The Canary Trainer
From the Memoirs of John H. Watson

There is much to commend this Sherlock Holmes-meets-the-Phantom-of-the-Opera tale: the descriptions of Paris and especially the Opera Populaire and its many subterranean levels are fascinating and atmospheric; the unexpected appearance of Irene Adler (not particularly a favorite of mine) and her rel......more

Holmes without Watson deduces very little. This is how I would sum up The Canary Trainer. Another 'lost' Dr Watson manuscript, this one apparently dictated to the doctor by his friend Holmes. A ghost in an opera house who is also a music teacher and demands a monthly stipend. A number of characters w......more

Nicholas Meyer did it again. After the very good “Seven per cent solution”, Meyer gives us another worthy pastiche (I know, it was published almost 20 years ago, but this is a real findfor me). This time, it is Holmes who narrates a much curious case: that of the Phantom of the Opera. How Holmes beca......more