Category Archives: Watson

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Reviews of Watson’s Afghan Adventure

Posted on January 28, 2011 by Kieran

US Holmes Society Review: WATSON’S AFGHAN ADVENTURE, by Kieran McMullen (London: MX Publishing, 2010, 216 pp., $16.95), is a Watsonian pastiche that offers his own account of his adventures in Afghanistan,which were far more colorful than his brief report in … Continue reading →

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Out in Electronic Formats

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Kieran

Watsons Afghan Adventure has now gone live on iBooks for the iPad. iPhone – Apple have local iTunes stores in USA, Canada, France, Germany and UK and the book is available from all of them! Also available on Kindle on NOW!!

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Sign of Fear

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Kieran

The Sign of Fear by Molly Carr is indeed unique. Take everything you ever thought you knew about Holmes Watson and Mary Morstan and throw it to the winds, ‘cause it just ain’t so! There is one surprise after another … Continue reading →

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The Lost Stories

Posted on December 31, 2010 by Kieran

The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes – “Edited” by Tony Reynolds is probably one of the best collections of pastiches I have read in the last couple of years. Mr. Reynolds starts with the “Giant Rat of Sumatra” and then … Continue reading →

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Baskerville Reports

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Kieran

The Official Papers Into The Matter Known As “The Hound of The Baskervilles” by Kieron Freeburn is a great addition for those who like to delve further into the Baskerville case. Written as a case file it includes reports by … Continue reading →

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Sherlockian Reference

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Kieran

“Eliminate the Impossible” by Alistair Duncan falls in the category of Sherlockian reference work. It is an excellent first reference work for those who have recently discovered the “Great Detective” and are about to test the waters of becoming a … Continue reading →

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Watson’s Afghan Adventure

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Kieran

This is a story, set mostly in Afghanistan, during the Second Afghan War. On an evening Dr John Watson returns to 221B Baker St to find that in his absence his former orderly, Murray has visited and left a package. … Continue reading →

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Weapons of Maiwand

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Kieran

There has always appeared to be a lot of disagreement on exactly what was the “service revolver” that Watson carried in his many adventures. Doyle never really says and every movie has a different one, everything from an R.I.C. to … Continue reading →

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How I Found Dr Watson

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Kieran

I’ve been asked where my fascination with Dr. Watson has come from. To tell the truth I can’t remember when I wasn’t interested in the man. As a small child my father (who taught English and Russian Literature at a … Continue reading →

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