The thing is that I hate reading Sherlock Holmes stories when Dr. Watson is so stupid that I want to take my iPad and throw it away. And, in this one he was Nigel Bruce stupid. Ever seen the old Sherlock Holmes movies with Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes? He is brilliant as Sherlock Holmes, Unfort...
When Sam Wanamaker visited London and searched for Shakespeare's Globe on the south bank, he was amazed that it wasn't there. Day's book is the story of his struggle to remedy this glaring absence. He mines, in his superbly researched and engaging account, rich seams of Elizabethan and modern histor...
This is probably the biggest disappointment among the Barry Day Sherlock Holmes pastiches that I have read.There is a string of murders being committed in which someone is mimicking old Sherlock Homes case files in an attempt to frame him for the murders. But, all of it is just the tip of the iceber...
A rather peurile story of Nessie Hunting amongst other improbables, and a dodgy newspaper magnate; won't necessarily be looking for others in the series.-----