The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories

The Best New Original Stories of the Genre

By: Maxim Jakubowski - editor

Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Holmes and Watson return in these new detective fiction stories

New adventures of the iconic sleuth, an icon of detective fiction. Readers, listeners, investigators, and artists have come across Sherlock Holmes and his mythical stories of crime and adventure for generations. Now comes an outstanding anthology of never-before-seen short fiction stories featuring the much-loved powers of deduction and unerring quest for the truth - however improbable it might first appear.

A cornucopia of Sherlock Holmes characters, dark deeds, and derring-do. Collected by one of the genre's eminent editors, this volume features the mythical detective alongside favorite Sherlock Holmes characters, John Watson and Doctor Moriarty. With further examples of Holmes and Watson, fast-paced puzzles, and investigations accompanied by fascinating investigators, The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories brings together some of the most renowned American and British crime and thriller authors of today.

©2020 Maxim Jakubowski (P)2020 Tantor

Very difficult to understand the reader. Inconsistent volume.

Very difficult to understand the reader of this book. Inconsistent volume. Frustrating and difficult to stay focused.

definitely not sir Arthur's

a wide range of stories, some humorous, some silly, and as one reviewer stated a bit more detailed than would have been accepted in sir Arthur day. good narrator though.

enjoyed!

Was a nice listen. A Nice collection of homage to Sherlock Holmes. I enjoyed it very much.

It’s good it was free

Overall, the stories don’t feel very Holmesian. There were a few that stood out as being good, but some of them were frankly quite stupid. Throughout, I was disappointed by how little trademarked Holmes deduction there was in each story. There often wasn’t any real mystery at all, just the set up and then Holmes explaining what happened, it felt like most stories could’ve used an extra ten or twenty minutes to flesh them out further.

Mostly very good with a couple of duds tossed in

Sherlock Holmes pastiches can be hit or miss. This collection is mostly hits. There are a couple that miss the mark, with one quite graphic in a way the Victorians would not have allowed. The narrator is very good, making some stories come alive with a voice that seems to change at will. Overall, high marks for the narration with just a few points off for the book itself.

Meh

Nothing brilliant, clever or even marginally interesting. No Holmesian deductions or anything of substance. Just a collection of stories that disappoint on after another. Blech

Not that good

I don’t know, some people may like this. But for me the story telling isn’t on par with what I expect from Holmes short stories The plot development doesn’t follow a series of deductions and investigations. This is a collection from multiple authors. The reader is ok and I like his voice but his reading doesn’t portray Holmes or Watson in the accepted personas. It’s hard to listen to for me.