The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death other mystery writers have produced innumerable new stories featuring the Great Detective, but never has there been as voluminous a collection as The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures. Holmes's name may have passed into legend, but his legacy --...
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Since Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's death other mystery writers have produced innumerable new stories featuring the Great Detective, but never has there been as voluminous a collection as The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures. Holmes's name may have passed into legend, but his legacy -- and character -- have been carried on by such great mystery masters as Anthony Boucher and John Dickson Carr as well as by contemporary writers like Peter Lovesey and Peter Tremayne.Veteran editor Mike Ashley has uncovered not only the many missing cases Watson referred to, though did not publish, but also hitherto unrecorded cases that have been commissioned especially for this book.With stories by: Val AndrewsAnthony BoucherJohn Dickson CarrBasil CopperAugust DerlethAdrian Conan DoyleLillian de la TorrElizabeth GreenwoodMichael HarrisonEdward D. HochJohn C. HoganPeter LoveseyPeter Tremayneand many othersBringing together these cases in their proper chronological order, The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures throws new light on the original canon and adds an extra dimension of entertainment for the Great Detective's innumerable readers.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780786704774 (0786704772)
ASIN: 786704772
Publish date: December 1st 1997
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
More 3.5 than 3 star but not quite 4 star.Some interesting ideas and adventures, including two in Ireland. Now must research if Holmes being a Galwegian who attended Trinity is actual canon.
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures is an anthology of new stories featuring the beloved duo of Holmes and Watson, contributed by respected authors such as Michael Moorcock and Peter Tremayne. Most of them were specifically written for this collection, and many expand on references ma...
This was an airport 1-for-2 buy, but once I started it was hard to make myself hold to my "1 story before bed" plan. The stories were obviously of varying quality, but enough of them managed to really capture the spirit of Conan Doyle's most famous creation to make me instantly pick up the original ...
See my blog note on it: http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/09/booknote-new-sherlock-holmes.html