Sherlock Holmes Books: August 2012

Friday, 31 August 2012

Coming soon: Sherlock: The Casebook

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Sherlock: The Casebook

by Guy Adams

The first official guide to the BBC hit series Sherlock.

Fans of Sherlock Holmes will already be familiar with The Great Game -- in which all characters and events in the novels are assumed real and discussed accordingly. BBC hit Sherlock has brought Conan Doyle's legendary detective to a whole new audience and Sherlock: The Casebook is The Great Game for the next generation. This is no ordinary guide.

Each case is brought to life on the page and re-examined through Dr Watson's blog, Inspector Lestrade's police reports, newspaper articles about the crimes, Sherlock's detective notes and any other surviving clues from the cases.

Interspersed amongst the evidence are exclusive interviews with the stars of the show, Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman and Rupert Graves, writers and co-creators Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat and the production team on everything from writing the scripts and bringing the characters to life on screen to set design and production.

This is a multi-dimensional companion to Sherlock and a glorious tribute to the world-famous detective.

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Sunday, 26 August 2012

Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Boer Wagon

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Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Boer Wagon

by Kieran McMullen

It was an incredible year, the start of a new century. Queen Victoria was still on the throne, the Paris Exposition was the talk of Europe and Count Zeppelin was conquering the air. The Tsar had completed the Trans-Siberian Railway, the Boxer Rebellion surged through China, in South Africa the Boers of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State defied the British Empire, and at home Sherlock Holmes was at the peak of his powers. It was not a case of when the great detective's powers were needed but where. Mycroft sends for both his brother Sherlock and Dr Watson to help solve the mystery of lost secret plans and of missing gold in the fight that will become the Second Boer War. Watson accompanies his friend Dr Arthur Conan Doyle and Langman's Hospital to the battlefields of the Boer Republics as Holmes tries to stop the leak of information and recover a king's ransom. The biggest question is who to trust in a land ravaged by war and with countless conflicting loyalties. Will Holmes and Watson stop the leak before Lord Roberts tries to take Pretoria?

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Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Bulgar

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Sherlock Holmes & the Case of the Bulgar

by Tim Symonds

It's the year 1900. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson receive an urgent commission from the Prince Regnant of Bulgaria to come to Sofia. The Codex Zographensis, the most ancient and most sacred manuscript in the Old Bulgarian language has been stolen. Its disappearance could lead to the outbreak of war between Russia, Austro-Hungary and the Ottomans, three ageing empires disintegrating like great suns on every side of the Balkans. What follows is an extraordinary story of duplicity, murder, vampires and greed for vast estates in Bulgaria and Hungary, with the fate of millions in Sherlock Holmes' hands.

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Saturday, 18 August 2012

Coming soon: Out of the Ordinary: Popular Art, Architecture and Design

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Out of the Ordinary: Popular Art, Architecture and Design

by Derham Groves

Out of the Ordinary is one part unembellished documentation and one part verbi-visual equivalent of a Pro Hart work made with nineteenth-century, paint-loaded canons. It is a cultural history, resource for contemporary designers, imaginarium and luminous almanac of an explorer of the stranger species of creativity - from brick art to letterboxes, junk mail, mail art, television, fashion, food, model trains, Disney's imagineering, amusement parks, feng-shui, Postmodern architecture, human-scale craftsman - ship, forgotten Australian architects in China, famous architects (that, perhaps, should be forgotten save for their bow ties), collectors of Sherlock Holmes memorabilia, outsider artists and clients - and none of these things exactly. Everywhere Derham Groves attends to and finds significance in the minutiae of everyday life, inter-association, and those things that affect us so profoundly but remain just outside the purview of the normal. And in these things - objects, art, architecture, environment(s) - he finds stories and teaches his reader how to do the same. Out of the Ordinary is also a motivational text. It begins with bricks, perhaps the most standardized and repeatable units of construction, and reveals how they can be used as vehicles for unfettered creativity and not merely for the creation of containers. Groves shows how art and architecture can emerge and receive nourishment from the garbage of the everyday and creative collisions. Groves also calls, albeit subtly, for a turn away from homogeneity, the standard - ized, and unimaginative or lazy design informed by principles of economy, efficiency, utility and function conceived in abstraction. Rather, Groves celebrates the reanimation and/or rejuvenation of place by the makers of anything out of the ordinary (who don't necessarily pray to the demiurge of good taste) who have created spaces and things through which the creative imagination shines. (Dr. Andrew Chrystall, School of Communication, Journalism and Marketing, Massey University).

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Friday, 17 August 2012

Coming soon: Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Fall River Classics)

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Greatest Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Fall River Classics)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

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Coming soon: Between the Thames and the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Between the Thames and the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Ted Riccardi

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson traverse the British Isles and the Italian peninsula in a rousing new series of adventures.

After a thrilling jaunt in the far east, Holmes and Watson return to England to address an inheritance left by one of Watson's relatives in Cornwall, half of which he gave to his dear friend, Sherlock Holmes. Financially secure, the two are now free to spend as much time on Baker Street and the Continent as they please, and the duo find themselves as comfortable in Rome on the banks of the Tiber as the Thames.

As Holmes rationalizes and ratiocinates his way through case after case, from "The Case of Two Bohemes" to "A Singular Event in Tranquebar," it's all in a day's work, until clues surface that his great nemesis, Professor James Moriarty, might still be alive . . .

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Coming soon: Amazing & Extraordinary Facts - Sherlock Holmes

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Amazing & Extraordinary Facts - Sherlock Holmes

by Nicholas Utechin

Ever since Arthur Conan Doyle created the pipe-smoking, deer stalkered character, Sherlock Holmes, he has become a part of popular culture for generations, and here every aspect of the legendary detective is investigated. Brimming with strange and amusing facts, "Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: Sherlock Holmes" explores this timeless character and the continuation of impact it has had on audiences today. Brief, accessible and entertaining pieces on a wide variety of subjects makes it the perfect book to dip in to. The amazing and extraordinary facts series presents interesting, surprising and little-known facts and stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform, absorb and entertain in equal measure.

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Coming soon: The Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes

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The Secret Documents of Sherlock Holmes

by June Thomson

June Thomson's previous collections of Holmesiana were hailed by critics as 'among the best pastiches ever written' (Birmingham Post) and this new collection brings together previously unpublished cases, including: the theft of the Vatican cameos; the arrest of Huret, the boulevard assassin; and the terrible death of Crosby the banker, featuring the repulsive red leech.

Faithfully recreating the world of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, and wonderful mysteries in their own right, they are sure to delight all Baker Street devotees.

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Coming soon: The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes

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The Secret Journals of Sherlock Holmes

by June Thomson

A further seven tales have been rescued from the battered tin dispatch box which came into the possession of the famous Dr. Watson's namesake. They are: The Case of the Millionaire's Persecution; The Case of the Colonel's Madness; The Case of the Addleton Tragedy; The Case of the Friesland Tragedy; The Case of the Shopkeeper's Terror; The Case of the Smith-Mortimer Succession; The Case of the Maupertuis Scandal.

And in addition, the brilliantly conceived proposition,an hypothesis regarding the identity of the second Mrs Watson.

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Coming soon: Annals of Sherlock Holmes

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Annals of Sherlock Holmes

by Paul Gilbert

This sparkling collection of three new Sherlock Holmes stories draw on details and hints from the pages of Conan Doyle's classic works. From the pen of the acclaimed Doctor John Watson we are introduced to previously unsolved mysteries as referenced in many of the original stories.

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Coming soon: Rebel Fire (Sherlock Holmes: the Legend Begins)

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Rebel Fire (Sherlock Holmes: the Legend Begins)

by Andrew Lane

Fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes knows that Amyus Crowe, his mysterious American tutor, has some dark secrets. But he didn't expect to find John Wilkes Booth, the notorious assassin, apparently alive and well in England—and Crowe somehow mixed up in it. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have to risk all to discover it for yourself. And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock across the Atlantic, to the center of a deadly web—where a friend is in peril and a defeated army threatens to rise again.

Andrew Lane's exciting second case for the teenage Sherlock leads the young detective to America, straight into the heart of a shocking conspiracy.

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Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Edinburgh Haunting

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Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Edinburgh Haunting

by David Wilson

In March 1882, when John Watson is invited to Edinburgh to visit his cousin, the eminent Dr. Patrick Watson, he convinces Holmes to accompany him on what he believes will be a relaxing holiday. But where Sherlock Holmes tends to go, then surely a crime must be detected. What begins as a chance encounter of a seemingly simple mystery at an Edinburgh home, soon takes Holmes and Watson in to conflict with the Edinburgh Police, an investigation involving murder and corruption, and crossing paths with the local populace including Dr. Joseph Bell. As Holmes works more closely with a young Edinburgh constable on the case, it causes Watson to question not only his own position, but his very relationship with Sherlock Holmes.

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Coming soon: The Return of Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis Lives Again (Professor Moriarty)

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The Return of Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis Lives Again (Professor Moriarty)

by John Gardner

The novel that reintroduced the Napoleon of crime to the Victorian underworld is now back in print—after almost forty years. London is in terror. The streets are filled with dippers, macers, and bullies of every description, all collecting "contributions for the Professor." But Holmes saw Professor Moriarty swept over a waterfall in Switzerland! Could it be that Europe's Master Criminal somehow survived, and has returned to battle Holmes again in the greatest crime duel of all time? It could indeed.

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Coming soon: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Vs. Dracula (Further Adventures Sherlock Ho)

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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Vs. Dracula (Further Adventures Sherlock Ho)

by Loren D. Estleman

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless creation returns in a series of handsomely designed detective stories, encapsulating the most varied and thrilling cases of the world's greatest detective.

After a mysterious schooner runs aground in an English harbor with no human passengers -- only the dead captain, drained of blood -- a series of bizarre nocturnal crimes takes place in London. It can only be the work of Count Dracula, and only one man can save the city: the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes.

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Coming soon: The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes

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The Secret Notebooks of Sherlock Holmes

by June Thomson

In Sherlock Holmes's London, reputations are fragile and scandal can be ruinous. In order to protect the names of the good (and not-so-good), Dr. Watson comes to the decision that his accounts of some of his friend's most brilliant cases must never see the light of day. Concealing the manuscripts in an old dispatch box deep in the vaults of a Charing Cross bank, Dr. Watson preserves the honor of others and in doing so proves himself a true gentleman as well as a good friend. But then a hundred years pass, and the mysteries outlast the memories of those they once could have harmed…

An aluminum crutch betrays the criminal who relies upon it for support… An Italian Cardinal lies dead in a muddy yard in Spitalfields… What do a pair of suspiciously successful gamblers have in common with the Transylvanian mind-reader, Count Rakoczi? And can Holmes and Watson outwit the jewel thief who has the nerve to steal from the King of Scandinavia?

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Thursday, 2 August 2012

Coming soon: Rebel Fire (Sherlock Holmes: the Legend Begins)

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Rebel Fire (Sherlock Holmes: the Legend Begins)

by Andrew Lane

Andrew Lane's exciting second case for the teenage Sherlock leads the young detective to America, straight into the heart of a shocking conspiracy.

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