
Observations by Gaslight
Stories from the World of Sherlock Holmes
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Lyndsay Faye - international best seller, translated into 15 languages, and a two-time Edgar Award nominee - first appeared on the literary scene with Dust and Shadow, her now-classic novel pitting Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper, and later produced The Whole Art of Detection, her widely acclaimed collection of traditional Watsonian tales. Now Faye is back with Observations by Gaslight, a thrilling volume of both new and previously published short stories and novellas narrated by those who knew the Great Detective.
Beloved adventuress Irene Adler teams up with her former adversary in a near-deadly inquiry into a room full of eerily stopped grandfather clocks. Learn of the case that cemented the lasting friendship between Holmes and Inspector Lestrade, and of the tragic crime that haunted the Yarder into joining the police force. And witness Stanley Hopkins' first meeting with the remote logician he idolizes, who will one day become his devoted mentor.
From familiar faces like landlady Mrs. Hudson to minor characters like Lomax the sub-librarian, Observations by Gaslight - entirely epistolary, told through diaries, telegrams, and even grocery lists - paints a masterful portrait of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as you have never seen them before.
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- De MJ en 01-13-13
De: Imogen Robertson
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The Pale Blue Eye
- De: Louis Bayard
- Narrado por: Charles Leggett
- Duración: 15 h y 26 m
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When the body of a suicide victim disappears at West Point Military Academy in 1831, only to be discovered hours later missing its heart, the Academy calls on retired detective Gus Landor to investigate. Landor is something of a legend among his peers, noted for an uncanny, Holmesian ability to read people. When Edgar Allan Poe, a new cadet, comes forth with his own cryptic conclusion—that the man Landor is looking for is a poet—Landor is intrigued and enlists Poe as his assistant.
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Could not get through it
- De Amazon Customer en 10-25-15
De: Louis Bayard
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Except the Dying
- A Murdoch Mystery, Book 1
- De: Maureen Jennings
- Narrado por: David Marantz
- Duración: 8 h y 11 m
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In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the naked body of a servant girl is found frozen in a deserted laneway. The young victim was pregnant when she died. Detective William Murdoch soon discovers that many of those connected with the girl's life have secrets to hide. Was her death on attempt to cover up a scandal in one of the city's influential families?
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If you like the show - don't buy
- De Sarah en 06-09-16
De: Maureen Jennings
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Mind of a Killer
- A Victorian History
- De: Simon Beaufort
- Narrado por: Jonathan Keeble
- Duración: 9 h y 57 m
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London, 1882. Alec Lonsdale, a young reporter on the Pall Mall Gazette, is working on a story about a fatal house fire. But the postmortem on the victim produces shocking results: Patrick Donovan's death was no accident. But why would someone murder a humble shop assistant and steal part of his brain? When a second body is discovered, its throat cut, and then a third, Lonsdale and his spirited female colleague, Hulda Friederichs, begin to uncover evidence of a conspiracy that reaches to the highest echelons of Victorian society.
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Really, really good
- De Sherry en 11-28-18
De: Simon Beaufort
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The Lawrence Browne Affair
- De: Cat Sebastian
- Narrado por: Gary Furlong
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
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Lawrence Browne, the Earl of Radnor, is mad. At least that's what he and most of the village believes. A brilliant scientist, he hides himself away in his family's crumbling estate, unwilling to venture into the outside world. When an annoyingly handsome man arrives at Penkellis, claiming to be Lawrence's new secretary, his carefully planned world is turned upside down.
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Thief with heart of gold meets Mad Earl
- De Cranky Reader en 04-16-20
De: Cat Sebastian
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The Affair of the Porcelain Dog
- De: Jess Faraday
- Narrado por: Philip Battley
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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London, 1889. For Ira Adler, former rent-boy and present plaything of crime lord Cain Goddard, stealing back the statue from Goddard's blackmailer should have been a doddle. But inside the statue is evidence that could put Goddard away for a long time under the sodomy laws, and everyone's after it, including Ira's bitter ex, Dr. Timothy Lazarus.
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Brilliant book, Phenomenal audio experience!
- De 'Nathan en 04-24-13
De: Jess Faraday
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A Study in Silks
- De: Emma Jane Holloway
- Narrado por: Angele Masters
- Duración: 21 h y 38 m
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In a Victorian era ruled by a council of ruthless steam barons, mechanical power is the real monarch and sorcery the demon enemy of the Empire. Nevertheless, the most coveted weapon is magic that can run machines - something Evelina has secretly mastered. But rather than making her fortune, her special talents could mean death or an eternity as a guest of Her Majesty's secret laboratories. What's a polite young lady to do but mind her manners and pray she's never found out?
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Too much of a bad thing
- De Bomberwizz en 11-30-14
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His at Night
- De: Sherry Thomas
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 11 h
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Lord Vere is used to baiting irresistible traps. As a secret agent for the government, he's tracked down some of the most devious criminals in London, all the while maintaining his cover as one of society's most harmless - and idiotic - bachelors. But nothing can prepare him for the scandal of being ensnared by Elissande. Forced into a marriage of convenience, Elissande and Vere are each about to discover that they're not the only ones with a hidden agenda.
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The title is SO random!!
- De 🌿🌸Susynne🌸🌿 en 05-04-15
De: Sherry Thomas
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The Fire Rose
- De: Mercedes Lackey
- Narrado por: Kate Black-Regan
- Duración: 13 h
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Accepting employment as a governess after hard times hit her family, medieval scholar Rosalind Hawkins is surprised when she learns that her mysterious employer has no children and only wants her to read to him through a speaking tube.
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Great story, poorly presented
- De Che en 02-26-10
De: Mercedes Lackey
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Jack Maggs
- De: Peter Carey
- Narrado por: Steven Crossley
- Duración: 13 h y 26 m
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With scars on his back and silver in his pocket, the huge figure of Jack Maggs strides across the rich landscape of 19th century London. As this enigmatic man moves through its streets and houses, his single-minded quest to find his son will engender love, deceit, and vengeance in the lives around him.
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Jack Maggs
- De Kathleen en 04-04-05
De: Peter Carey
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Love and Other Scandals
- Scandal
- De: Caroline Linden
- Narrado por: Veida Dehmlow
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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Joan Bennett is a breath away from being a spinster. She’s had four seasons without a suitor. After reading a shockingly sensuous book, Fifty Ways to Sin, Joan decides perhaps it’s time to stop being proper and start being sinful, while she’s still young enough to enjoy it. And what better partner than her brother’s drinking mate, Viscount Burke? He seems the type to know how to give a lady a lascivious adventure.
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Romance with Depth
- De G.G.Gael en 09-03-19
De: Caroline Linden
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One Touch of Scandal
- De: Liz Carlyle
- Narrado por: Nicola Barber
- Duración: 12 h
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All Grace Gauthier ever wanted was the security of a good marriage, family, and home. Instead, despised by her aristocratic father's family because of her mother's foreign birth, she's taken a safe position as a governess. Now, unprotected and alone in London, accused of the shocking murder of her employer, she has no one to turn to except the mysterious - and possibly dangerous - Lord Ruthveyn.
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Boring What Happened
- De Cindy Johnston en 10-13-10
De: Liz Carlyle
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A Gentleman's Murder
- De: Christopher Huang
- Narrado por: Raphael Corkhill
- Duración: 11 h y 52 m
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The year is 1924. Only a few years removed from the trenches of Flanders, Lieutenant Eric Peterkin has just been granted membership in the most prestigious soldiers-only club in London: the Britannia. But when a gentleman's wager ends with a member stabbed to death, the victim's last words echo in the lieutenant's head: that he would "Soon right a great wrong from the past". Eric is certain one of his fellow members is the murderer. But who?
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Ignore the indiscriminate ire. It’s great!
- De Denise Dalrymple en 05-15-20
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The Whole Art of Detection
- Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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Internationally best-selling author Lyndsay Faye became enamored with tales of Sherlock Holmes and his esteemed biographer, Dr. John Watson, as a child and later began spinning these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction - from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow, which pitted the famous detective against Jack the Ripper, to a series of short stories for the Strand Magazine, whose predecessor published the very first Sherlock Holmes short story in 1891.
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Marvelous!
- De Gentleman Gamer en 05-16-17
De: Lyndsay Faye
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Art in the Blood
- A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 1
- De: Bonnie MacBird
- Narrado por: Thomas Judd
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend - until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star, writes that her illegitimate son by an English lord has disappeared, and she has been attacked in the streets of Montmartre.
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Not a bad story, but too 21st century
- De M B Yorton en 11-11-19
De: Bonnie MacBird
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Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon
- De: James Lovegrove
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe, eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty, is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window. What is more, she has begun to receive mysterious parcels of birch twigs, the Black Thurrick’s calling card.
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A very average Sherlock Holmes book
- De Randy Lentz en 12-23-22
De: James Lovegrove
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Jane Steele
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Susie Riddell
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the corpses of her tormentors behind her. After years of hiding from the law while penning macabre "last confessions" of the recently hanged, Jane thrills at discovering an advertisement. Her aunt has died, and her childhood home has a new master: Mr. Charles Thornfield, who seeks a governess.
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Wonderful reinvention!
- De Barbara en 06-01-16
De: Lyndsay Faye
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Dust and Shadow
- An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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Breathless and painstakingly researched, this is a stunning debut mystery in which Sherlock Holmes unmasks Jack the Ripper. Lyndsay Faye perfectly captures all the color and syntax of Conan Doyle’s distinctive nineteenth-century London.
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Excellent!
- De Wadie en 01-07-11
De: Lyndsay Faye
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The King of Infinite Space
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch, Raj Ghatak, Imani Jade Powers
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault). His Broadway theater baron father is dead - but by purpose or accident? The question rips him apart. Unable to face alone his mother's ghastly remarriage to his uncle, Ben turns to his dearest friend, Horatio Patel, whom he hasn't seen since their relationship changed forever from platonic to something...other. Loyal to a fault, Horatio is on the first flight to NYC when he finds himself next to a sly tailor who portends inevitable disaster. And who seems ominously like an architect of mayhem himself.
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- De Geonn Cannon en 08-16-21
De: Lyndsay Faye
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The Whole Art of Detection
- Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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Internationally best-selling author Lyndsay Faye became enamored with tales of Sherlock Holmes and his esteemed biographer, Dr. John Watson, as a child and later began spinning these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction - from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow, which pitted the famous detective against Jack the Ripper, to a series of short stories for the Strand Magazine, whose predecessor published the very first Sherlock Holmes short story in 1891.
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Marvelous!
- De Gentleman Gamer en 05-16-17
De: Lyndsay Faye
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Art in the Blood
- A Sherlock Holmes Adventure, Book 1
- De: Bonnie MacBird
- Narrado por: Thomas Judd
- Duración: 6 h y 29 m
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London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend - until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Mlle La Victoire, a beautiful French cabaret star, writes that her illegitimate son by an English lord has disappeared, and she has been attacked in the streets of Montmartre.
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Not a bad story, but too 21st century
- De M B Yorton en 11-11-19
De: Bonnie MacBird
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Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon
- De: James Lovegrove
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 8 h y 45 m
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It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe, eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty, is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window. What is more, she has begun to receive mysterious parcels of birch twigs, the Black Thurrick’s calling card.
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A very average Sherlock Holmes book
- De Randy Lentz en 12-23-22
De: James Lovegrove
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Jane Steele
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Susie Riddell
- Duración: 12 h y 14 m
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A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the corpses of her tormentors behind her. After years of hiding from the law while penning macabre "last confessions" of the recently hanged, Jane thrills at discovering an advertisement. Her aunt has died, and her childhood home has a new master: Mr. Charles Thornfield, who seeks a governess.
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Wonderful reinvention!
- De Barbara en 06-01-16
De: Lyndsay Faye
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Dust and Shadow
- An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Simon Vance
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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Breathless and painstakingly researched, this is a stunning debut mystery in which Sherlock Holmes unmasks Jack the Ripper. Lyndsay Faye perfectly captures all the color and syntax of Conan Doyle’s distinctive nineteenth-century London.
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Excellent!
- De Wadie en 01-07-11
De: Lyndsay Faye
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The King of Infinite Space
- De: Lyndsay Faye
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch, Raj Ghatak, Imani Jade Powers
- Duración: 13 h y 29 m
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Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault). His Broadway theater baron father is dead - but by purpose or accident? The question rips him apart. Unable to face alone his mother's ghastly remarriage to his uncle, Ben turns to his dearest friend, Horatio Patel, whom he hasn't seen since their relationship changed forever from platonic to something...other. Loyal to a fault, Horatio is on the first flight to NYC when he finds himself next to a sly tailor who portends inevitable disaster. And who seems ominously like an architect of mayhem himself.
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- De Geonn Cannon en 08-16-21
De: Lyndsay Faye
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Sherlock Holmes and the Twelve Thefts of Christmas
- The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Series, Book 3
- De: Tim Major
- Narrado por: Tom Woosnam
- Duración: 10 h y 49 m
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Sherlock Holmes’s discovery of a mysterious musical score initiates a devious Christmas challenge set by Irene Adler, with clues that are all variations on the theme of “theft without theft”, such as a statue missing from a museum found hidden in the room it was taken from. In the snowy London lead-up to Christmas, Holmes’s preoccupation with the “Adler Variations” risks him neglecting the case of his new client, Norwegian arctic explorer Fridtjof Nansen, who has received a series of threats in the form of animal carcasses left on his doorstep.
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Narrator not for me
- De Anna Cashman en 12-04-23
De: Tim Major
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The Further Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
- De: Caiden Cooper Myles
- Narrado por: Luke Barton
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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Within this volume you will find a collection of previously unpublished accounts by John H. Watson, M.D. that take Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson from London into the home counties and the south coast in the pursuit of villains and justice.
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Best unofficial Holmes tales
- De Nicole en 05-08-24
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Sherlock Holmes: The Stuff of Nightmares
- De: James Lovegrove
- Narrado por: Dennis Kleinman
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
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It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence. Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating a nationwide campaign of terror, but to what end? At the same time, a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops and in the grimy back alleys of the capital.
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Really great rendition of the beloved Sherlock
- De Samuel Warren en 09-09-23
De: James Lovegrove
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The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols
- Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.
- De: Nicholas Meyer
- Narrado por: David Robb, Nicholas Meyer
- Duración: 8 h y 1 m
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January 1905: Holmes and Watson are summoned by Holmes' brother Mycroft to undertake a clandestine investigation. An agent of the British Secret Service has been found floating in the Thames, carrying a manuscript smuggled into England at the cost of her life. The pages purport to be the minutes of a meeting of a secret group intent on nothing less than taking over the world: the Protocols of the Elders of Zion.
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Just Kinda Sorta Okay
- De James E. Carr en 12-05-19
De: Nicholas Meyer
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The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
- Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D.
- De: Nicholas Meyer
- Narrado por: David Case
- Duración: 6 h y 43 m
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This "rediscovered" Sherlock Holmes adventure recounts the unique collaboration of Holmes and Sigmund Freud in the solution of a mystery on which the lives of millions may depend.
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Did I Get the Same Book Everyone Else Got?
- De Troy en 08-28-13
De: Nicholas Meyer
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The Confidential Files of Dr. John H. Watson Collection: Books 1-4
- De: Joanna Campbell Slan, CJ Lutton
- Narrado por: Tim Campbell
- Duración: 25 h y 21 m
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The Confidential Files of John H. Watson collection contains the following titles: Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Sumatran Rat, Sherlock Holmes and the Father of Lies, Sherlock Holmes and the Nefarious Seafarers, Sherlock Holmes and the Time Machine.
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Good but this is book1-3 Time Machine is not in this book
- De Trish en 02-09-25
De: Joanna Campbell Slan, y otros
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- Christina Taylor
- 05-16-24
Brilliantly conceived and artfully executed
These stories of Holmes are told through the perspectives of supporting characters like Lestrade, Hopkins, Wiggins and Mrs. Hudson rather than through our regular guide Watson, and this allows us a more rounded view of the famous detective. (Watson as well, and there is a bit of a missed opportunity there - I would have enjoyed seeing more of him through other people's eyes as he often minimized his own participation according to Holmes) Thoughtful characterization throughout - was impressed by how well-articulated and individuated each perspective came across. Language is period perfect and sumptuous. Plots are rather beside the point here as this is more a character piece but they are still interesting, emotionally affecting and at many points evocative of the original tales.
Performances are very well done, especially the accent work, through Watson seems a bit more breathy gothic heroine than stalwart army medico it works as an acting choice I grew to appreciate as it emphasized his gentle demeanor, decency and kindness. Mrs. Norton/Irene Adler was especially well-acted and historically appropriate - so many people forget her background. For Sherlockians, there is much to dig your teeth into here as this author has definitely done their homework.
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- M B Yorton
- 01-27-24
Completely original ides, very well done.
I really enjoyed the new depth in the relationships with those who interact with SH & JW, as experienced through the perspectives of those individuals, instead of just Watson's. Very imaginative, and creative. Yet completely true to the character of Holmes & Watson as given by SACDoyle. A treat for true Sherlockians.
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- Nabou
- 02-26-22
Ms. Faye is the best
I loved her first two Holmes books and was so happy to hear this. Hope it’s not her last!
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- T. Tyler
- 01-20-24
Rounding out the characters of Conan Doyle's books
What a delightful take on the characters and environment of Sherlock Holmes -- examining, giving voice to, and listening to the fascinating secondary characters around the famous detective. Each time I was skeptical about a new voice I quickly found myself absorbed and appreciative.
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- WJR
- 01-18-22
just a treasure
this book is just a treasure. It is perfection in terms of content and performance. All sherlockianss everywhere should consume this book with glee. This will be a tremendous contribution to the unofficial canon. The author shows a deep and abiding love and care for all the characters. Anything by Lindsey fate is to be highly recommended.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-17-22
Would not recommend
Overall the book was disappointing. The male narrator has a habit of ending every sentence with the same uplift of his voice in the same tone. It can be grating after awhile.
The author goes overboard with her use of adjectives and too often feels it necessary to describe every physical feature of the surroundings, Holmes etc. to the point of redundancy. This practice does not add to the story after awhile but rather detracts from it. Because if the above mentioned redundancy the stories take much longer than they need to. A lot of words, not much plot.
Henry Wiggins and Martha Hudson’s stories were fresh and added details not found in other Holmes pastiches. Irene Adler’s story, while interesting, had a mundane and unsatisfying plot and ending and was way too lengthy. The last story by Lorax was one I quit half way through. The book is ok but would not recommend it for the reader well acquainted with original Holmes stories and the myriad of excellent pastiches available on audible.
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- Ken
- 02-15-22
Absolutely loved it!
Intellectual yet very human. Ms Faye has used many different viewpoints to deepen our relationship with Mr Holmes. She is different than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, but in many ways better!
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- David
- 01-04-24
The Best is Still The Best
Faye continues to be the best modern voice of our favorite fictional detective; and in this work, the voice of his closest relations as well.
If you love Holmes, you will love this book. By nature of its focus on secondary characters, we get a bit less of Holmes himself here. But, of course, if you're a fan of the original novels, you'll know that this is quite in keeping with Doyle's work.
I've read dozens of Holmes pastiches, and Faye continues to produce the best of them all.
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- TX lilbit
- 02-07-23
Disappointing
Painful narration. I liked the male narrator, he just didn’t seem suited to this style of writing, and did not care for the woman at all. I have to say, the writing itself was part of the the wooden, strangely convoluted and flowery feel - but the dragging pedantic reading was hard to take. I had the strong impression both narrators were told to read in this way, maybe the idea is that it added to the period feel. I’d say this is totally wrongheaded.
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- anon
- 10-23-24
Mediocre
These stories apparently aim to provide atmosphere and background for the Holmes canon. Lindsay is s capable writer, but these are practically plotless. I couldn't sustain much interest in any of them.
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