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Sherlock Holmes: The Impossible Cases
"When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."
In these recently discovered accounts, sealed and hidden from prying eyes for almost eighty years, Dr. John H. Watson puts pen to paper once more, as he accompanies his friend, that most rational of detectives, Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the utterly irrational realm of the otherworldly, the uncanny, and the supernatural.
Enter the gaslit world of Holmes and Watson - a world caught halfway between the bright glare of science and logic and the darker clutches of superstition and fear - a world of unknown creatures, secret seances, ancient curses, and forbidden knowledge - where the enquiring mind of the world's first consulting detective must search for the answer to some new and challenging questions...
What was it about the loathsome contents of a match-box that sent an apparently fearless man stark staring mad?
How can Sherlock Holmes be called upon to investigate a murder where the victim is his client, and where the murder has already taken place?
What is it that lies in the darkness of an ancient burial mound, and can it really bring about death to any who would disturb its resting place?
Can mere words in a stolen manuscript really open men's minds to maddeningly terrifying visions of a world beyond our own?
In order to find the solutions to these problems, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson may yet discover that sometimes it is not so easy to eliminate the impossible!
In these recently discovered accounts, sealed and hidden from prying eyes for almost eighty years, Dr. John H. Watson puts pen to paper once more, as he accompanies his friend, that most rational of detectives, Mr. Sherlock Holmes in the utterly irrational realm of the otherworldly, the uncanny, and the supernatural.
Enter the gaslit world of Holmes and Watson - a world caught halfway between the bright glare of science and logic and the darker clutches of superstition and fear - a world of unknown creatures, secret seances, ancient curses, and forbidden knowledge - where the enquiring mind of the world's first consulting detective must search for the answer to some new and challenging questions...
What was it about the loathsome contents of a match-box that sent an apparently fearless man stark staring mad?
How can Sherlock Holmes be called upon to investigate a murder where the victim is his client, and where the murder has already taken place?
What is it that lies in the darkness of an ancient burial mound, and can it really bring about death to any who would disturb its resting place?
Can mere words in a stolen manuscript really open men's minds to maddeningly terrifying visions of a world beyond our own?
In order to find the solutions to these problems, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson may yet discover that sometimes it is not so easy to eliminate the impossible!
273 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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August 30, 2016This is copy number 41 of 100 numbered hardcover printed copies signed by Daniel McGachey.
August 8, 2016
Managed to be a 5 star read though a bit slow at times. The original Sherlock Holmes stories are rather fast-paced, either in the style they are told in or in the action connected to the mysteries, and usually both. Otherwise a capital read.
The supernatural occurrences are handled with great care and consideration, so as not to derail the ongoing Sherlock Holmes theme of 'No ghosts need apply'.
I might flesh out this review a bit more by going into more detail in the future but not at this time.
March 19, 2013
This is a very strong collection of Sherlock Holmes stories. The style, phraseology and pacing are spot on, and has obviously been done with care and respect for the character and the original stories.
There are six cases in total ranging from 8 pages to 74 pages long ably told by Dr Watson; as always.
I see some steampunk imagery sneaking in here, but overall the stories are totally within the genre.
As is usual it seems with Sherlock, he is in front of you and all around you at times, and it’s sometimes hard to tell whether he is trying to deal and solve a problem , or whether he is the creator of the problem. That’s what gives us readers pause to ponder.
Highly recommended anthology
There are six cases in total ranging from 8 pages to 74 pages long ably told by Dr Watson; as always.
I see some steampunk imagery sneaking in here, but overall the stories are totally within the genre.
As is usual it seems with Sherlock, he is in front of you and all around you at times, and it’s sometimes hard to tell whether he is trying to deal and solve a problem , or whether he is the creator of the problem. That’s what gives us readers pause to ponder.
Highly recommended anthology
January 25, 2025
A well done collection of 'weird' Sherlockian stories. Which, in my experience, are not always so well done. I'm looking forward to his new Sherlockian novel from Weird House, The Devil's Crown. I pre-ordered the lettered copy.
August 18, 2016
A splendid Holmes pastiche, full of atmosphere. Highly recommended.
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