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The Sherlockian (Thorndike Large Print Crime Scene) [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Graham Moore (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 571 pages
  • Publisher: Thorndike Press; Lrg edition (2 Mar 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1410435342
  • ISBN-13: 978-1410435347
  • Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.2 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)

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4.0 out of 5 stars TWO MYSTERIES FOR THE PRICE OF ONE 17 July 2012
By Red Rock Bookworm
Format:Hardcover
You've heard of the 3R's. Now we have the 3P's....pacing, ploys and a polished plot (maybe that's 4 P's). At any rate THE SHERLOCKIAN by Graham Moore possesses the 3 P's and more (no pun intended). This dual narrative, while almost erudite in its approach, nonetheless engages the reader with chapters alternating between a modern-day member of the Baker Street Irregulars named Harold White and Sherlock Holmes creator, Arthur Conan Doyle.

Harold, accompanied by an alluring female named Sarah, is investigating the death of a colleague AND attempting to locate a missing diary written by Conan Doyle while in every other chapter we follow Doyle and his BFF, Bram Stoker (he of Dracula fame) through the streets of Victorian London as they search for the identity of the person committing a series of gruesome murders as well as the culprit who had sent Doyle a mail bomb containing the message ELEMENTARY. Both of these sets of spirited partners echo the Holmes and Watson relationship as they search for solutions not only to their respective mysteries, but to answers to problems in their own individual lives.

While not every aspect of this book is perfect, it does manage to strike a good balance between historical fact and the clever scenarios born in the writer's imagination. Even if you have never been a fan of Sherlock Holmes, Moore's debut novel makes you want to delve deeper into mysteries that surrounded the life of his creator.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Dueling Mysteries 1 May 2011
By Mark Baker TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
This book gives us two mysteries. In modern times, we follow Harold White. He's the newest member of the Baker Street Irregulars, a Sherlock Holmes society. The morning after he is inducted into the group, scholar Alex Cale is set to present a lecture on the contents of Arthur Conan Doyle's missing diary which Alex says he's finally found. But during the night, someone sneaks into his hotel room and strangles him and takes the diary. And Harold sets out to find both.

The alternating chapters give us the story of Arthur Conan Doyle during the two months of the missing diary. Those two months are right before he resurrected Sherlock Holmes. Those months find Arthur investigating a young woman's death. He almost immediately connects it with another case that Scotland Yard has forgotten about. Can he find the killer? What about the case makes him bring back his greatest creation?

Despite my Holmes inspired reading this month, I'm actually not that familiar with the character or his creator, so I found this book fascinating from that standpoint. And the book started out well. I loved Harold from the start and connected to the proceedings through him. As the book progressed, I got caught up in both stories. The light tone of the early part, especially the parts that poked fun at the overly obsessed made me laugh.

I did feel the book stumbled toward the end. The book got darker in tone, and it felt forced. On the other hand, the parts speculating on the reason why mysteries and Sherlock are still popular today was interesting reading.

This book more than any other I've read recently makes me want to read the actual Sherlock Holmes tales and maybe even a little bit about his creator to help separate fact from fiction. I found the book entertaining and am glad I read it
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3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read with lots of errors 29 Jan 2013
By Rosa's Girl
Format:Mass Market Paperback
An enjoyable read on my daily commute - and an interesting subject to any classical crime fiction enthusiast. The two plot lines - one past and one present - are engaging, although exactly how Harold arrives at his conclusions is not always entirely clear.

What lets this novel down in my opinion are some of the blatant errors it commits. For example, the British characters in the book at times use very American expressions and the famous Reichenbach Falls have mysteriously been relocated to Lucerne, Switzerland, from their previous location near the village of Meiringen. These mistakes stand out all the more in the context of the original Holmes' notorious obsession with every small detail.

Recommended read - unless, like me, you have certain pedantic tendencies.
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