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The canary trainer : from the memoirs of John H. Watson

Print Book, English, ©1995
1st pbk. ed View all formats and editions
W.W. Norton, New York, ©1995
Mystery fiction
224 pages ; 20 cm
9780393312416, 0393312410
36035818
"Based on the Sherlock Holmes characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."
Sequel to: The seven-per-cent solution

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Ratings & Reviews

3.7 
996 ratings
115 reviews

13 years ago
Amy H.
There is much to commend this Sherlock Holmes-meets-the-Phantom-of-the-Opera tale: the descriptions of Paris and especially the Opera Populaire and its many subterranean levels are fascinating and atmospheric; the unexpected appearance of Irene Adler…
7 readers found this review helpful

4 years ago
Tara
Sherlock Holmes meets the Phantom of the Opera! Nicholas Meyer does another convincing job of interweaving Holmes' world with either real-life, or in this case, other well known fictional characters, into one seamless story. I have never particular…
5 readers found this review helpful

2 years ago
Kathy
The Canary Trainer By Nicholas Meyer Reviewed March 2007 Note: This review was originally posted on a now defunct Phantom of the Board board. This is not so much a PotO story as it is a Holmesian story. If you are not a regular …
4 readers found this review helpful