mysteries Volume 1 – Gayle Lange Puhl  and  James Young

#4 The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – Richard T Ryan and  Nigel Peever

Now 139 books on our Sherlock Holmes Audio Books Pinterest Board

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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Volumes 9 & 10

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You know, if there’s one thing better than being asked to write a Sherlock Holmes story for a new collection, it’s seeing that story nestled amid an array of tales by some of the best in world.

The latest in the MX New Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories Vol. 9 and 10, the 2018 Annual contains over 100 of the world’s leading Sherlock Holmes authors participating and I am truly honoured to be in the mix.

The anthology includes only traditional stories set in the original Sherlock Holmes period. That is, you’ll find no Holmes-the-secret-serial-killer here. Holmes won’t be the captain of a Starship with his trusty ‘Bones’, uh, Watson, at his side. Holmes and Watson remain Victorian gentlemen and live in 221B Baker Street and all’s right with the world. These stories were written by authors who have sold millions of books, and they come together for a common cause…

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The Sherlock Holmes Society of London reviews Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Case-Files

Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Case-Files by Mark Mower. MX Publishing, 2017. 182pp. (pbk) 

Mower’s name should be familiar as a regular contributor to the MX Anthologies of New Sherlock Holmes stories. This handsome book of seven adventures gathers together five of his tales from those volumes with two new stories. Beginning with a case from the pre-Watson years, these stories span Holmes’s career, ending with a mystery that takes place in the wake of the First World War. Mower has an engaging, readable style, carrying the reader along with convincing dialogue whilst combining a good eye for period detail with well-paced plotting. My favourite story has to be “The Manila Envelope”, which showcases Holmes’s methods in a virtuoso display of observation and deduction. Overall, an impressive collection.

Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Case Files is available from all good bookstores including The Strand Magazine, Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Waterstones UK and for free shipping worldwide Book Depository. Available on Kindle and Audio.

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