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The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 4
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal detective returns for ten puzzling cases ranging from his earliest career to his final bows.
"The Adventure of the Improbable American" tells of Sherlock's first U.S. friend, while "The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson" recounts Holmes's and Watsons first Christmas together.
Other cases depict the Great Detective endeavoring to untangle the struggle between mudlarks over a diamond ring of great value, and then unraveling the mystery of a nobleman found seated before his own fireplace—without his head!
The early 20th century finds Dr. Watson reuniting with the orderly who saved his life in Afghanistan, concluding with "The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell," reuniting Holmes with Algernon Blackwood's enigmatic Dr. John Silence.
Introduction
The Adventure of the Improbable American
The Misadventure of the Ring of Regret
The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson
The Improbable Misadventure of the Blackish Bottle
The Conundrum of the Absent Cranium
The Adventure of the Doss-House Ramble
The Second Adventure of the Five Orange Pips
The Difficult Ordeal of the Paradol Chamber
The Impossibility of the Premature Postmortem Message
The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell
"The Adventure of the Improbable American" tells of Sherlock's first U.S. friend, while "The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson" recounts Holmes's and Watsons first Christmas together.
Other cases depict the Great Detective endeavoring to untangle the struggle between mudlarks over a diamond ring of great value, and then unraveling the mystery of a nobleman found seated before his own fireplace—without his head!
The early 20th century finds Dr. Watson reuniting with the orderly who saved his life in Afghanistan, concluding with "The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell," reuniting Holmes with Algernon Blackwood's enigmatic Dr. John Silence.
Introduction
The Adventure of the Improbable American
The Misadventure of the Ring of Regret
The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson
The Improbable Misadventure of the Blackish Bottle
The Conundrum of the Absent Cranium
The Adventure of the Doss-House Ramble
The Second Adventure of the Five Orange Pips
The Difficult Ordeal of the Paradol Chamber
The Impossibility of the Premature Postmortem Message
The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell
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Will Murray
684 books73 followersWill Murray is an American novelist, journalist, and short-story and comic-book writer. Much of his fiction has been published under pseudonyms. Will is the author of over 50 novels in popular series ranging from “The Destroyer” to “Mars Attacks”. Collaborating posthumously with the legendary Lester Dent, he has written to date nine Doc Savage novels, with “Desert Demons” and “Horror in Gold” now available. For National Public Radio, Murray adapted “The Thousand-Headed Man” for “The Adventures of Doc Savage” in 1985, and recently edited “Doc Savage: The Lost Radio Scripts of Lester Dent” for Moonstone Books. He is versed in all things pulp.
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June 6, 2024
Will Murray really knows how to write a Sherlock Homes story. He manages to score highly on my Sherlock Homes bingo card and my weird bingo card. Loved them!
August 3, 2024
Well. Sir Wiliam Conan Murray has done it again, producing still another collection of tales that seem to flow from the pen of the Master himself.
This is the original dynamic duo as we’ve come to know and love them. The friendship of Holmes and Watson, which lies at the core of their undying popularity, is consistently well-wrought as they tackle a series of cases that push Holmes to the limits of his abilities.
There are many intriguing mysteries here, but perhaps the most baffling of all is this: How does Mr. Murray do it?
With any other author, we might suspect the discovery of another long-lost dispatch box. But given Will’s known interest in—and experience with—the paranormal, that theory seems too mundane.
My first notion was that Murry employs his remote viewing skills to cast his consciousness back through the ages to tap directly into Dr. Watson’s brain. Once there, he rummages about in the doctor’s memories in search of more adventures for which Watson feared the world was not yet prepared.
But he presence of a medium in one of these tales presented another possibility. Is Will making contact with the good doctor’s spirit in the Underworld, allowing Watson to speak through his fingers in a computer-age form of automatic writing? Entirely possible.
Then—the return of paranormal detective John Silence (with whom our heroes both clashed and collaborated with in Volume Three) brought still another theory. In this story, Holmes is forced to consider the possibility of forces beyond his understanding, forcing me to suspect Will may be dipping into the occult.
But the most likely solution presents itself in the story “The Impossibility of the Premature Postmortem Message.” Here we’re presented with the startling truth that, under the name “Hamish” Murray, Will actually served as Dr. Watson’s batman in Afghanistan. In this adventure, Will himself becomes Holmes’ illustrious client, visiting 221B not once but twice.
So there you have it. Our author was not only a close personal acquaintance of John Watson, but at least twice came face to face with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and was able to observe him (and Watson) in their natural habitat. This solution requires absolutely no stretching of the imagination—other than the notion that Will must be somewhere in the neighborhood of 167 years old.
Remarkably well preserved, isn’t he?
This is the original dynamic duo as we’ve come to know and love them. The friendship of Holmes and Watson, which lies at the core of their undying popularity, is consistently well-wrought as they tackle a series of cases that push Holmes to the limits of his abilities.
There are many intriguing mysteries here, but perhaps the most baffling of all is this: How does Mr. Murray do it?
With any other author, we might suspect the discovery of another long-lost dispatch box. But given Will’s known interest in—and experience with—the paranormal, that theory seems too mundane.
My first notion was that Murry employs his remote viewing skills to cast his consciousness back through the ages to tap directly into Dr. Watson’s brain. Once there, he rummages about in the doctor’s memories in search of more adventures for which Watson feared the world was not yet prepared.
But he presence of a medium in one of these tales presented another possibility. Is Will making contact with the good doctor’s spirit in the Underworld, allowing Watson to speak through his fingers in a computer-age form of automatic writing? Entirely possible.
Then—the return of paranormal detective John Silence (with whom our heroes both clashed and collaborated with in Volume Three) brought still another theory. In this story, Holmes is forced to consider the possibility of forces beyond his understanding, forcing me to suspect Will may be dipping into the occult.
But the most likely solution presents itself in the story “The Impossibility of the Premature Postmortem Message.” Here we’re presented with the startling truth that, under the name “Hamish” Murray, Will actually served as Dr. Watson’s batman in Afghanistan. In this adventure, Will himself becomes Holmes’ illustrious client, visiting 221B not once but twice.
So there you have it. Our author was not only a close personal acquaintance of John Watson, but at least twice came face to face with Mr. Sherlock Holmes, and was able to observe him (and Watson) in their natural habitat. This solution requires absolutely no stretching of the imagination—other than the notion that Will must be somewhere in the neighborhood of 167 years old.
Remarkably well preserved, isn’t he?
October 26, 2024
This volume is on par with the earlier instalments of these collections.
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