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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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The Art of Sherlock Holmes
#Upcoming #BlogTour #NewRelease THE ART OF SHERLOCK HOLMES #Event The Great Sherlock Holmes Debate 2019 Live at Undershaw and worldwide online I’m super excited, thrilled and feel lucky to be a small part of this, THE ART OF SHERLOCK HOLMES, published by MX Publishing – the book is simply AMAZING and the works of art are WONDERFUL. Fifteen works of art have been created by fifteen different artists – each one based upon a story from the book, The Art of Sherlock Holmes, published by MX Publishing. The book will be presented on May 25th during a special event (click here to buy a ticket) at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former home, Undershaw, now…
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Character Spotlight | Kim Krisco on Tessa Wiggins
In ‘The Celtic Phoenix’ Kim Krisco introduces us to Tessa Wiggins, a character he’s fallen in love with… I am very much intrigued – let’s find out more in this special Character Spotlight! The Celtic Phoenix An enigmatic jewelry case, holding human remains, arrives at the cottage of Sherlock Holmes, enticing him from his retirement refuge in the Sussex Downs. Holmes sets out on the trail of the murderer taunting him, joining forces with one of his former Baker Street irregulars, Tessa Wiggins. The two find themselves battling forces arising from a time before England was a country—when the Celts were fighting for survival. What Readers Say “If you are…
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The Druid of Death – Richard T. Ryan
When a woman’s body is found at Stonehenge, Sherlock Holmes knows that this will be a – perhaps even the – most difficult case because ‘There is an evil here that I have scarcely encountered in my career.” Who is this Druid of Death and will Sherlock Holmes be able to stop them before more victims are brutally slaughtered? Storyline A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #3 When Dr Watson finds out his friend Sherlock Holmes had been summoned to Stonehenge, the ancient, prehistoric monument and place of mystery, he is, as are we, keen to know what has happened. Sherlock Holmes has looked evil in the eye when examining the lifeless…
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The Stone of Destiny – Richard T. Ryan
The death of Queen Victoria immerses Britain in grief and Sherlock Holmes is no exception. However, his expertise is needed when Irish revolutionaries are threatening to disrupt the royal funeral… Introduction A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #2 Sherlock Holmes has met Queen Victoria on a few occasions and he feels sad about her death, even more so when her funeral, which should, of course, be stately and solemn, threatens to descend into chaos. No wonder his brother Mycroft calls for his assistance! Dr Watson feels this task is beneath Sherlock’s capabilities, but we are about to learn that this is an erroneous assumption. Elsewhere in London, Denis Lyons of the Irish…
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The Vatican Cameos – Richard T. Ryan
Pope Leo is robbed of the Vatican cameos, Papal secret miniatures, created by Michelangelo. Only one man is capable of retrieving them: Sherlock Holmes Introduction A Sherlock Holmes Adventure #1 The year is 1901, the place is Rome. Pope Leo has a problem that could bring shame upon the Catholic Church. Seven cameos, created by Michelangelo in deepest secret, have been stolen from the papal apartments. No one is supposed to have known of the existence of these cameos because their existence is a secret passed down to each Pope. To what purpose has the thief taken the cameos? Time for the Pope to call in the great detective Sherlock Holmes…
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