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You look at THESE SCATTERED HOUSES, and you are impressed by their beauty. I look at them, and the only thought which comes to me is a feeling of their isolation, and of the impunity with which crime may be committed there . . . Had this lady who appeals to us for help gone… Continue reading “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches” & My Sherlock Novels
Orlando Pearson is the author of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Series. Great sense of period in London and on an ocean liner from Liverpool to New York . . . an intriguing murder plot located on the world’s first film set and its twists has the reader eager to turn the page and find out… Continue reading Orlando Pearson’s Review of FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY
Written by Orlando Pearson. Audiobook narrated by Keith Spilsbury. “War, as we have seen in A Modern Odysseus can flare up as if from nowhere, but once men and arms have been staked on a successful outcome, concluding it requires that even the vanquished get something out of the final negotiations, and that even the… Continue reading Review – A Study In Statecraft: The Memoirs of Mycroft Holmes
5-STARS for Gretchen Altabef’s Sherlock Holmes: Five Miles of Country is likely to draw those who like innovation. The year is 1896. Sherlock Holmes meets Thomas Edison. At the dawn of Cinema, a beautiful and talented Broadway danseuse is murdered in Edison’s New Jersey Laboratory. Irene Adler encounters ghosts on Broadway. Harry Houdini mystifies the… Continue reading Five Miles Of Country
Review declares my new Novel a MUST READ! The novel offers a fresh take on so many stock Holmes elements that could have been stale; for fans and others it is a pleasurable read. A tightly researched plot. The author’s handling of the real history is impressive. This book steps away from male-dominated sagas where… Continue reading FIVE STARS for FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY!
My new Sherlock Holmes novel is due out March 5th, 2024. Amazon: Goodreads: Barnes & Nobel: MX Publishing Author Page: “Do you know, Watson,’ said he, ‘that it is one of the curses of a mind with a turn like mine that I must look at everything with reference to my own special subject. You… Continue reading FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY Available for Preorder NOW!
Posted on Dec 14, 2023 by Gretchen Altabef Thank you most generous and curious readers. Your brilliant involvement in the FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY Kickstarter campaign has come to a close at three times over the original bid!!! My best yet! Such a start bodes well for the success of this new Sherlock Holmes mystery. Please be assured… Continue reading Kickstarter Success for my new Novel – FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY
For Holmes' birthday, a taste of my new novel, FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY. Watson describes his friend: Holmes was in truth not as impenetrable as he seemed. He was as malleable as any human man in this time and place could be. And for some reason, he regarded our friendship as a chance to explore… Continue reading Happy 170th Birthday Sherlock Holmes!
Starts NOW! Click on NOW to be redirected to my KICKSTARTER. LAUNCH of my KICKSTARTER Campaign - FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY. There are Rewards to award, and Deductions to be made. This is your chance to support me as an author. The campaign runs until January 14th 2024. Some Rewards: A signed First Edition of… Continue reading KICKSTARTER for my new Novel FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY
Arthur Conan Doyle was a complex and deeply interesting character. May there long be writers around such as, Alistair Duncan, to explore him.” Bill Barnes, Captain, President, The Sidney Passengers. Alistair Duncan’s The Norwood Author: Arthur Conan Doyle & The Norwood Years (1891 – 1894), is filled with new, never before seen, material about Sir… Continue reading The Norwood Author by Alistair Duncan
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