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Entertaining Excellent short stories with well conceived plots. Provided me with a couple of hours of Holmes & Watson which is always a good way to spend one’s time.
Will Murray, as you probably know, is the world's foremost living raconteur of Doc Savage, Tarzan, The Shadow and the Spider, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised to discover he also does a superlative job with Sherlock Holmes. But I am, at least a little. Holmes is a different breed of cat, solving problems with his brain instead of relying on muscles or guns. But Mr. Murray can apparently write anything he puts his mind to. Next thing you know, he'll probably be turning out The Wild Adventures
Will Murray is a master of the pastiche, writing authentically in the prose style of the pulp era and bringing back to life such characters as Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider, Tarzan, and many others. In the present volume he applies his talents of authorial mimicry to the canon of Sherlock Holmes and succeeds in recreating the atmosphere and wit of the original stories. Unlike some of his more recent Doc Savage novels, which can be sprawling, these 10 short stories are tightly plotted and ma...