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
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FIVE STARS for 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!
FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY Available for Preorder NOW!
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!
Kickstarter Success for my new Novel – FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY
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
Happy 170th Birthday Sherlock Holmes!
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!
KICKSTARTER for my new Novel FIVE MILES OF COUNTRY
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
In The Land of the Living Mystery Magazine
October 2021 issue of Mystery Magazine’s Special Pastiche Double Issue Again and again I rushed after his guilty coat tails, only to uncover his underlings offered as sacrifice, on his false trails the dead men’s bones crunched beneath my feet. Yet, he knew exactly where I lived. Every light I shined into his malevolence went… Continue reading In The Land of the Living Mystery Magazine
REVIEW: Remarkable Power of Stimulus
A fast paced mystery that will keep you thoroughly engaged. A great read! Remarkable Power of Stimulus is the long awaited sequel to These Scattered Houses. It is an intense and exciting adventure from the first chapter to its ending. After 3 years away from his beloved England Sherlock Holmes returns to London with his… Continue reading REVIEW: Remarkable Power of Stimulus
Two-fer: 1 Novel + 1 Sequel
I looked at him anew, with an understanding I never had before and with awe for the magnitude of such a mind. In a flash I understood the cocaine, his moods, and his genius. MX Publishing has bundled together These Scattered Houses and Remarkable Power of Stimulus. My action packed original story of Holmes alone,… Continue reading Two-fer: 1 Novel + 1 Sequel
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