THREE NEW PASTICHE MYSTERY STORIES OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST DETECTIVE.
These stories are shorter than the other novels in the New Sherlock Holmes Mysteries series and were published in response to invitations to contribute to anthologies of Sherlockian stories.
In ‘The Adventure of the Humble Mr. Hier,’ Sherlock Holmes encounters the famous Mr. and Mrs. Micawber from ‘David Copperfield’ by Charles Dickens. They have returned to England from Australia in pursuit of justice and call upon our hero to help them.
‘The Adventure of Blood and Fire’ is a fictional story about an exceptional non-fictional woman, Evangeline Booth. In this story she is still a young Captain in the Salvation Army. In later years she rose in the ranks to be the General of the Salvation Army International. In this account, we have a brief glimpse of the bravery and determination that would become the hallmark of this larger-than-life individual.
The final story, ‘The Adventure of the Suicidal Sister’ is set in the tumultuous years after the Great War when Holmes is called upon to rescue a brave widow who has been falsely accused.
If you love the stories of Sherlock Holmes, these new mysteries will appeal to you.
Craig Stephen Copland can write a very enjoyable Sherlock Holmes pastiche! I picked Sherlock Holmes Never Dies up on my Kindle without knowing Copland has a ton of collections of Holmes stories with the same title-but the ones featured in “Collection Eleven” were fun to read and the characterization of Holmes and Watson was good. It does not matter how clever a story you tell if your Holmes and Watson don’t act like the characters we know and love. Good stuff.
I always enjoy Craig Copland's Sherlock stories. The are truly some of the best of Holmes and Watson that you can find. Immensely interesting and intriguing.
Craig Stephen Copland is by far above favorite of the "new" authors writing Sherlock Holmes mysteries that are true to oculist Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Dr. Watson and Holmes.