"You are here as a spy" [ILLU]

In Spy Hunter, it's 1914 and Sherlock Holmes has been murdered. Nobody knows who did it, but Wiggins, former Baker Street Irregular and Holmes' protégée, suspects a German spy.

This is where H.B. Lyle's fourth installment in his Irregular series picks up. Ben joined us to share his journey as a writer focused on historical fiction, and how easily the ringleader of Holmes's street urchins turned to spycraft. The early days of MI5 and MI6 hold particular interest, and we learn about an inspiration by George MacDonald Fraser along the way.

We also bring you the Sherlockian news, another podcast review in Madeline Quinones' "A Chance of Listening," and the Canonical Couplet quiz. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a copy of Spy Hunter. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by October 14, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.

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Would you care to advertise with us? You can find more information here. Let's chat! Notes 5:16 News 17:26 Interview with H.B. Lyle 55:12 Commentary 57:22 Bonus content teaser 1:00:12 A Chance of Listening 1:05:28 Canonical Couplet Links

• Spy Hunter (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
• The first books in the Irregular series:
• The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
• The Red Ribbon (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
• The Year of the Gun (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
• H.B. Lyle's Website
• Previous episodes mentioned:
• Episode 85: Nicholas Meyer
• Episode 294: Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram From Hell
• Podcast featured in "A Chance of Listening":
• This Tangled Skein
• News items:
• The CW's Sherlock's Daughter adds Fiona Glascott, Ivana Miličević, Phillip P. Keene, Antonio Aakeel and Shashi Rami to the cast (Variety)
• Guy Richie's Young Sherlock Holmes casts Mycroft Holmes (ScreenRant)
• Registration is now open for 221B Con
• Bringing Nicholas Meyer's The Seven-Per-Cent Solution to the Screen (CrimeReads)
• The 10 Best Sherlock Holmes Pastiches (and 5 to Avoid) (The Telegram)
• The IHOSE Archives
• Help organize our archives (Google Form)
• Find all of our relevant links and social accounts at linktr.ee/ihearofsherlock.

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