I was not impressed with this book at all.I am A huge Sherlock Holmes fan and have been ever since I was A little girl.I've read other Sherlock books written by other authors and have thoroughly enjoyed them.But I did not enjoy this one at all.It seemed to me the author was trying too hard to be Arthur Conan Doyle and I had A hard time staying interested in the stories themselves.I see the author has written another Sherlock book but I don't believe I will try that one.

Started out pretty good. The first mystery was interesting but not a typical mystery. However, if you are going to write about Sherlock Holmes as Arthur Conan Doyle did you have big shoes to fill and the second mystery in this book quickly doused any interest I had.

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One of the better modern day Sherlock Holmes authors. He writes well enough to be an acceptable substitute for Conan Doyle. In this, his third book, he has moved away from inserting Holmes and Watson into the investigation of genuine historical crimes, although he still relies heavily on historical events.

a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, I was attracted by the title. The title story was the best, but the further into the book I read the more bored I became.

Read the book at the library and found it to be a good addition to the growing number of pastiches.

Plenty of ingenuity from Holmes and support from Watson, especially in the first case. And a good study on nature of people, and utilization of that logically.

All in all, a good collection.

A mediocre pastiche at best. Stories are uneven, maybe 2 are interesting, the rest are flat at best, tedious at worst.

Plenty of canonical name-dropping, and the author has obviously done a lot of Victorian research, but he is actually fairly poor at his reproduction of Doyle's characters. Mycroft Holmes, in particular, stops being a brilliant, but lethargic, counterpoint to Sherlock, and instead became a tiresome, not too bright older brother more concerned with his status than anything else.

A book to be avoided.

This book captured my mind because in it contains 5 different case stories which reveals different aspects of what Sherlock Holmes and his companion actual does to help his clients. The most interesting case was "The Execution of Sherlock Holmes" because it was a change of event when Holmes was actually taken captive by his enemies and imprison within a jail cell. He was able to use his mind to help him find a way to escape the jail cell or else face being hang on a noose.

Each case brought new adventures to Holmes and Watson. I was shock how each mystery lead to trouble and it brings the case to a tighter end that can actually cause his life or his the client. He believes in the power of justice and whatever the evidence reveals is the truth. I was also shocked that Moriarty has a brother and eventually tries to steal the valuable jewels of the Queen of England but eventually wasn't successful and ends up dead.

3.75 stars.

Yet again, great stuff!

Probably 2*, but I'll be optimistic. Since I wrote the description, I might have read the book. Wish I could remember.

Great audio for car ride. Five short stories written in the style of the Sherlock Holmes stories. They were sufficiently mysterious to keep my attention but still allow safe driving.

Eh, the best thing about it was the title. The first story was actually good, although I would have liked more about what Watson was going through in Sherlock's absence. The third story... the mystery was not even solved. This is a trad pub hardcover library book, and they didn't notice Sherlock never figured out who dunnit?