
The West End Horror
A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.
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David Case
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Nicholas Meyer
London, March 1895. The West End is full of strange happenings. Theater critic Jonathan McCarthy has been murdered. A young actress has also been killed - her throat slit. The Marquess of Queensberry is being sued for libel. And a police surgeon has disappeared along with two corpses.
Prominent figures in the theater district seem to be somehow involved in these various mysteries, including Bernard Shaw, Ellen Terry, Bram Stoker, and Oscar Wilde.
Scotland Yard is mystified by what appear to be unrelated cases. Sherlock Holmes, however, finds it all elementary: a maniac is at work. And his name is Jack.
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Loved the way Nicholas Meyer imagined and brought to life the literary and theatrical society of the era.
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I particularly like a technique employed in the previous book and this book: footnotes which tie in aspects of either other stories in the Canon or interesting references to Victorian-era people or events that may not readily be recognized by the modern reader.
Overall the story is intriguing and runs along at a fast pace. It took me much of the first book to get used to the narrator. He returns to read this book and is a natural Holmes. My only two complaints, if they can be called complaints, is that Watson is still too gruff for my taste. Secondly, the story was so compact and concise that I was actually disappointed that it ended as quickly as it did.
Most "Holmesian" pastiche so far
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Close enough
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I said that because I can’t make any comment on the accuracy of the text or how the style jibes with the canon etc., etc. I do think Holmes is somewhat less acerbic than I remember from the A. C. Doyle books but I could be mistaken.
I enjoyed this story quite a lot and the appearance of actual historical figures makes for an interesting tale different from the original books.
And I’ve mostly adjusted to having Holmes, Watson, Mrs. Hudson and other characters from the original books in my universe and sharing my timeline as figures in history. Figures who’ve interacted with other historical people like Gilbert & Sullivan and Bernard Shaw rather than just fictional characters.
It opens up the whole of the late 19th and early 20th century history to the author’s meddling. And I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what mischief he gets up to.
Enjoy your day.
Quite a bit better than the first.
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Very original and in the spirit of the author
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I have nothing but respect overall for Nicholas Meyer as a writer, but this one being written within short order of The Seven Per-Cent Solution (which I loathe as a story), I was a bit worried. Now I can see the progression of how these were written, and if nothing else, I can see where he improved and where he still needs work. Ultimately I think in the case of all three of these, the biggest problem is the incorporation of the famous people and characters as it does come across more as fan fiction than a serious attempt at Holmes stories from a professional. But that's just my personal bias as a self-proclaimed Sherlockian. Disagreement will always abound about such things, and if nothing else it's always interesting to compare similar offerings by other writers.
Better Than the 1st, Not as Good as the 3rd
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Fire the reader and re-record please!!!!!
Narrator is just horrible
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Narrator ruins this book
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Could not finish
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