Tag Archives: Holmes

Dust and Shadow – Lyndsay Faye, Simon Vance

Posted on July 27, 2012 by stewartry

It is inevitable that writers feel a deep-seated urge to pit Sherlock Holmes against Jack the Ripper. The murders happened in the midst of Holmes’s career; his contemporary readership must have wished he could step out of the pages … Continue reading →

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The Moor – Laurie R. King

Posted on February 8, 2012 by stewartry

I would have loved to have reread The Hound of the Baskervilles before this, but I was in a hurry to get to the ARC of Pirate King that was waiting. Next time – because these are definitely books I … Continue reading →

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A Monstrous Regiment of Women – Laurie R. King

Posted on February 8, 2012 by stewartry

A Monstrous Regiment of Women isn’t my favorite of the Holmes/Russell novels, but that’s a little like saying dark isn’t my favorite type of chocolate. It’s still chocolate, and therefore by definition far better than many another thing. Mary Russell … Continue reading →

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Holmes pastiche & Furies

Posted on February 28, 2010 by stewartry

It’s been a weird month, this. After a week of relative normalcy, there was a week in Florida at the home office of the company I’m just starting with for “training” (in quotes because I … have my doubts), which … Continue reading →

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