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Part Three of a record breaking three-volume collection, bringing together over sixty of the world's leading Sherlock Holmes authors. All the stories are traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches. This volume covers the years from 1896 to 1929, including contributions from: Geri Schear, Paul D. Gilbert, Stuart Douglas, Lyn McConchie, Phil Growick, Seamus Duffy, Leslie FE Coombs, Mark Alberstat, GC Rosenquist, Iain McLaughlin and Claire Bartlett, Andrew Lane, Peter K. Andersson, Matthew J. Elliott, Jim French, Bob Byrne, James Lovegrove, Tim Symonds, Larry Millett, Kim Krisco, C. Edward Davis, Joel and Carolyn Senter, (and two poems by Bonnie MacBird). The authors are donating all the royalties from the collection to preservation projects at Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's former home, Undershaw.
The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part III: 1896 to 1929From MX Publishing- Amazon Sales Rank: #249375 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.02" h x .98" w x 5.98" l, 1.41 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 440 pages
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. An intense and enriching pleasure By Marcia This is the third of the MX Anthology for New Sherlock Holmes published for the benefit for the Undershaw Preservation Trust. This does not mean it is the last--pay close attention and you will get threads going back to the first volumes and hints of a misty future..David Stuart Davies gives us the foreward this time--and it reads like an abstract from a particularly erudite paper on Holmes' intellectual equity paired with the emotional interest into something very important. Many lovers of the traditional canon can track the roots of this love to their first introduction to Sherlock Holmes on the screen: Public Television, Vincent Price, Edward Gorey and Granada's series of the Great Detective--Davies was there for all of it.Vol III passes into what some may believe are the thorniest of years: 1896-1929. No one wants to see the perfect play come to and end, and chronologically this is it. But, there are many ways to close a chapter and this one is as good as it gets. The authors who chose this era remember a certain truth: Holmes and Watson shine in the ending as well as they do in their beginning and peaking--to deny this is to deny us all a good story and the very human nature of the characters. give them the denouement they deserve--it is here and thank goodness. This too-often overlooked era really is a denouement--where traditionally in the plot all secrets are revealed and all loose ends, tied up.Bonnie MacBird opens up the book with two sonnets packed in to one page and how often do we get lines in poetry like "the mind of man is like a complex song / and a musician's ear is what it takes?" (Answer: hardly ever. The last time for me was 12 years ago with "promulgating silence in the deep phreatic zone" by another woman of accomplishment, Barb MacLeod).Geri Schear gives us a distressed client on a bitter day with a crime that echoes in its single-mindedness to cause harm. I am giving a lift to the tobacco, for her story is placed early in the beginning of the year of this era, and also the comment from Watson on his wounds: "the curse of getting older." This helps us set the mental stage for the stories to follow. There is more than one "Harbringer of Death" here. Paul D. Gilbert picks up the torch and breathes fire into an Adventure of the Regular Passenger, or to paraphrase, "An Explanation into that affair that Watson referred to in 'The Solitary Cyclist.'"Stuart Douglas has an imperfectly "Perfect Spy" with a simple murder plot convoluted and twisted by circumstance and timing into a tangle too deep for anyone but Holmes to unravel. Lyn McConchie's Mistress--Missing, means mischief, mayhem, and malfeasance remonstrated by Mandalay the mouser, whose milady went mysteriously meandering on Monday. Muse over murder most foul, Mycroft, and mortifying machinations. Magnificent.Two Plus Two by Phil Gowrick opens with a scene that should prove once and for all he is successfully channeling the spirit of a mathematician/grammarian from the other side of the looking-glass. If we may accept the rule that 'he who would pun would pick a pocket' than a lady who plays upon words is a dangerous foe indeed. Séamas Duffy gives us another reason to celebrate for we finally have an absorbing account of the Athanasian Scroll, or an affair better known as 'The Adventure of the Coptic Patriarch.' No simple tale, this illuminates one of Holmes' finest tricks: to recognize the tiniest divergence and construe a solid case from it. He IS a logician.Leslie F. E. Coombs gives as The Royal Arsenal Affair and a November-dry Mycroft (Charles Grey, RIP for stories like this were made for your elocution). Honestly, buy the book for your snobbiest-of-wordsmith loved ones--this may be one of the few times they will get to see 'pantechnicon' in a work of fiction. In a book stuffed with gems, this one glitters. Watson is slowing down from his wounds and Holmes is beginning to second-guess himself. I for one would pay cold cash to see this Mycroft in the rescue of his brother. Watson shines as the studious disciple of Holmes' methods. Well played, sir.The Banks of Cox gives us another solution thanks to Mark Alberstat, who has been blessed with The Adventure of the Sunken Parsley. Hertford is a land sunken in history but murder appears to be eternal. Add parsley, poisons and butter and you are certain to have one of the biggest "murder by Mother Nature" stories since we first learned to check every tide pool for wandering deadly jellyfish. A savant of the violin gives Holmes a strange case penned by GC Rosenquist. This is gives us another appreciation for Holmes--we admire his deductive and adductive abilities and his incomprehensibly swift leaps in intellect...but rarely do we appreciate him for what he is: a polymath who will never completely "fit in" with others and owning genius in seeing this quality in others and communicating with them in their own language. This one will stick to you after you quit reading.The Hopkins Brothers Affair is unique in the trilogy--two authors have put together a layered story of family and the bonds that produce pain...and ultimately a love deep enough to commit a truly "beautiful crime." We do not often see a story where there is so much conscious purpose in the ending of a man's life--almost allegorical for the 3rd volume for MX. Following it is Andrew Lane's slightly alarming concept of a "Disembodied Assassin." It starts in 1901, in the wake of the Queen's death. The world can either mourn or move on...only Holmes seems capable of standing remote and intelligent. This is no ordinary act of murder that causes Mycroft to summon his younger brother. Both are given opportunity to grant us a wealth of one-liners that are equally cutting and clever. The crime in question is a cold execution but the almost divine justice that follows is anything but.Peter K. Anderssson allows us an Adventure inside a dark tower--and Watson relies on Holmes' long-distance counsel as he unravels a beyond- despicable serial murderer and rapist The reliance upon fantasy is an old one for a particular breed of parasite, and we are relieved for the lives saved at the end. Matthew J. Elliot creates an adventure of his own with a reluctant corpse--or rather, a man who manages to die three times (reminding one of Dion Fortune's creation of the phrase "insufficiently dead"). The reasons behind it all are no happier.Jim French gives us another rarity for the public, a radio drama. "The Inspector of Graves" gives us a very, VERY strange story of grave-robbing (one of the more reprehensible crimes of the time). The gullibility of the victim is as terrible as the crime itself. Bob Byrne uses his turn in the book wisely: his Adventure of the Parson's Son starts with a near-comical collision between Baker Street and the police, both working separately for the same solution: the outcome of George Edalji's charges of horse mutilation. Most of us already know of this case so it is a treat to see how Edalji, Adolf Beck, Sherlock Holmes and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manage to come together--it is neat as a pin.A Botanist's Glove gives us an adventure and then some under James Lovegrove's deft hand. 1903 was enough to depress a lot of people, and Holmes wonders if he should retire with some sense to him now that he has given over twenty years of his wits to solving crime (Easter Eggs in the first page allude to mysterious cases, well-known case-solves in the past, and the strong suspicion that one should leave some parts of the English countryside well and truly alone). Say hello to an act of crime that is as effective as it is cold-blooded.Tim Symonds gives a Most Diabolical Plot with one of ACD's most diabolical villains. I went from laughing at Lestrade's discovering Holmes in disguise to stopping short as the next page slipped me into a creeping dread. It was soon enough justified. This is the sort of horror one might have expected in a Rathbone film--nervy and cutting with high stakes and higher emotions. In contrast Larry Mellett's Opera Thief begins with our ageing duo seeking medical treatment in the States--the crime they encounter, alas, is unspeakingly poignant with emotion. No one dies in this one...yet.Kim Krisco's Blood Brothers moves further in time to 1913 to a feverish race with time before a young boy meets a grisly fate. If you didn't read the first part of the story and think, "No, no, don't do it" you have no appreciable instincts for self-preservation and need to be looked after by experts. While I am relieved at the ending, it is hard not to shudder at the memory and glad for the Baker Street Irregulars. C. Edward Davis' The Adventure of the White Bird puts Holmes inside one of the most sensationalist mysteries of aviation--you'll know which one by the title. Fact and fiction mix beautifully here.Joel and Carolyn Senter give us a double-punch for Holmes' 75th Birthday: a brief visit with nostalgia in a changing world does not stop Holmes and Watson from encountering an old crime with a new slant. The ending for this story is fantastically perfect for the third volume:'I'll be seeing you." I said.He smiled and nodded agreement."Perhaps next year?" I offered."Perhaps," he agreed. One final handshake and he was away in his taxi.I hailed my own taxi. Holmes' voice and the word "perhaps" continued to linger in my mind all the way home.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Beyond impressive! By Ye Olde Ed There have been some impressive anthologies of brand new Sherlock Holmes stories over the past 20 years or so (thank you, Mike Ashley, David Stuart Davies, Martin Greenberg et al.) but this one goes beyond impressive. Not just in quantity - more than 60 stories in three handsome volumes - but in consistent quality. And no wonder, given the quality of the contributors. Here are some - most - of the best, most dedicated Holmesian authors working today, from all four corners of the world. Stories by Andrew Lane, Lyndsay Faye, Larry Millett, Carole Nelson Douglas, Bert Coules, Denis O Smith, Michael Kurland, Amy Thomas, James Lovegrove, Daniel D Victor, Matthew Booth, Peter Calamai, David Stuart Davies, Matthew J Elliott, Paul D Gilbert, John Hall, Jim French, Phil Growick, Bonnie MacBird, Tim Symonds... and twice as many again. Top stuff! And there's more... Neither the publisher, the hard-working editor, nor any of the contributors will make a penny out of it. All royalties will go towards the preservation and restoration of Undershaw, the house built in Surrey for himself and his family by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is a splendid venture for a great cause!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. ” “The Perfect Spy, ” a novella by Stuart Douglas By Philip K. Jones This book is the third of a series of four Sherlockian anthology volumes from MX Publications and it includes stories set in the period 1896 through 1929. All of the authors have donated their royalties for this publication to the support of Undershaw. It includes twenty-one short stories and novellas as well as a pair of poems.The poems are a pair of elegant sonnets by Bonnie MacBird; “Out of the Fog” and “The Art of Detection.” The sonnet form is difficult and these two fit both the tongue and the mind. In “Harbinger of Death,” a short story by Geri Schear, in which Holmes is asked to help a young lady whose elderly aunt believes she is cursed to die on Friday the thirteenth. “The Adventure of the Regular Passenger,” a novella by Paul D. Gilbert, tells the tale of “… the peculiar persecution to which John Vincent Harden, the well-known tobacco millionaire, had been subjected” as cited in “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist.” “The Perfect Spy,” a novella by Stuart Douglas, tells of murder and Boer spies in a world where unsuitable suitors and heiresses may not mix. “A Mistress – Missing” is a short story by Lyn McConchie that tells of an odd client who asks Holmes to find a missing lady and then pays him in kind.“Two Plus Two” is a short story by Phil Growick that has Holmes exploring homonyms and their odd occurrences. “The Adventure of the Coptic Patriarch” is a novella by Seamus Duffy that tells an Untold Tale cited in “The Adventure of the Retired Colourman.” In “The Royal Arsenal Affair,” a short story by Leslie F. E. Coombs, Holmes is asked by brother Mycroft to investigate the theft of an unspecified apparatus from Woolwich Royal Arsenal. “The Adventure of the Sunken Parsley,” a short story by Mark Alberstat, tells an Untold Tale cited in “The Adventure of the Six Napoleons.” The author assures me that this is entirely different than an earlier story on the same subject, published in “The Hounds Collection [#01].” In the haunting “The Strange Case of the Violin Savant,” a short story by G. C. Rosenquist, Holmes meets a child prodigy violinist with communication problems.In the short story, “The Hopkins Brothers Affair,” by Iain McLaughlin and Clair Bartlett, Holmes is asked to find a missing ship by its captain’s brother. In “The Disembodied Assassin,” a short story by Andrew Lane, Holmes is asked by Mycroft to solve a classic “locked room” mystery, which he does like clockwork. In “The Adventure of the Dark Tower,” a short story by Peter K. Andersson, Watson comes across an historical mystery that seems to lap over into the present day. “The Adventure of the Reluctant Corpse,” a short story by Matthew J. Elliott, presents Holmes and Watson with a living man Watson previously declared dead. Later, his corpse shows up again and the real mystery begins. “The Inspector of Graves” is a script of a radio episode written by Jim French that was first broadcast July 16th, 2006. It recounts a grave robbery that never happened. “The Parson’s Son” is a short story by Bob Byrne. It recounts the preliminary investigations by Holmes of the Edalji case which led him to ask Watson to bring it to Doyle’s attention. “The Adventure of the Botanist’s Glove” is a short story by James Lovegrove that presents a most ingenious murder method.“A Most Diabolical Plot,” a short story by Tim Symonds, tells of a truly complex plan by recently released Sebastian Moran to assassinate Holmes. “The Opera Thief” is a short story by Larry Millet. It occurs after Holmes takes Watson to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, for gall bladder surgery and is one of the most tragic tales in this collection. “Blood Brothers,” a novella by Kim Krisko, presents two sets of brothers whose actions declare which are the wealthier pair. “The Adventure of the White Bird” is another novella, this time by C. Edward Davis. It recounts some of the early aviation efforts to fly the Atlantic for Ortieg’s prize that ended with Lindbergh’s successful landing in Paris. “The Adventure of the Avaricious Bookkeeper” is a novella by Joel and Carolyn Senter. In it, Holmes and Watson investigate a puzzle for Mrs. Hudson’s niece as they meet again in Baker Street in the 20’s.This third volume continues the tradition set by the first two books in the series. The twenty-three items in this book include only two that I would rate as excellent, however, it also contains only six I would rate as good. The other fourteen are all very good and that gives the entire volume a rating of “very good” by any standard.Reviewed by: Philip K. Jones, March, 2016
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