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Charlie Roxburgh

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Crime

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‘Charlie Roxburgh’ writes new Sherlock Holmes stories, aiming for the dark, menacing atmosphere which makes certain original Sherlock Holmes stories so gripping. He is a stickler for respecting the characters of Holmes and Watson as portrayed by Conan Doyle and seeks plots which involve evils so truly sinister that they really warrant exposure by Sherlock Holmes. They are evils which have a solid, factual basis in late Victorian history, though maybe airbrushed from our knowledge.

An initial story has been published; another is in the pipeline.

Published in paperback and various e-book formats: ‘The Case of the Russian Chessboard: a Sherlock Holmes mystery only now revealed’. This is set among political radicals in 1890s London, where early ‘Charlie Roxburgh’ writes new Sherlock Holmes stories, aiming for the dark, menacing atmosphere which makes certain original Sherlock Holmes stories so gripping. He is a stickler for respecting the characters of Holmes and Watson as portrayed by Conan Doyle and seeks plots which involve evils so truly sinister that they really warrant exposure by Sherlock Holmes. They are evils which have a solid, factual basis in late Victorian history, though maybe airbrushed from our knowledge.

An initial story has been published; another is in the pipeline.

Published in paperback and various e-book formats: ‘The Case of the Russian Chessboard: a Sherlock Holmes mystery only now revealed’. This is set among political radicals in 1890s London, where early socialists and feminists rubbed shoulders with refugee Russian dissidents. In the Russian Empire meanwhile an astonishing, Machiavellian, secret strategy for modern tyranny was being perfected – and London’s Russians were easily within its reach. Holmes dubs this strategy the ‘Russian Chessboard’. He checkmates its operation in this particular case. But the ‘Russian Chessboard’, alas, marches on - to be copied by other governments since.

Reviews have praised this story’s labyrinthine plot, its ‘traditional’ characterisation of Sherlock Holmes, its political thriller character, and the accuracy of its unusual historical background.

Be advised, it is a dark tale with moments of horror - not for anyone seeking a light-hearted read.

For a video review by Sherlockian star Ross K. Foad:
www.nplh.co.uk/the-case-of-the-russia...

For anyone intrigued by the historical background to the ‘Russian Chessboard’, Google and ye shall find. After the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Russian Communists captured the Czarist secret police files (then copied the techniques themselves) and on the web are writings by Victor Serge, a revolutionary who read them. Another set of Czarist secret police documents was traded to the United States government by the Russian Czarist spy base in Paris and you can read plenty about these on the public section of the CIA website. The CIA has made such methods a mainstay of its covert operations, as demonstrated by the writings of the CIA defector, Philip Agee.

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	The Case of the Russian Chessboard: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Only Now Revealed 4.01 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic Spot: the original screenplay by Matt Farley, Charlie Roxburgh (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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