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The Keys of Death Review by Margaret Walsh

The Keys of Death Review by Margaret Walsh

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The Keys of Deathis the third Sherlock Holmes novel from author Gretchen Altabef and published by MX Publishing.

A fun look at Holmes first case when he and Watson move into 221B Baker Street. The case? It’s the murder of Mrs. Hudson’s husband!

The story is mostly told in the form of the journal entries of Mrs. Hudson and Doctor Watson, supplemented with columns by Langdale Pike, and other bits and pieces.

Mrs. Hudson’s own voice rings out clearly. There is no mistaking Mrs. Hudson for John Watson or vice versa, as is often the case with multiple first person points of view.

All of the characters are well-rounded and interesting. Ms. Altabef’s Mrs. Hudson is a particular delight.

Richly detailed and well researched, The Keys of Death is a delightful addition to the word of Sherlock Holmes pastiche.

Highly recommended.

You can purchase a copy directly fromMX…

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Posted by on January 20, 2023 in Uncategorized

 

Top 20 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in 2022

1.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

2.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

3.   Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories – Brenda Seabrooke and Kevin E Green

4.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green

5.   Sherlock Holmes and the Sixty Steps – Séamas Duffy and Michael Langan

6.   The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes – Paul D. Gilbert and Simon de Deney

7.   Three May Keep a Secret – Richard Ryan and Luke Barton

8.   Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Beer Barons – Chris James and Steve Davison Smith

9.   The Further Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes – Volume 1 – Denis O. Smith and Kevin E Green

10.  The Curious Cases of Sherlock Holmes, Volume One – Stephen Herczeg and Michael Langan

11.  The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan

12.  Sherlock Holmes: The Pearl of Death and Other Early Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Keith Spilsbury

13.  The Monographs – Ben Cardall and J.T. McDaniel

14.  The Further Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes – Volume 2 – Denis O. Smith and Kevin E Green

15.  Sherlock Holmes: A Yorkshireman In Baker Street – Robert V Stapleton and Michael Langan

16.  Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive – Mark Mower and Michael Langan

17.  Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Thread of Murder – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

18.  A Most Diabolical Plot – Tim Symonds and Time Winters

19.  Sherlock Holmes and The Body Snatchers – Dean P. Turnbloom and Kevin E Green

20.  Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka – David Marcum and Luke Barton

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Top 10 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in December

1.   Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka – David Marcum and Luke Barton

2.   Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire – Dean P. Turnbloom and Kevin E Green

3.   New Cases of Sherlock Holmes – Janet Shaw and Ben Carling

4.   The Undiscovered Archives of Sherlock Holmes – John Lawrence and Adam Blanford

5.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

6.   The Rediscovered Annals of Sherlock Holmes – Terry Golledge and Michael Langan

7.   A Study in Black and Orange – Orlando Pearson and Keith Spilsbury

8.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

9.   Sherlock Holmes and the Sixty Steps – Séamas Duffy and Michael Langan

10. The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green

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Top 10 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in December so far

1.   Sherlock Holmes and the Eye of Heka – David Marcum and Luke Barton

2.   Sherlock Holmes and the Return of the Whitechapel Vampire – Dean P. Turnbloom and Kevin E Green

3.   No Better Place – Alistair Duncan and J.T. McDaniel

4.   Sherlock Holmes and the Menacing Monk – Allan Mitchell and Steve White

5.   The Trial of Joseph Carr: A case file from “The Redacted Sherlock Holmes” – Orlando Pearson and Steve White

6.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

7.   East Wind Coming – Yuichi Hirayama and J.T. McDaniel

8.   A Case of Complex Identity – the Stage Play – Orlando Pearson and Steve White

9.   A New Line of Attack – Orlando Pearson and Steve White

10. A Criminal Carol – Claire Daines and J.T. McDaniel

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Top 10 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in October

1.   Sherlock Holmes and the Sixty Steps – Séamas Duffy and Michael Langan

2.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green

3.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

4.   Killing Dr. Watson – Matt Ferraz and Andy Barker

5.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

6.   Mrs Hudson’s Olympic Triumph – Barry S. Brown and Johnny Robinson

7.   Seventeen Minutes to Baker Street – Daniel D Victor and Ben Carling

8.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive – Mark Mower and Michael Langan

9.   The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan

10. The Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes – Volume 2 – John A. Little and Steve White

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Posted by on November 1, 2022 in Audio Books

 

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Top 10 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in October so far

1.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green

2.   Sherlock Holmes and the Sixty Steps – Séamas Duffy and Michael Langan

3.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

4.   The Cherry Tree and the Comma – Orlando Pearson and Keith Spilsbury

5.   The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan

6.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive – Mark Mower and Michael Langan

7.   Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories – Brenda Seabrooke and Kevin E Green

8.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

9.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Legacy – Mark Mower and Steve White

10. Three May Keep a Secret – Richard Ryan and Luke Barton

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Top 10 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in September

1.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green

2.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

3.   Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Archive – Mark Mower and Michael Langan

4.   Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories – Brenda Seabrooke and Kevin E Green

5.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

6.   In Unhallowed Rest – A Sherlock Holmes Adventure – John Sutton and Steve White

7.   The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan

8.   Three May Keep a Secret – Richard Ryan and Luke Barton

9.   Irregular Lives – Kim Krisco and Dominic Lopez

10. Sherlock Cat and the Missing Mousie – Heather Edwards and Michael Langan

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The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – XXXIV to XXXVI

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Another 58 new traditional Sherlock Holmes stories in three new volumes of the world’s leading Sherlock Holmes collection, perfect for the fan of Holmes, Victorian era fiction, or detective stories.

In 2015, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories burst upon the scene, featuring traditional Canonical adventures set within the correct time period, and written by many of today’s leading Sherlockian authors from around the world. Those first three volumes were overwhelmingly received, and there were soon calls for additional collections. Since then, their popularity has only continued to grow. And now we present a new three-volume set. Like 2017’s two-volume set, Eliminate the Impossible, and 2019’s three-volume Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth, “However Improbable . . . .” features tales of Holmes’s encounters with seemingly impossible events – ghosts and hauntings and crimes and events that cannot have happened – but…

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Posted by on September 28, 2022 in Uncategorized

 

Top 10 Sherlock Holmes Audiobooks in September so far

1.   The Adventure of the Jeweled Falcon and Other Stories – Gregg Rosenquist and Kevin E. Green

2.   A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories – Jay Ganguly and Kevin E Green

3.   Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories – Brenda Seabrooke and Kevin E Green

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

5.   The Untold Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Luke Kuhns and Joff Manning

6.   The Endeavours of Sherlock Holmes – Mark Wardecker and Michael Langan

7.   Three May Keep a Secret – Richard Ryan and Luke Barton

8.   Sherlock Holmes – Tangled Skeins – David Marcum and Anthony Howard

9.   The Casebook of Inspector Armstrong – Volume 2 – Martin Daley and Steve White

10. The One Hundred Per Cent Society – Arthur Hall and Nick Crosby

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Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of Neb-Heka-Ra – Kickstarter

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Kickstarter campaigns are a great way to get a new book out there and visible.

I have just launched (with a lot of help from MX Publishing’s Steve Emecz), the Kickstarter for Sherlock Holmes and the Curse of Neb-Heka-Ra. The blurb for the book is as follows:

“I am Neb-Heka-Ra… I declaim now that my curse shall fall upon he who disturbs my rest. I call upon the Gods to witness and avenge such impiety…”

A trio of bizarre deaths, starting with that of a renowned surgeon, sends Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson, and Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard deep into a maelstrom of murder and mayhem. Does a mysterious piece of paper that leads them to the British Museum hold the key to these killings? And what are they truly dealing with? As the death toll climbs, Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade race to solve the dreadful mystery of the…

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Posted by on September 5, 2022 in Uncategorized