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The Execution of Sherlock Holmes: New Adventures of the Great Detective | 
 enlarge | Author: Donald Thomas
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 393119
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.7 x 1.3
ISBN: 1933648228
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9781933648224
ASIN: 1933648228
Publication Date: January 1, 2007
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"Creepy atmospherics and unpredictable plot twists."-Publishers Weekly
"Sherlockians old and new should relish Thomas' wit and elegance."-Booklist
"Dedicated Sherlockians will appreciate the novelty of the great detective's incursion into real-life crimes."-Kirkus Reviews
Crossing historical fact with detective fiction, the cache of the celebrated detective's private papers is once again opened, bringing Holmes and Watson out of retirement to investigate the most notorious mysteries in the annals of true crime.
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 A Spot-on Version of the Great Detective January 14, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
After reading the five mystery tales provided in The Execution of Sherlock Holmes, any fan of the Master Detective can only come to one conclusion: Mr. Donald Thomas' Holmes is Holmes!
So if you are a coinsurer of the very best in mystery fiction like The Crime Doctor, Sherlock Holmes : The Complete Novels and Stories (Bantam Classic) Volume I, or Raymond Chandler: Stories and Early Novels: Pulp Stories / The Big Sleep / Farewell, My Lovely / The High Window (Library of America), then I am certain that this thrilling novel will provided you with quite a few lively nights of suspenseful reading.
Sherlock Holmes Lives! January 8, 2008
This engaging novel by Donald Thomas, though not officially part of the Sherlock Holmes Cannon, does honor the world's greatest detective. A collection of 5 tales concerning my favorite beekeeper is one that receives my highest recommendations.
Incidentally, "The Case of the Greek Key" was my favorite of the stories (with Holmes matching wits with a German agent to protect his homeland). The story is reminiscent of another story called "The Golden Key" which was recently published in an excellent collection of EW Hornung stories contained in The Crime Doctor. For those new to EW Hornung, he was the creator of Raffles The Amateur Cracksman, and the brother-in-law to Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle held a deep friendship with Hornung, which lead to Hornung's creation of Dr. John Dollar - The Crime Doctor - who was both a doctor & detective that had his own Sherlockian-esque adventures throughout Europe.
Pick up both books, you will not be disappointed!
Good writing but plots need work October 31, 2007
The writing in this book is excellent; it feels authentic
and there are abundant small incidents that add to the period
atmosphere. The stories read as if they were from the original
Canon.
But the plots of most stories need work.
There are often issues left unresolved.
The balance seems wrong; too many words on some events,
not enough on others. I think the author is a very good
writer, so what he writes automatically reads well, but
he spent too little time putting these stories together.
A Sherlock Holmes fan should be happy with this book because
of the atmosphere and authentic-sounding writing.
A general reader might be disappointed with the plots.
Entertaining, but could've been better September 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Overall, I enjoyed all the stories and felt the author captured the spirit of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson well. But he didn't capture Mycroft Holmes properly at all. In addition, sometimes he went into too much detail (describing a minor character in fairly great detail, for instance) and other times didn't go into enough detail (like not answering some important questions in "The Case of the Peasenhall Murder" story). He also sometimes brought up something in such a way that would make you think it was significant (like a set of field glasses being a different brand than Holmes had said they'd be, in "The Queen of the Night" story), and it'd never be mentioned again.
I will definitely consider buying more of Donald Thomas' Sherlock Holmes works--but probably not in hardback.
True to the original stories September 4, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book captures both Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson faithfully. Many authors get Holmes right, but turn Watson into merely a Boswell or (far worse) a buffoon. Watson was a doctor. He had to study hard to succeed in what was, even then, a demanding discipline. It is frequently ovelooked that he was a battlefield surgeon, too. That takes courage and brains. This book includes all that other authors often leave out, and still does Holmes justice, too! My only complaint is, the book isn't long enough. Donald Thomas, write more and longer stories. I won't say write better ones, because these are oustanding!
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