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Title: The Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes - Volume Four
Subtitle: The Kew Gardens Gnomes
Author: John A. Little
Narrator: Steve White
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-06-17
Publisher: MX Publishing
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
In this series of five short stories, Holmes and Watson continue their late investigations into dark crimes in 1920/30s London, joined by their excitable housekeeper at 221B Baker Street, the brilliant, buxom Miss Lily Hudson, and by Jasper Lestrade of Scotland Yard, the ambitious, respectful son of the late George Lestrade.
Thanks to Royal Jelly, Holmes is a fit 74-year-old, who has lost his interest in bees and returned to detecting, joining forces again with his colleague and friend, Dr. John Hamish Watson, a 75-year-old unfit twice-widower, who hankers after the good old days of derring-do. Together they explore the case of the Kew Gardens Gnomes and their fiery vengeance; the Portobello Pornographer and the reappearance of an old enemy; the Camden Counterfeiter and the theft of Doctor Watson's identity; the Kensington Kidnapper and the hefty price on Mrs Hudson's head; and the Undiscovered Country, in which a successful writer is haunted by his most famous character.
Members Reviews:
More stories rejected by the Strand Magazine...
My thanks go out to Steve and Time at MX Books for my copy of this book!
John A Little once again delves into that pile of manuscripts deemed inappropriate for publication in the Strand. The first story in the volume, the titular story, is actually quite good. There has been a series of arsons, one of which has killed Wigginsâ wife and two of his children. The unique firebombs used in the crimes are amazing, and the mystery well penned.
In the second story, âSherlock Holmes and The Portobello Photographer,â the finding of an obscene photograph in a bag Watson bought for Holmes at a Flea Marketâyes, you read that rightâsends Holmes and Watson after an old enemy. Not bad!
The final three stories I do not think were John A Little at his best. All three just didnât get anywhere near the tone or setting of a Holmes story. I understand that these are presented as rejected manuscripts, but Watsonâs style and turn of phrase would still come through even in works not really acceptable for publication. Where Holmes himself does the writing, they are even further from the tone of stories like âThe Lionâs Mane.â
To be sure, Little presents the tales as told by two men in their seventies. Watson is dying and in pain, and he drinks more than usual. Holmes has few cases and is hooked on cocaine. But we are still talking about Doyleâs intrepid duo, and they have not been at their best before, and the stories didnât suffer.
There were five stories in this volume and only two of them were winners in my humble opinion. So I will give two stars for the two good storiesâ
Quoth the Ravenâ
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Title: The Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes - Volume Four
Subtitle: The Kew Gardens Gnomes
Author: John A. Little
Narrator: Steve White
Format: Unabridged
Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-06-17
Publisher: MX Publishing
Genres: Classics, British Literature
Publisher's Summary:
In this series of five short stories, Holmes and Watson continue their late investigations into dark crimes in 1920/30s London, joined by their excitable housekeeper at 221B Baker Street, the brilliant, buxom Miss Lily Hudson, and by Jasper Lestrade of Scotland Yard, the ambitious, respectful son of the late George Lestrade.
Thanks to Royal Jelly, Holmes is a fit 74-year-old, who has lost his interest in bees and returned to detecting, joining forces again with his colleague and friend, Dr. John Hamish Watson, a 75-year-old unfit twice-widower, who hankers after the good old days of derring-do. Together they explore the case of the Kew Gardens Gnomes and their fiery vengeance; the Portobello Pornographer and the reappearance of an old enemy; the Camden Counterfeiter and the theft of Doctor Watson's identity; the Kensington Kidnapper and the hefty price on Mrs Hudson's head; and the Undiscovered Country, in which a successful writer is haunted by his most famous character.
Members Reviews:
More stories rejected by the Strand Magazine...
My thanks go out to Steve and Time at MX Books for my copy of this book!
John A Little once again delves into that pile of manuscripts deemed inappropriate for publication in the Strand. The first story in the volume, the titular story, is actually quite good. There has been a series of arsons, one of which has killed Wigginsâ wife and two of his children. The unique firebombs used in the crimes are amazing, and the mystery well penned.
In the second story, âSherlock Holmes and The Portobello Photographer,â the finding of an obscene photograph in a bag Watson bought for Holmes at a Flea Marketâyes, you read that rightâsends Holmes and Watson after an old enemy. Not bad!
The final three stories I do not think were John A Little at his best. All three just didnât get anywhere near the tone or setting of a Holmes story. I understand that these are presented as rejected manuscripts, but Watsonâs style and turn of phrase would still come through even in works not really acceptable for publication. Where Holmes himself does the writing, they are even further from the tone of stories like âThe Lionâs Mane.â
To be sure, Little presents the tales as told by two men in their seventies. Watson is dying and in pain, and he drinks more than usual. Holmes has few cases and is hooked on cocaine. But we are still talking about Doyleâs intrepid duo, and they have not been at their best before, and the stories didnât suffer.
There were five stories in this volume and only two of them were winners in my humble opinion. So I will give two stars for the two good storiesâ
Quoth the Ravenâ