In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
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Laurie R. King
Laurie R. King is the Edgar Award–winning author of the Kate Martinelli novels and the acclaimed Mary Russell-Sherlock Holmes mysteries, as well as a few stand-alone novels. The Beekeeper’s Apprentice, the first in her Mary Russell series, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of the Century’s Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. A Monstrous Regiment of Women won the Nero Wolfe Award. She has degrees in theology, and besides writing she has also managed a coffee store and raised children, vegetables, and the occasional building. She lives in northern California.
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Reviews for In the Company of Sherlock Holmes
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This was a very nice set of short stories. Some of them were about Holmes, others were based on the cannon, while others were alluded to Holmes's style of solving cases. These are well worth the time to read the book. Only one clunker in the lot.
- Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Group of short stories by different authors. Inconsistent styles, and mysteries solved in random patterns.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good effort with some clever twists.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Not nearly as good a collection of Sherlock Holmes-inspired stories as the previous volume. There are a couple standouts ("The Memoirs of Silver Blaze," "Dunkirk," "The Adventure of my Ignoble Ancestress"), but overall I wasn't impressed, I'm sorry to say.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Some of the stories in here I had already read before so that was a bit disappointing but overall I was happy with the variety and mysteries included.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5As with any collection, especially one that consists of stories by several authors, some are better than others. This collection really vacillated in its quality of stories. Some seemed to be adhering to the tone set forth by Doyle, while others were clearly striving to be something else. Some seemed to ramble on, leaving the reader to wonder where the story was going. With others, it seemed that just when they got really interesting, the stories ended. Alas, that is the inherit problem with short stories: they are too short. The best stories in this collection were the ones that had more than a token mention of Holmes. My favorite was the retelling of Silver Blaze, told by Silver Blaze himself, gentleman horse. The collection is worth reading, but it not in the same league as the original Holmes canon.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A must for all Sherlock Holmes fans. Not just a collection of new adventures, but a collection of short stories that revolve around Holmes. My favorites were:"The Curious Affair of the Italian Art Dealer" - Holmes meets up with Amelia Butterworth (from Anna Katherine Green novels) and meets a match (doubt he'd be fooled by a "charwomen" like Irene Adler)"The Memoirs of Silver Blaze" - Told from the perspective of Silver Blaze. Very creative. Reread Silver Blaze first if you do not recall the story."The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" - The best in my opinion. A real twist that had me fooled and shocked!""Dunkirk" - Very well organized and kept me intrigued. Great reference to the song "I do like to be by the seaside" (sung by Basil Rathbone in the movie The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes)."Dr Watson's Casebook" - A facebook-like log of the Hound of the Baskervilles. May be beneficially to reread the book before hand.Also, recommend rereading "The Beryl Coronet" prior to reading "The Adventures of my Ignoble Ancentress".I did not like "Art in the Blood" and I found "He Who Grew up Reading Sherlock Holmes" a difficult story to read.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Some stories were better than others (not surprising, right?). I really liked the Lescroart; oddly enough, didn't care for the Ellison, mostly because I didn't get it at all.