Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac is a 1994 Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts which pits Sherlock Holmes against an anarchist who is bombing trains.[1]

The story involves real life incidents such as the siege of Sidney Street.[1][2]

The events of the novel bookend the original Doyle story His Last Bow.[3]

Reception

Eric Monahan called the book a "first rate pastiche"[2] while Roger Johnson stated that Roberts "captures the Watson-Doyle style better than most".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c The District Messenger, no. 217 7 December 2001 the newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London
  2. ^ a b The Torr, Spring, 2002 the newsletter of The Poor Folk Upon the Moors
  3. ^ Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac at Amazon.com


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes_and_the_Railway_Maniac
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