logo
Wrong email address or username
Wrong email address or username
Incorrect verification code
Michael Sims
Michael Sims's Books
Recently added on shelves
Michael Sims's readers
Share this Author
Community Reviews
Murder by Death
Murder by Death rated it 8 years ago
Up front, I didn't read all the stories; there are 22 stories in this collection, and I didn't have time to read the whole thing, so this review only represents a small percentage of them. But, of the stories I read, none of them were bad. In fact, they were all uniformly excellent and I'm looki...
JLee22
JLee22 rated it 8 years ago
Interestingly informative book about Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of the Sherlock Holmes character, drawing from childhood inspirations (perhaps Dr. Watson was named after someone that had attended a school here or for the name of this other person there) and his adult life - specifically, the prac...
Degrees of Affection
Degrees of Affection rated it 10 years ago
Title: In the Company of Sherlock Holmes Editor: Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King Narrators: Simon Vance, Peter Berkrot, Johnny Heller, John Lee, Bronson Pinchot, Malcolm Hillgartner, Steve West, Ralph Lister, Christopher Lane, Gildart Jackson, Matthew Brenher, Harlan Ellison, Cassandra Campbell, a...
demerson19
demerson19 rated it 12 years ago
What an unusual idea. Perhaps in the midst of new Sherlock Holmes interest, Penguin decided to put out this unusual volume entitled, "The Penguin Book of Victorian Women in Crime: Forgotten Cops and Private Eyes From the Time of Sherlock Holmes." It ended up in my mail after reviewing a collection ...
What I Happen to Be Reading At the Moment
This anthology collects short stories and an excerpt from a novel, all detective fiction in the late Victorian era that all feature female detectives. These characters investigate locked room mysteries, thefts, and other now standard devices in modern detective fiction. What I found especially impre...
see community reviews
Need help?