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'(The Veiled Detective) is the best Sherlockian mystery novel I have seen all year...I do not hesitate to recommend it' - --Classic Specialities
'Throws doubt upon everything we thought we knew and loved about the detective's mythology... An excitingly unpredictable read.' - --Sci-fi Online
'Throws doubt upon everything we thought we knew and loved about the detective's mythology... An excitingly unpredictable read.' - --Sci-fi Online
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed, long out-of-print detective stories. From the earliest days of Holmes' career to his astonishing encounters with Martian invaders, the "Further Adventures" series encapsulates the most varied and thrilling cases of the worlds' greatest detective. A young Sherlock Holmes arrives in London to begin his career as a private detective, catching the eye of the master criminal, Professor James Moriarty. Enter Dr. Watson, newly returned from Afghanistan, soon to make history as Holmes' companion...By turns both shocking and exciting, David Stuart Davies' controversial take on the Holmes mythology is a modern classic in crime fiction that will defy all expectations.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Having been slightly disappointed by the author's other Holmes adventure, "A Tangled Skein" I approached this with slight foreboding. However, this is good. A clever concept whoch stretches the imagination. It works though, due to a good pace and an excellent knowledge of the canon. The fresh look at Holmes, Watson, Moriarty and Mycroft provides a welcome jolt to the often jaded world of Holmesian pastiche. What was interesting is that when reading it the images of Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman came to mind...!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I'm not one of those readers who thinks that anything that veers from the "accepted" facts about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a post Conan Doyle Holmes novel should be treated as heresy and accordingly ignored at all costs. Granted, when Holmes starts fighting Martians I can get a little frustrated (and bored) but I'm more than open to a little "re-imagining" if it is well written and interesting.
The Veiled Detective is such a book; in it's own way it asks for a lot of suspension of disbelief (which may be a strange thing to ask about a fictional character anyway) with the clever way it introduces Holmes and Watson, the part played in this by Professor Moriarty and yet another hidden secret in the form of Mrs Hudson's motives. I have no doubt that some readers will be up in arms long before the climax wondering why Davies had to meddle.
That said most of what occurs is, in it's own fanstastical way, very believable and for the most part is logical. Even the nagging feeling I had whilst reading the book (mainly that Holmes seems blind to the position that Dr. Watson, who is not what he seems, has been placed in) is explained away in a satisfactory manner towards the denouement.
If ultimately it doesn't quite convince us (mainly becuase we are so fond of the Conan Doyle versions of the characters) that doesn't mean that it isn't a very entertaining read and if you don't mind the obvious liberties it takes with the accepted backstory I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it.
Oh and like a previous reviewer, certain moments in this book also reminded me of the recent Benerdict Cumberbatch BBC Holmes production. Either Davies was involved with that or someone close to the production had read this book.
The Veiled Detective is such a book; in it's own way it asks for a lot of suspension of disbelief (which may be a strange thing to ask about a fictional character anyway) with the clever way it introduces Holmes and Watson, the part played in this by Professor Moriarty and yet another hidden secret in the form of Mrs Hudson's motives. I have no doubt that some readers will be up in arms long before the climax wondering why Davies had to meddle.
That said most of what occurs is, in it's own fanstastical way, very believable and for the most part is logical. Even the nagging feeling I had whilst reading the book (mainly that Holmes seems blind to the position that Dr. Watson, who is not what he seems, has been placed in) is explained away in a satisfactory manner towards the denouement.
If ultimately it doesn't quite convince us (mainly becuase we are so fond of the Conan Doyle versions of the characters) that doesn't mean that it isn't a very entertaining read and if you don't mind the obvious liberties it takes with the accepted backstory I'm sure you'll enjoy reading it.
Oh and like a previous reviewer, certain moments in this book also reminded me of the recent Benerdict Cumberbatch BBC Holmes production. Either Davies was involved with that or someone close to the production had read this book.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In "The Veiled Detective" David Stuart Davies requires us to accept that much of what we know from the Canon is wrong. For a start, Dr Watson is actually Dr Walker, and he was cashiered from his regiment rather than honourably invalided out. Walker's predicament leads plausibly to his recruitment by Professor Moriarty to infiltrate Sherlock Holmes's household, and the result, for the reader, is a remarkable tension between the familiar investigations and the hitherto unrevealed machinations of the arch-criminal through his reluctant underling. The novel gives us a uniquely intelligent, thought-provoking and fresh view of one of the great friendships in all literature, without diminishing the stature of either Holmes or Watson.
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