Monthly Archives: October 2011

The Many Watsons – Martin Freeman

I kept from writing this one up until the week before the Great Sherlock Holmes Debate even though I know that my words may be used against me on the 10th of November. Someone was bound to move Sherlock Holmes … Continue reading

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Shadowfall – Tracy Revels

Tracy Revel has produced a book that will be appreciated by Holmes fans and the fantasy fiction community. And if you’re a fan of both, you are definitely in for a treat. The problem with reviewing a mystery book is that … Continue reading

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Sherlock Holmes and the Irish Rebels – Kieran McMullen

Ever wonder what happened to Holmes and Watson after His Last Bow? I have too. Just like I always wondered what happened to Watson in the Second Afghan War. In Watson’s Afghan Adventure I attempted to answer the questions we … Continue reading

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Murder in the Library – Felecia Caparelli

Murder in the Library by Felicia Caparelli is an outstanding mystery novel. Okay, that’s the short review. The longer one goes something like this; after reading the first two pages I thought, Oh No, Chick Book! I was wrong. I … Continue reading

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The Many Watsons – Arthur M. Cullin

Arthur M. Cullin played the role of Dr. Watson twice in his career in film. The first time was in the 1916 G.B. Samuelson Productions film The Valley of Fear. Unfortunately this is a lost film. Cullin played opposite H.A. … Continue reading

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The Outstanding Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes – Gerard Kelly

The Outstanding Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is a pleasant collection of tales of our two favorite characters. Someone said it is a “Baker’s Street Dozen” (the book cover) and they are correct. It is a series of 13 short stories … Continue reading

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The Many Watsons – Warburton Gamble

A Study in Scarlet (1933) is quite an entertaining film although it does not make much use of our hero, Dr. Watson. Watson is played by Warburton Gamble, and Sherlock Holmes by Reginald Owen. Owen had previously played Watson in … Continue reading

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No Police Like Holmes – Dan Andriacco

Dan Andriacco has written a wonderful, light piece of mystery that is hard to put down. It seems that at a Sherlock Holmes colloquium the fans of the Great Detective aren’t satisfied with just honoring Sherlock. Indeed they become involved … Continue reading

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The Many Watsons – Heinz Ruhmann

It is somehow appropriate that I write this while sitting in the Dusseldorf airport because it is about a German actor and one of the best of the first part of the 20th century. Heinz Ruhmann played Watson only one … Continue reading

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