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The MX book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – part XXI-2020
This year, MX Publishing’s annual anthologies brought us three jewels: part XIX, XX, and XXI in their MX BOOKS OF NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES STORIES. The books are a delight to read with stories, created by various authors, assembled and compiled by David Marcum. A must-have for any Sherlock Holmes fan. Introduction Today, I am very pleased to welcome a guest reviewer, author Wendy Heyman-Marsaw, on my blog with a fabulous review for the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories – Part XXI-2020 Annual (1898-1923). Wendy is not only an avid reader, she is the author of Memoirs from Mrs Hudson’s Kitchen, in which she puts herself in Mrs Hudson’s shoes,…
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Hemlock Jones & the Underground Orphans – Justin Carroll
Super enthusiastic about this second book in the Hemlock Jones Chronicles – Justin Carroll has done it again and I LOVE it! Chinese pirates, the London sewers and way too many rats all around.. what do they have in common? Follow our favourite demystifier Hemlock Jones and her sidekick, Edward Whitlow on another thrilling, exciting and gripping adventure in HEMLOCK JONES & THE UNDERGROUND ORPHANS! Introduction When Hemlock Jones sends away a gentleman by the name of Mr Willoughby because his case simply sounds way too dull – someone who is upset because a rivalling firm, the Pelmet-Johnston Railway Company is somehow faster, cheaper digging tunnels under London’s city for…
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Character Spotlight | Hemlock Jones & the Angel of Death – Justin Carroll
Author Justin Carroll on his protagonist, Hemlock Jones: “I love almost everything about Hemlock. She’s far and away my favourite character. I hugely enjoy writing about her and her exploits.” Check out this wonderful Character Spotlight! Hemlock Jones & the Angel of Death Winner of the Silver Medal 2017 Wishing Shelf Independent Book Awards Introduction Hemlock Jones Chronicles #1 Ten doors down from the home of a world famous ‘consulting detective’ lives twelve-year-old Hemlock Jones, and her recently arrived housemate and unwitting companion, Edward Whitlow. Hired to ‘demystify’ the mystery of a man’s murder by a terrifying angelic spectre, Hemlock and Edward’s investigations will lead them all over Victorian London, uncovering…