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A year has passed since the pair’s unexpected reunion, and an evening full of entertainment awaits them. Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr Watson.

Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr Watson are guests at 'Murphy's Theatre of Varieties'; however, both are unaware that their own detective double act will soon take centre stage.

On arrival, Watson discovers much has changed inside the former London music-hall; although the owner, Mr Murphy himself, remains the same.

During a fleeting encounter with Mr. Murphy he reveals all is not well. A recent series of mysterious incidents have damaged the theatre’s reputation, threatening a precarious future.

On the case, both Holmes and Watson greet allegations of supernatural activity with their accustomed scepticism, yet various ghostly sightings as well as a further sequence of near fatal mishaps begin to suggest something mysterious is happening.

George Robey, an up-and-coming English comedian, together with the theatre itself emerges as the intended targets of the suspected paranormal calamities. But with no clear culprit to speak of and an increasing number of ghoulish assertions to decipher; Holmes is driven to desperate measures in his attempts to solve it all...

Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties transports the reader into a forgotten era of show business where the most accomplished performance comes from Holmes himself

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15 Dec. 2015
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B019FK0J7E
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Lume Books (15 Dec. 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 87 pages

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rebel without a coat

ENJOYABLE READ

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 September 2017

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REBEL WITH OUT A COAT
Sherlock and Dr Watson investigate mysterious happenings at the house on this green which Dr Watson had gone to as a young man when it was a music hall. During their investigations they encounter and help George Robey, who was a music hall turn with the catch phrase " I mean ter say". George Robey was a much loved music hall "turn" who went on to play Falstaff in Shakespeare and was eventually knighted and appeared in both films and on the stage. Val Andrews writes of the stage with an obvious love and understanding of the music hall's and with a love and understanding of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Both Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are believable and the plot is well thought out. I really enjoyed this book and whole heartedly recommend it to both lovers of Sherlock Holmes and of the old music hall's.

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P Reynolds

An Entertaining Short Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 January 2016

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In 'The Varieties' an impromptu visit to an old Music Hall, now turned Variety Theatre, draws Holmes and Watson into a plot of intrigue featuring a Theatre 'Ghost' and several japes and mishaps perpetrated against the management and acts.

As always, the motives behind the plot are not as obvious as first analysis may suggest, and Holmes follows the trail of clues in his usual manner.

The novelette features an interesting portrayal of turn-of-the century (20th C.) Music Hall, with reference to the earlier theatrical lives of some future Variety Stars.

Val Andrews has written an entertaining series of novelettes featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, as originally brought to the (printed) page by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

These relatively short stories are just enough to keep readers enthralled, and are easily readable within a single session, or may be split into one chapter each over four or five sessions.

The reader's mind is kept occupied, if not overly taxed, and these novelettes are never boring, and are good reading for holidays, journeys or dark winter nights, when a full length novel may tax the concentration too much.

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jack

Not quite Doyle

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 16 January 2016

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A tad too sentimental. However a pleasant way to while a rainy day. Fun and not taxing. Will read more by this author.

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DerMeister027

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 17 March 2016

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Nice book

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Raven

One of Andrews' better Holmes stories!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2016

Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties by Val Anderson

Murphy’s Theatre, otherwise known as “The House on the Green” used to be a favorite of Dr. Watson’s. Now known as “The Varieties,” the theatre has become known for a different type of show—Vaudeville!

At Holmes’ suggestion, the two friends attend an evening’s show. Watson finds the theatre much changed. There are neither tables to sit at nor any drinks to be ordered. There are rows of red push seats. There is no front man to announce each show. Instead one must purchase a program if they are to know what comes next.

There has been trouble as of late at the Varieties, as props have been stolen and returned and other tricks played on the performers. Word has it that the theatre is haunted. But Murphy sees no reason to bother Holmes with little paranormal pranks.

Then a sandbag falls from the rafters, just missing comic George Robey. A ghostly shape is seen for a scant second in the “flies” far above the stage. This near death attack is enough for Murphy to hire Holmes. The secret of this theatre phantom must be solved quickly.

Another mystery lies at George Robey’s house. He is an amateur carpenter who creates violins and other instruments. He has in his shop his careful copy of a priceless Gelado violin, created by him using measurements and notes from examining a true Gelado at the Museum of Stringed Masterpieces in Croydon.

However, Holmes finds that Robey’s Gelado is the genuine article while the one at the museum is the facsimile Robey made! Someone has switched the two violins with neither Robey nor the Curator of the Museum of Stringed Masterpieces the wiser!

This is a neat little mystery, with nice twists to make the story come alive! It is one of Andrews’ better Holmes mysteries. I give the book four stars.

Quoth the Raven…

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Varieties

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 21 September 2018

Good use of his music hall experience,well woven tale ,usual Holmes fare with the twist we come to expect at a he end

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