So, here is the book that I appear in (page 162-163, if you're lookin'!) and I received it in the post yesterday and read it straight through in one go. It's getting good ratings on Amazon and Goodreads which I am pleased about because of the cause but I find that people aren't really saying … Continue reading Review: The Art of Deduction
OK, question first: I'm thinking of entering a writing competition that entails writing a short story on any subject and in any genre that doesn't exceed 750 words. I have a suitable idea and I think it will be within the word count but what exactly is a short story? With something that short, you … Continue reading A Question and Announcement…
I am not a poet. I don't write poetry, I am more for prose. But last weekend, I went to a poetry reading where an old friend of mine was reading her work (which was excellent, by the way) and when I came home, I randomly had the first two lines of my own poem … Continue reading Not So Different – A Poem
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (1892) Synopsis: A collection of twelve stories revolving around cases of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson; including the appearance of the oft portrayed and mentioned female criminal, Irene Adler. Review: *Seeing as how this book actually consists of twelve different cases, I'm going to do things … Continue reading Review: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle (1915) Synopsis: Sherlock Holmes is intrigued and disturbed when he receives an ominous coded message: a Mr Douglas of Birlstone House is in terrible danger. Before Holmes can act, shocking news arrives. Douglas has been founded dead - his face blown off by a shotgun. Scotland Yard … Continue reading Review: The Valley of Fear
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle (1902) Synopsis: When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend … Continue reading Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1890) Synopsis: As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young … Continue reading Review: The Sign of the Four
A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1887) The first of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories; it is also one of only two to be split into two very distinct parts and one of only four classed as novels. Synopsis: Looking for a place to live in London after his Afghan service, Dr. … Continue reading Review: A Study in Scarlet
