The Book of Extraordinary New Sherloc..., Maxim Jakubowski
The Book of Extraordinary New Sherloc..., Maxim Jakubowski
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The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories
The Best New Original Stories of the Genre

Author: Maxim Jakubowski

Narrator: Matthew Lloyd Davies

Unabridged: 8 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/17/2020

Synopsis

Holmes and Watson Return in These New Detective Fiction Stories

New adventures of the iconic sleuth. An icon of detective fiction, readers, 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.

About Maxim Jakubowski

Maxim Jakubowski is a novelist and editor. A United Kingdom native, he opened the world-famous Murder One bookshop in London in 1988. He compiles two acclaimed annual series for the Mammoth list, Best New Erotica and Best British Crime. He is a recipient of the Anthony and Karel awards, a frequent TV and radio broadcaster, crime columnist for the Guardian newspaper, and literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival. He lives in London, United Kingdom.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Winry on September 17, 2023

A mixed bag of an anthology with both traditional and supernatural cases. I'd like to say it was decent, but it pales in comparison with MX Books of Sherlock Holmes Stories (for traditional pastiches) or The Gaslight Series (for the arcane cases) - those I would recommend wholeheartedly, this one.........more

Goodreads review by Kate on November 03, 2020

Fans who just can’t get enough of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson will be ensnared in the intrigues of The Book of Extraordinary New Sherlock Holmes Stories. This collection of succinct short stories in the crime genre is a much-awaited return to 221B Baker Street. Written by an assemblage of authors......more

Goodreads review by Baustman on January 07, 2021

These are modern Sherlock Holmes stories. Most, I thought, are excellent, and very much in the tradition of Arthur Conan Doyle's original woks. Others are very sub-par! They are not in keeping with the Holmesian tradition of cold logic with just a touch of humanity. This is especially true of the st......more

Goodreads review by K R I S T Y on November 25, 2020

I listened to the audiobook. Matthew Lloyd Davies did a wonderful job narrating! I enjoyed almost all of the stories. I would definitely recommend it to any fan of Holmes and Watson.......more

Goodreads review by Thaddeus on August 18, 2021

A fairy good collection of stories, some are traditional in the Conan Doyle style, others are a bit more contemporary and feel more like a Cumberbatch or Downey Sherlock Holmes. Some of the authors really get Holmes, while others follow the premise but aren’t completely true to the canon. David Stua......more

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