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CIS: Beyond Conan Doyle - The best of Sherlock Holmes

By RoughJustice

26 September, 2014

The Sherlock Holmes canon – those stories that were written by Arthur Conan Doyle himself – is composed of 56 short stories and four novels. There is enough material there to give people hundreds of hours of enjoyment – indeed they have been doing so…

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Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box by George Mann

By DavidPrestidge

15 August, 2014

Previously here on Crime Fiction Lover we’ve reviewed The Will of the Dead featuring Sherlock Holmes in a steampunk mystery, and The Executioner’s Heart from George Mann’s Newbury & Hobbes series set in Victorian times. This latest Conan Doyle pastiche takes us back to the…

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The Art of Killing Well by Marco Malvaldi

By Raven

8 August, 2014

Translated by Howard Curtis — Having recently reviewed Game for Five, which was published in April, we move quickly on to the author’s latest translated release. A country house murder mystery, complete with locked room conundrum and a nod to the Golden Age, The Art…

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Gods of War by James Lovegrove

By RoughJustice

20 June, 2014

Last year we reviewed The Stuff of Nightmares, a Holmesian pastiche with science fiction and steampunk elements in which Lovegrove successfully steered a line between pleasing fans of traditional Conan Doyle mysteries and provided something new for readers. He returns now with an adventure set…

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A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin

By DavidPrestidge

29 May, 2014

Just when you thought it impossible to find another workable seam in the Sherlock Holmes gold mine, along comes someone who has other ideas. It needs saying from the outset that this is as far removed from the standard Sherlock Holmes homage as it is…

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In the crosshairs of a killer

By DavidPrestidge

29 May, 2014

On the Radar — We start off this week with the latest Maeve Kerrigan novel, which sees the police in the firing line as a serial killer turns his attention the law. We have new 14th century crime fiction from Susanna Gregory, an interesting book…

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Who Thinks Evil by Michael Kurland

By RoughJustice

25 March, 2014

Kurland’s Professor Moriarty series began in 1979 with The Infernal Device. It was an Edgar Award finalist and was also nominated for an American Book Award. Death by Gaslight, The Great Game, and The Empress of India followed. The series’ conceit is to tell stories…

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The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwistle

By RoughJustice

24 March, 2014

Crime fiction lovers might just remember the BBC TV series from 2001, The Murder Rooms: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes. In it, David Pirie dramatised the early life of Arthur Conan Doyle, including his father’s death from alcoholism and his experiences as a medical…

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CIS: Beyond Conan Doyle - The best of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes: The Spirit Box by George Mann

The Art of Killing Well by Marco Malvaldi

Gods of War by James Lovegrove

A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin

In the crosshairs of a killer

Who Thinks Evil by Michael Kurland

The Revenant of Thraxton Hall by Vaughn Entwistle

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