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Encounters of Sherlock Holmes #2
Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
BRAND-NEW TALES OF THE GREAT DETECTIVE
Once again the spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of twelve brand-new adventures. Wonder at how the world's greatest consulting detective plays a deadly game with the Marvel of Montmartre; investigates a killing on the high seas; discovers Professor Moriarty's secret papers; battles a mysterious entity on a Scottish mountain; travels to Mars to unravel an interplanetary murder; and solves one last case with Dr Watson Jr!
Once again the spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of twelve brand-new adventures. Wonder at how the world's greatest consulting detective plays a deadly game with the Marvel of Montmartre; investigates a killing on the high seas; discovers Professor Moriarty's secret papers; battles a mysterious entity on a Scottish mountain; travels to Mars to unravel an interplanetary murder; and solves one last case with Dr Watson Jr!
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2014
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George Mann
337 books670 followersGeorge Mann is an author and editor, primarily in genre fiction. He was born in Darlington, County Durham in 1978.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
A former editor of Outland, Mann is the author of The Human Abstract, and more recently The Affinity Bridge and The Osiris Ritual in his Newbury and Hobbes detective series, set in an alternate Britain, and Ghosts of Manhattan, set in the same universe some decades later.
He wrote the Time Hunter novella "The Severed Man", and co-wrote the series finale, Child of Time.
He has also written numerous short stories, plus Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes audiobooks for Big Finish Productions. He has edited a number of anthologies including The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction, The Solaris Book of New Fantasy and a retrospective collection of Sexton Blake stories, Sexton Blake, Detective, with an introduction by Michael Moorcock.
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March 4, 2021
This is an interesting collection of tales featuring Holmes, including some which stretch our understanding of the world's greatest detective.
February 11, 2014
This is another collection of Sherlock Holmes tales by contemporary writers- & very good most of them are, too...
As ever with a short story collection, I'm not going to critique each tale in detail: for me, the best tales in here were "The Snowtorn Terror", by Justin Richards, & "A Matter of Doubt" by Philip Marsh, which sees Holmes called out of retirement 1 last time....
Well worth a look.
As ever with a short story collection, I'm not going to critique each tale in detail: for me, the best tales in here were "The Snowtorn Terror", by Justin Richards, & "A Matter of Doubt" by Philip Marsh, which sees Holmes called out of retirement 1 last time....
Well worth a look.
February 25, 2018
Another varied but mainly solid set. There are some good Final Problem sequels with Holmes encountering Moriarty’s brother and. Moran’s relative too, and sone likeable other stories. The bizarre continues to be in the mix with Holmes having a drug induced dream in which he’s an American sleuth who travels to Mars, and an odd story about an imaginary friend who’s real : this fits in with some of Conan Doyle’s views and a Victorian preconception but the supernatural still feels an odd fit with Holmes. Watching him in another story become quite ruthless to protect his data purity is interesting .
January 21, 2024
good reading!
November 17, 2014
This is a collection of a dozen Sherlockian tales by a number of authors. The editor’s view is that Holmes remains Holmes, no matter who writes the tale and where or when it takes place. He agrees with me that Doyle brought life to an Archetype, to a character that is real to all people of all times and places, The Great Detective. Here we see that character through many eyes.
In “The Adventure of the Professor’s Bequest,” a novella by Philip Purser-Hallard, we meet Professor Moriarty’s daughter and son-in-law trying to deal with the theft of manuscript left by the Professor. The question is who was it supposed to go to and why. In “The Case of the Compromised Card-Index,” a short story by Andrew Lane, someone has burgled 221B while Holmes and Watson were away and copied his card-index files, a wonderful source for blackmail data. Holmes deduces the thief, but cannot prosecute a non-crime of copying information. Holmes finds a unique solution to the situation. In “Sherlock Holmes and the Popish Relic,” a novella by Mark A. Latham, Holmes and Watson attend a séance where Watson receives a ‘warning.’ Later, Holmes acquires a client who is heir presumptive to an Estate whose owner has vanished. The heir wishes Holmes to investigate and to establish the death or to find the owner. The ‘warning’ becomes of use, although no one knows why it is so. In “The Adventure of the Decadent Headmaster,” a novella by Nick Campbell, Holmes and Watson are lured into an investigation at a Public School by an anonymous letter actually written by a schoolboy. Their findings are echoed by the source of the account in the present day.
In “The Devil’s Door,” a short story by James Goss, Holmes and Watson are drawn back into the world of San Pedro, first encountered in “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge.” Holmes must deduce how a house can swallow and kill a man and then disappear. In “The Adventure of the Coin of the Realm,” a novella by William Patrick Maynard and Alexandra Martukovich, Holmes and Watson, returning from the United States, are faced with multiple murders on shipboard. The solution presents an unacceptable conclusion of evil amongst us. In “The Strange Case of the Displaced Detective,” a short Story by Roy Gill, Holmes is brought face-to-face with an operating time machine. In “The Girl Who Paid for Silence,” a short story by Scott Hancock, Watson introduces Holmes to a client who witnessed a gruesome child murder.
In “An Adventure in Three Courses,” a short story by Guy Adams, Dr. Watson and Holmes are invited to dinner on the anniversary of Mary Watson’s death by a group of old acquaintances. Holmes manages to derail plans for a double wake. In “The sleep of Reason,” a novella by Lou Anders, a Holmes surrogate in New York goes through a ‘John Carter-like’ experience on Barsoom, the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the end of this experience, Sherlock Holmes wakes from a drug dream. In “The Snowtorn Terror,” a short story by Justin Richards, Holmes and Watson investigate a murder by a snow beast in the midst of an unmarked snowfield. In “A Betrayal of Doubt,” a novella by Philip Marsh, The son of Dr. Watson supports Holmes in a request for help from Scotland Yard to investigate an apparent ‘ritual murder.’ Soon, another such murder occurs and Holmes’ participation in the investigation leaks to the tabloids.
This is a dark collection of tales. There is little amusing or heartwarming in the lot. Some supernatural events occur and no rational explanations are given. Many are fascinating and well plotted, but none are happy or uplifting. Prepare to be shown the dark side.
Reviewed by: Philip K. Jones, March, 2014
In “The Adventure of the Professor’s Bequest,” a novella by Philip Purser-Hallard, we meet Professor Moriarty’s daughter and son-in-law trying to deal with the theft of manuscript left by the Professor. The question is who was it supposed to go to and why. In “The Case of the Compromised Card-Index,” a short story by Andrew Lane, someone has burgled 221B while Holmes and Watson were away and copied his card-index files, a wonderful source for blackmail data. Holmes deduces the thief, but cannot prosecute a non-crime of copying information. Holmes finds a unique solution to the situation. In “Sherlock Holmes and the Popish Relic,” a novella by Mark A. Latham, Holmes and Watson attend a séance where Watson receives a ‘warning.’ Later, Holmes acquires a client who is heir presumptive to an Estate whose owner has vanished. The heir wishes Holmes to investigate and to establish the death or to find the owner. The ‘warning’ becomes of use, although no one knows why it is so. In “The Adventure of the Decadent Headmaster,” a novella by Nick Campbell, Holmes and Watson are lured into an investigation at a Public School by an anonymous letter actually written by a schoolboy. Their findings are echoed by the source of the account in the present day.
In “The Devil’s Door,” a short story by James Goss, Holmes and Watson are drawn back into the world of San Pedro, first encountered in “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge.” Holmes must deduce how a house can swallow and kill a man and then disappear. In “The Adventure of the Coin of the Realm,” a novella by William Patrick Maynard and Alexandra Martukovich, Holmes and Watson, returning from the United States, are faced with multiple murders on shipboard. The solution presents an unacceptable conclusion of evil amongst us. In “The Strange Case of the Displaced Detective,” a short Story by Roy Gill, Holmes is brought face-to-face with an operating time machine. In “The Girl Who Paid for Silence,” a short story by Scott Hancock, Watson introduces Holmes to a client who witnessed a gruesome child murder.
In “An Adventure in Three Courses,” a short story by Guy Adams, Dr. Watson and Holmes are invited to dinner on the anniversary of Mary Watson’s death by a group of old acquaintances. Holmes manages to derail plans for a double wake. In “The sleep of Reason,” a novella by Lou Anders, a Holmes surrogate in New York goes through a ‘John Carter-like’ experience on Barsoom, the Mars of Edgar Rice Burroughs. At the end of this experience, Sherlock Holmes wakes from a drug dream. In “The Snowtorn Terror,” a short story by Justin Richards, Holmes and Watson investigate a murder by a snow beast in the midst of an unmarked snowfield. In “A Betrayal of Doubt,” a novella by Philip Marsh, The son of Dr. Watson supports Holmes in a request for help from Scotland Yard to investigate an apparent ‘ritual murder.’ Soon, another such murder occurs and Holmes’ participation in the investigation leaks to the tabloids.
This is a dark collection of tales. There is little amusing or heartwarming in the lot. Some supernatural events occur and no rational explanations are given. Many are fascinating and well plotted, but none are happy or uplifting. Prepare to be shown the dark side.
Reviewed by: Philip K. Jones, March, 2014
May 13, 2014
George Mann in his book, “Further Encounters Of Sherlock Holmes” a Book in the Encounters of Sherlock Holmes series published by Titan Books brings us new short stories featuring the adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
From the Back Cover: Brand New tales of the great detective
Once again the spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of twelve brand-new adventures. Wonder at how the world’s greatest consulting detective plays a deadly game with the Marvel of Montmartre; investigates a killing on the high seas; discovers Professor Moriarty’s secret papers; battles a mysterious entity on a Scottish mountain; travels to Mars to unravel an interplanetary murder; and solves one last case with Dr Watson Jr!
I said it before I say it again Arthur Conan Doyle only wrote so many Holmes stories before he died. Once again George Mann has come to our rescue and met our need for new stories! This time he provides for our reading entertainment twelve new stories of the great detective and edited them into this new volume. Each of these individual authors write in the style and voice of Dr. Watson so that they are just like reading one of the originals. All of them are a challenge for the Holmes’s mind and each writer brings us into his investigation of every case. “Further Encounters Of Sherlock Holmes” is great fun. Let me assure you if you like Sherlock Holmes then you are going to really enjoy this. I recommend it highly! I really hope Mr. Mann will bring us another of these wonderful anthologies.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Titan Books. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
From the Back Cover: Brand New tales of the great detective
Once again the spirit of Sherlock Holmes lives on in this collection of twelve brand-new adventures. Wonder at how the world’s greatest consulting detective plays a deadly game with the Marvel of Montmartre; investigates a killing on the high seas; discovers Professor Moriarty’s secret papers; battles a mysterious entity on a Scottish mountain; travels to Mars to unravel an interplanetary murder; and solves one last case with Dr Watson Jr!
I said it before I say it again Arthur Conan Doyle only wrote so many Holmes stories before he died. Once again George Mann has come to our rescue and met our need for new stories! This time he provides for our reading entertainment twelve new stories of the great detective and edited them into this new volume. Each of these individual authors write in the style and voice of Dr. Watson so that they are just like reading one of the originals. All of them are a challenge for the Holmes’s mind and each writer brings us into his investigation of every case. “Further Encounters Of Sherlock Holmes” is great fun. Let me assure you if you like Sherlock Holmes then you are going to really enjoy this. I recommend it highly! I really hope Mr. Mann will bring us another of these wonderful anthologies.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from Titan Books. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255: “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.”
April 9, 2014
I won this book, from entering the giveaway. I Love Sherlock Holmes, I was so excited to get this book and could not wait to read it. This is a must read every story is wonderfully written, I could not even pick a favorite for I loved them all. A Betrayal of Doubt was wonderful story with Dr. Watson Jr. They call Sherlock who has by now retired, to help them solve a rather puzzling mystery. A man found with strange marking's is found dead behind a locked door that, and there is only one key. I was Right along with the Brilliant Sherlock and young Dr. Watson Jr. trying to solve this mystery. The sleep of reason was a hard story to follow and I went back and re-read it several time's. In this story Sherlock travels to a different realm, At the end of the story it all makes sense. Every Story is so different from the last, and each one bring's something new and exciting to read. I can not wait to read more in the series and looking forward to many more adventures with the great detective. This book will be going on my shelf of favorite's and will be read again.
February 23, 2015
Some good stories. Some bad. And some that were just outright stupid and worthless. Too many people think that they can tell a tale set in London with Holmes and Watson and all will be right in the world. Well bull. Most of the plots that worked for Doyle have either already been reused by better authors or so overused that the need to add a sci-fi, horror, fantasy or erotic hook just ruins the story.
April 26, 2016
I loved it as it mainly followed the classic narrative. However still a 4/5 as there we're a few stories that didn't follow the traditional style; either by writing outside of Watson's p.o.v. or by drifting closer to the paranormal as a solution rather than the absolutely logical and sound endings, that I personally prefer, those particular stories brought down the overall rating.
March 31, 2015
Thought it was going to be a better compilation of stories. Started very good and ended great but the other stories couldn't keep up with the high standard I'm accustomed in Holmes stories. Hope you have a better time with this than me.
June 5, 2014
Some short stories are quite good, some far fetched and some uneven, did not quite ring true. On the whole, entertaining.
December 28, 2014
31/2 stars: while I found one story distasteful to the Sir Arthur style I did enjoy finding out what happened to the characters after Sherlock's fall with Moriarty.
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