The West End Horror
A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.

The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, MD is a superior Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Nicholas Meyer, published in 1976. It takes place after his other two Holmes pastiches, "The Seven-Percent Solution" and "The Canary Trainer" (although it was published between the two.) Ho......more

Nicholas Meyer is my hero! He wrote STAR TREK II THE WRATH OF KHAN and he also wrote TIME AFTER TIME, two of the most amazing movies ever made. I thought they were great thirty years ago, and after seeing the junk they put out these days, like LOVE ACTUALLY and YESTERDAY, I'm even more impressed wit......more

This book suffers from too much of so many things. Too many real-world names dropped, for one thing. It was entertaining to a point, but I believe we could all feel certain that Bram Stoker wasn't going to turn out to be the killer, nor George Bernard Shaw, nor Gilbert and/or Sullivan. Too many ment......more

I quite enjoyed this one, and all the cameos Meyer dropped in. The story was enjoyable and did feel mostly like a quite authentic Conan Doyle tale. I do also like that Meyer is willing to take chances and also push the boundaries of Sherlock's universe, but not too much. Sherlock doesn't meet Cthulhu......more

I am so happy to finally have found this story to listen to. David Case was the perfect performer to bring the characters to life. I had marked this story to be read many years ago and forgotten until recently. It was only after listening to The Adventures of the Peculiar Protocols that I was remind......more