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Mr. Sherlock Holmes - Notes on Some Singular Cases: Five Untold Adventures Related by John H. Watson M.D. Paperback – April 6, 2018

by Hugh Ashton (Author)
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The boxes once belonging to Doctor Watson containing notes related to cases and adventures of his friend, Sherlock Holmes, are still not empty. Here we find five such adventures, four of which are mentioned in the original collections published through Watson's literary agent, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and brought together here.

  • The Adventure of the Broken Door is mentioned briefly (but not by that name), in The Norwood Builder.
  • The Adventure of the Green Dragon has an oriental flavour and is referenced (though the reference is obscure) in The Cardboard Box.
  • The Adventure of John Vincent Harden is mentioned in by name in the Solitary Cyclist.
  • The Adventure of the Copper Pins is mentioned (but not by that name) in The Five Orange Pips.
  • The Adventure of the Deceased Doctor is unusual, as it occurs some two and half years after His Last Bow, when Holmes and Watson are both serving their country in the Great War.
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"These are marvelous stories where all elements including descriptions of settings, characters and plot are done to perfection. The author has followed the approaches of the original Doyle stories to the extent that these could have been easily included in the original works. The biggest disappointment to my mind was realizing when the book was running out of pages. I hope this author has more in the works. I can hardly wait."

"Mr. Ashton is simply the best current writer of the Holmes pastiche. In reviews of his previous works, I have noted the purity of his classic language as if from the pen of Conan Doyle 100 years ago. While there are many many Holmes stories on the market, Hugh has the unique ability to channel ACD and Dr. Watson to come up with new stories that satisfy the longing of any Sherlockian purist for more original stories."

"Mr. Ashton has mined another group of enjoyable Sherlock Holmes stories in the treasure trove of material mysteriously passed to him by Dr. Watson. If you are a fan of Holmes and Watson you will enjoy these new tales. This book is the latest in Mr. Ashton's series of excellent pastiches, that appear to be right out of the Canon. "

About the Author

After graduating from the University of Cambridge in 1977, Hugh moved between various jobs before ending up in the field of IT. His interests took him to Japan in 1988 on a two-year contract, to work as a technical writer. Twenty-eight years later, he returned to the UK with his wife Yoshiko, to live in the Midlands cathedral city of Lichfield, the setting for his Sherlock Holmes mystery, "The Lichfield Murder". As well as this title, he has published a dozen volumes of Sherlock Holmes adventures with Inknbeans Press of California, many based on the "untold adventures" referenced in the canon, and all in the style of the originals, which has led some critics to describe him as "the reincarnation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle" and one of the most authentic of the current crop of pastiche writers. Like ACD, he has also written contemporary thrillers, vintage science fiction, and historical adventures, as well as a critically acclaimed volume of short stories about the older generation in Japan, "Tales of Old Japanese". However, he does not play cricket, and though he once grew a moustache, it is by now no more than a fading memory.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ J-Views Publishing
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ April 6, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 148 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1912605341
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1912605347
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.3 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.06 x 0.32 x 7.81 inches

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Hugh Ashton was born in the UK in 1956, and after graduation from university worked in the technology industry around Cambridge (the first personal computer he used was Sir Clive Sinclair’s personal TRS-80) until 1988, when a long-standing interest in the country took him to Japan.

There he worked for a Japanese company producing documentation for electronic instruments and high-end professional audio equipment, helped to set up the infrastructure for Japan’s first public Internet service provider, worked for major international finance houses, and worked on various writing projects, including interviewing figures in the business and scientific fields, and creating advertorial reports for Japanese corporations to be reprinted in international business magazines.

Along the way, he met and married Yoshiko, and also gained certificates in tea ceremony and iaidō (the art of drawing a sword quickly).

In 2008, he wrote and self-published his first published novel, Beneath Gray Skies, an alternative history in which the American Civil War was never fought, and the independent Confederacy forms an alliance with the German National Socialist party. This was followed by At the Sharpe End, a techno-financial-thriller set in Japan at the time of the Lehman’s crash, and Red Wheels Turning, which re-introduced Brian Finch-Malloy, the hero of Beneath Gray Skies, referred to by one reviewer as “a 1920s James Bond”.

In 2012, Inknbeans Press of California published his first collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, Tales from the Deed Box of John H. Watson M.D., which was swiftly followed by many other volumes of Holmes’ adventures, hailed by Sherlockians round the world as being true to the style and the spirit of the originals by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Inknbeans also published Tales of Old Japanese and other books by Ashton, including the Sherlock Ferret series of detective adventures for children. He and Yoshiko returned to the UK in 2016 for family reasons, where they now live in the Midlands cathedral city of Lichfield.

In December 2017, Inknbeans Press ceased to be, following the sudden death of the proprietor, chief editor and leading light. Since that time, Ashton has reclaimed the copyright of his work, and has republished it in ebook and paper editions, along with the work of several other former Inknbeans authors.

He continues to write Sherlock Holmes stories, as well as various other fiction and non-fiction projects, including documentation for forensic software, and editing and layout work on a freelance basis, in between studying for an MSc in forensic psychological studies with the Open University.

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  • Colin Price
    5.0 out of 5 stars Mr Sherlock Holmes - Notes on Some Singular Cases
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 8, 2018
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    As to be expected the stories follow the original style of the canon and are up to the usual standard of Mr Ashton.
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  • Mik
    4.0 out of 5 stars Not a bad book you can't go wrong with Sherlock Holmes
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 20, 2018
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    I am willing to give most things a try Sherlock Holmes orientated and this was not a bad read at all for the price you can't beat it it was free lol
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