What The Critics Said

'In this very entertaining book the author has captured the very essence of the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle... all very interesting and all atmospheric and deftly plotted... I could not put this book down until I reached the final page.'

Eurocrime

Editor's Choice: 'Holmes and his faithful friend Dr Watson unravel a freash batch of baffling cases, all appealing for fans of the original Conan Doyle stories who will find much familiar flavour here to enjoy.'

Good Book Guide

'There aren’t many writers who can capture the Doyle-Watson style almost to perfection. One of the few is June Thomson...[Here we learn] the facts of the Conk-Singleton forgery, the arrest of Colonel Carruthers, the Abergavenny murder, and the case of Madame Montpensier, we learn how Holy Peters was finally brought to book, how the last of Moriarty’s gang was captured, and how the young Sherlock Holmes, newly down from university, solved an apparently impossible case of theft...The plots are clever without being too fancy, the writing is literate and appropriate, the atmosphere is authentic, and the characters ring true...Wholeheartedly recommended!'

The District Messenger (The Sherlock Holmes Society of London)