My Sherlock Holmes
Untold Stories of the Great Detective
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3.5 • 2 Ratings
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
For over a century, readers have thrilled to the exploits of Sherlock Holmes through the tales narrated by his sidekick and official chronicler, Dr. John Watson. But do Dr. Watson's tales really tell the true story of the great detective? In this collection of thirteen original tales, each told by a side character in the original canon, ranging from the famous (Irene Adler, Professor James Moriarty, and Mycroft Holmes) to the decidedy minor (Billy the page boy, Wiggins of the Baker Street Irregulars, and both Mrs. Watsons), readers finally get to hear another side of the legend.
From what Inspector Lestrade really thought of Holmes to the untold tale of his encounter with Dr. Fu Manchu, from the bitter reminiscences of him by C. Auguste Dupin to the thoughts of his longtime landlady Mrs. Hudson, the totality of the veil of mystery over the legend that is Sherlock Holmes is at last removed. With stories from Barbara Hambly, Cara Black, Peter Tremayne, and Michael Kurland, among others, My Sherlock Holmes is a unique and compelling entry into the literature of the world's most famous detective.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Edgar finalist Kurland (The Great Game) offers an anthology of 13 new, mostly top-drawer Sherlock Holmes stories, all featuring viewpoints other than Dr. Watson's. Richard Lupoff is true to Poe's descriptive, psychological style in "The Case of the Impecunious Chevalier," in which a youthful Holmes goes to Paris to help Auguste Dupin retrieve a rare golden bird icon. In Gary Lovisi's "Mycroft's Great Game," Sherlock's older brother finds himself in an implausible alliance with archfiend Prof. Moriarty while playing an exaggerated game of power politics. In Kurland's own outstanding tale, "Years Ago and in a Different Place,"Moriarty defends his reputation against Watson's insinuations by telling of his undergraduate days with Holmes investigating a bizarre campus murder together. Peter Tremayne, Cara Black and Barbara Hambly also contribute worthy adventures.
