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Thomas A. Turley

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in Emory, Virginia, The United States

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Historical Fiction, Fiction, History

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Thomas A. (Tom) Turley has been “hooked on Holmes” since about the age of twelve. He has a Ph.D. in British history but spent most of his career as an archivist with the State of Alabama. Approaching retirement, Tom returned to a youthful hobby: writing fiction. His pastiche “Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tainted Canister” (2014) is available as an e-book and audiobook from MX Publishing. It was also published in The Art of Sherlock Holmes-USA Edition 1 (2019), illustrated by a painting from artist Angela Fegan. Previously, Tom has had stories published in Parts VI, VII, XVIII, XIX, and XXVII of The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. One of them, “A Ghost from Christmas Past,” also appeared in The Art of Sherlock Holmes, Wes ...more

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	The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Part VI: 2017 Annual by David Marcum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas A. Turley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Narrelle M. Harris (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2017 — 4 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
	The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories - Part VII: Eliminate The Impossible: 1880-1891 by David Marcum (Goodreads Author), Jan Edwards (Contributor), Lee Child (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XVIII: Whatever Remains . . . Must Be the Truth 1899-1925 by David Marcum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas A. Burns Jr. (Goodreads Author), Roger Silverwood 3.93 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XIX: 2020 Annual (1882-1890) by David Marcum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas A. Turley (Goodreads Author), Tim Gambrell (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2020 — 3 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
	Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tainted Canister 3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2014 — 4 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
	The Art of Sherlock Holmes: West Palm Beach - Standard Edition by Phil Growick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas A. Turley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2019 — 3 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
	The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories Part XXVII: 2021 Annual 1898-1928 by David Marcum (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tracy J. Revels, John Davis 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2021 — 3 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
	Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Dying Emperor by Tom Turley, Thomas A. Turley (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 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
	Sherlock Holmes and The Crowned Heads of Europe by Thomas A. Turley (Goodreads Author), Marcia Wilson (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — 3 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
	Phil Growick, The Art of Sherlock Holmes, USA 1-Standard Edition by Phil Growick (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thomas A. Turley (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 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

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An Interview with MX Publishing

The next three volumes of MX Publishing's ongoing anthology of traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches will be published in October. In advance of that event, publisher Steve Emecz has asked participating authors to be interviewed about their stories. (Mine, "The Solitary Violinist," appears in Part XVIII.) Here's the interview that I submitted. Besides the new story, it discusses all my other MX pu Read more of this blog post »

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In the 11th installment of his “American Literati” series of Sherlockian pastiches, Daniel D. Victor acquaints us with Rodrigues Ottolengui, a mystery writer called in his day “the American Conan Doyle.” Recounting the 1891 case that inspired Ottolen ...more
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As always, history pervades Orlando Pearson’s latest installment of The Redacted Sherlock Holmes, and its range in Volume VIII is more than usually ambitious. The earliest story dates from 1882, the latest from 1940 (with an epilogue from 1945). With ...more
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Thomas Turley liked Marcia Wilson's review of Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tainted Canister: "Edward Hardwicke was made for this Watson! Reviewing this without going heavy on ruining the plot for others is a challenge. First I'll explain my 5 stars: Plot: Full of surprises. Why? It is a little rare to find so many harmonious blends in so many d" Read more of this review »
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Thomas Turley liked Tony Ciak's review of Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Tainted Canister: "Doctor Watson in his later years as the end of his life approaches, recalls the events around Mary’s death. A never before reveal of events leading up to and the aftermath."
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