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Sherlock Holmes: The Affair of the Chronic Argonaut
The greatest mysteries of all time, those of the arcane and occult sort, have met their match in the greatest detective ever known! Sherlock Holmes! A rash of gruesome cannibal murders surrounding the construction of the London Underground draw Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson into a bizarre case in which reality changes without warning and Holmes faces perhaps his cleverest adversary. In a second mystery, Holmes encounters a dead man in a locked room, and the only clue a crushed piece of yellow paper. Holmes and Watson follow a twisted path of murder and political intrigue that threatens to topple an empire and leave them dead in the process. Follow Holmes and Watson as they traverse into a darkness beyond the ken of humanity in SHERLOCK THE AFFAIR OF THE CHRONIC ARGONAUT by Fred Adams, Jr. From Pro Se Productions.
142 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2017
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Fred Adams Jr.
44 books9 followersFred Adams, Jr. ("Dr. Phreddee") has been a published author since 1971 when he began selling fiction to magazines and non-fiction pieces to newspapers. Since his retirement from Penn State University's English faculty, he has written eighteen novels, two nonfiction books, and over twenty commissioned novellas and short stories for anthologies.
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January 27, 2020
I feel like a broken record every time I review a Fred Adams Jr. book. But it's worth saying again: Adams is quite possibly the best writer working in new pulp today. I have yet to read a bad book or story by him.
This short book (142 pages) collects two Sherlock Holmes novellas by Adams. In the first, Holmes and Watson have to solve a locked room mystery with only a piece of yellow paper as a clue. As the murders mount, the two must venture to Limehouse (Chinatown) to solve this weird series of killings.
In the second, the under-construction tunnels of the London Underground are the site of cannibalistic murders, with an odd man delivering advance notice of the killings.
Both are quick, enjoyable reads. A caveat for Holmes fans: I've read more non-canon Holmes stories than those by Arthur Conan Doyle. That means I'm not the best judge of how these stories fit in that canon. These stories both rely on the occult and sci-fi elements to explain their mysteries, so if that deviation from Holmes bothers you, these aren't the stories for you.
That said, if you want a good read and an enjoyable mystery, check out this book.
This short book (142 pages) collects two Sherlock Holmes novellas by Adams. In the first, Holmes and Watson have to solve a locked room mystery with only a piece of yellow paper as a clue. As the murders mount, the two must venture to Limehouse (Chinatown) to solve this weird series of killings.
In the second, the under-construction tunnels of the London Underground are the site of cannibalistic murders, with an odd man delivering advance notice of the killings.
Both are quick, enjoyable reads. A caveat for Holmes fans: I've read more non-canon Holmes stories than those by Arthur Conan Doyle. That means I'm not the best judge of how these stories fit in that canon. These stories both rely on the occult and sci-fi elements to explain their mysteries, so if that deviation from Holmes bothers you, these aren't the stories for you.
That said, if you want a good read and an enjoyable mystery, check out this book.
May 9, 2023
So many problems
Where to begin?
First, pistache is about that flavor of the original tales. Please don't write racism and prejudice because it was acceptable 100 years ago.
Second, names. Watson, Webber, Willoughby, Wilkins, Wells. So many W names in one short story.
The style is there kind of, but not the story is not.
Where to begin?
First, pistache is about that flavor of the original tales. Please don't write racism and prejudice because it was acceptable 100 years ago.
Second, names. Watson, Webber, Willoughby, Wilkins, Wells. So many W names in one short story.
The style is there kind of, but not the story is not.
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