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1894: Some Cases of Mr. Sherlock Holmes
A memorandum book, containing five cases of Sherlock Holmes in 1894, once belonging to Dr John H. Watson, has been discovered. It also contains the long-lost tale of the two Coptic patriarchs. Hugh Ashton has undertaken the editing of these adventures, now published by j-views Publishing.
- GenresMystery ThrillerMystery
162 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 25, 2018
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About the author
Hugh Ashton
68 books65 followersHugh Ashton was born in the UK in 1956. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, he worked in a variety of jobs, including security guard, publisher's assistant, and running an independent record label, before coming to rest in the field of information technology, where he assisted perplexed users of computers and wrote explanations to guide them through the problems they encountered.
A long-standing interest in Japan led him to emigrate to that country in 1988; writing instruction manuals for a variety of consumer products, assisting with IT-related projects at banks and financial institutions, and researching and writing industry reports on the Japanese and Asian financial industries, and writing promotional material for international business publications.
He has recently returned to the UK, and now lives in the cathedral city of Lichfield with his wife, Yoshiko.
He has recently published many volumes of highly-acclaimed Sherlock Holmes pastiches (the Deed Box and Dispatch-box series) with Inknbeans Press of California, with some reviewers hailing him as the re-incarnation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In addition, the list of his thrillers currently includes: At the Sharpe End, featuring an expatriate consultant living in Tokyo, Kenneth Sharpe, who finds himself thrust into a world of violence and high finance; Leo's Luck, a story of rock 'n' roll, crime, romance, and the paranormal; and Balance of Powers, set against the backdrop of the subprime mortgage crisis.
His historical works include: Beneath Gray Skies, an alternative history in which the American Civil War was never fought; Red Wheels Turning, set in an alternative Russia of 1917; and The Untime and The Untijme Revisited, Verne-ian 19th-century steampunk science fiction novels.
Children's books include the Sherlock Ferret series about the world's cutest detective, delightfully illustrated by Andy Boerger.
The collection of short stories Tales of Old Japanese describes some of the endearing characteristics of today's "silver generation" of Japan.
A long-standing interest in Japan led him to emigrate to that country in 1988; writing instruction manuals for a variety of consumer products, assisting with IT-related projects at banks and financial institutions, and researching and writing industry reports on the Japanese and Asian financial industries, and writing promotional material for international business publications.
He has recently returned to the UK, and now lives in the cathedral city of Lichfield with his wife, Yoshiko.
He has recently published many volumes of highly-acclaimed Sherlock Holmes pastiches (the Deed Box and Dispatch-box series) with Inknbeans Press of California, with some reviewers hailing him as the re-incarnation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In addition, the list of his thrillers currently includes: At the Sharpe End, featuring an expatriate consultant living in Tokyo, Kenneth Sharpe, who finds himself thrust into a world of violence and high finance; Leo's Luck, a story of rock 'n' roll, crime, romance, and the paranormal; and Balance of Powers, set against the backdrop of the subprime mortgage crisis.
His historical works include: Beneath Gray Skies, an alternative history in which the American Civil War was never fought; Red Wheels Turning, set in an alternative Russia of 1917; and The Untime and The Untijme Revisited, Verne-ian 19th-century steampunk science fiction novels.
Children's books include the Sherlock Ferret series about the world's cutest detective, delightfully illustrated by Andy Boerger.
The collection of short stories Tales of Old Japanese describes some of the endearing characteristics of today's "silver generation" of Japan.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 26, 2016
The short stories were enjoyable, but not the author's best work. I guessed the villain easily in most. However he did do a good job of conveying Doyle's style and correctly portraying the characters.
November 21, 2023
And another Hugh Ashton, each of the 6 short stories as good as the previous story, all taking place in 1894 as indicated by the title, I read this set of short stories in a morning. No particular favourites in this volume as such, but the The Adventure of the Ancient British Barrow interested me as my uncle dug up the Isleham Hoard in the 1950's, the largest Bronze Age hoard found to date - my one and only claim to reflected fame ! I think the idea for this story came from Sutton Hoo and the Soham murders.
February 10, 2022
Always enjoyable, and true to the Canon.
Ii really like this writer's way of telling rediscovered Holmes mysteries. As a longtime Watson fan, I especially appreciate the depth of his character development and true friendship with the Master Detective. Highly recommended.
Ii really like this writer's way of telling rediscovered Holmes mysteries. As a longtime Watson fan, I especially appreciate the depth of his character development and true friendship with the Master Detective. Highly recommended.
August 2, 2016
A GOOD READ
This was the first Holmes novel that I have read from Hugh Ashton, and it did not disappoint. Ashton stays faithful to the Conan Doyle style of storytelling. I will look at more of his books in the future.
This was the first Holmes novel that I have read from Hugh Ashton, and it did not disappoint. Ashton stays faithful to the Conan Doyle style of storytelling. I will look at more of his books in the future.
January 16, 2017
Did Hugh Ashton fill those big shoes?
I would say yes. He took Sir Author Conan Doyle's two most iconic characters and made them his own. His stories were well written. I would pick up another one of his books.
I would say yes. He took Sir Author Conan Doyle's two most iconic characters and made them his own. His stories were well written. I would pick up another one of his books.
September 21, 2016
This is a nice collection of short stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon of work.
All from one author but all different in the problems presented to Sherlock.
Well done. Recommended
All from one author but all different in the problems presented to Sherlock.
Well done. Recommended
Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews