The Baskerville Pups discussion

Hi Friends!

I thought it would be nice to have a little discussion forum for the MX Publishing section. I'm getting an opportunity to review their books, and would be happy to hear your thoughts before I post up a post on them. They recommended Jeremy Brett- Playing a Part by Maureen Whittaker, so I'll be starting with that. It's a great biography on JB!

Let the chatting begin!
MB

I have read a number of the anthologies and reviewed the recent Christmas one, Part XXX. Two of my favorite stories by the same author were "The Return of the Noble Bachelor" - this was in the "Whatever remains" one where the problem had to present itself like a supernatural event but have a "real world" explanation. And "To The Manor Bound" which was a very good locked room mystery.
Then there was "The Adventure of the Chocolate Pot" that did a good job of capturing the Doyle "voice."
I have picked up quite a few anthologies over the past few years, but the MX ones are turning out to be my favorites for stories (though they are expensive.)

Barbara wrote: "I have read a number of the anthologies and reviewed the recent Christmas one, Part XXX. Two of my favorite stories by the same author were "The Return of the Noble Bachelor" - this was in the "Wha..."

Those anthologies sound awesome. "Whatever Remains" is now of interest, and I think I'll put it down on my to-review list.

Hey, if y'all have any more MX books in particular that you think would be good to review, lemme know!

I put up a few Goodreads reviews of the books I got hold of. Here are links to the reviews:
Book XXI https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Book XXII and XXIII https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Book XXX - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

Barbara wrote: "I put up a few Goodreads reviews of the books I got hold of. Here are links to the reviews:
Book XXI https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...-..."

Thanks for sharing this Ms Barbara! I'll take a look at them. You write some great reviews. Is it okay if I feature your reviews, if I write a blog post on those books? Much thanks.

I don't care if you copy my reviews - I think a couple of the other books have been reviewed on Goodreads and Amazon, but there are at least 30 of them now and I only reviewed a few that I was able to get (they're sort of expensive.
There are a couple guys who do two Holmes podcasts - one is called "Trifles" - 20 minutes or so - and the longer one is called "I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere." In 2020, they interviewed the publisher of the MX books on that one and it was really interesting. Here is a link
https://www.ihearofsherlock.com/2020/...

Barbara wrote: "I don't care if you copy my reviews - I think a couple of the other books have been reviewed on Goodreads and Amazon, but there are at least 30 of them now and I only reviewed a few that I was able..."

Awesome, thanks for sharing that podcast. "I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere" just started a little Twitter community; I joined last weekend. I never heard of "Trifles" though.

Here is a link to the Trifles podcasts. They are shorter than "I Hear Of Sherlock Everywhere".
https://www.sherlockholmespodcast.com

On the other Holmes group - the Baker Street Irregulars - there are some pastiche topics, and I posted a list of ten of my favorite pastiche writers - many of them have stories in the MX volumes, so I'm posting them here -
Hugh Ashton
Katie Forsythe
John Linwood Grant
Philip Purser-Hallard
Lyn McConchi
Tim Miller
Larry Millett
Tracy J. Revels
Jane Rubino
Denis O. Smith
Honorable mention to David Stuart Davies, David Marcum, Geri Schear

Nice, I might take a look at them soon when I get my hands on one of the volumes. I forgot to post my first MX book review here:
https://baskervillepups.com/2022/03/1...