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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure by Val Andrews, John H. Watson ISBN: 0-947533-43-5 Publisher: Breese Books Ltd Pub. Date: May, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Brisk and flavoursome pastiche Holmes
Comment: Val Andrews is, amongt other accomplishments, a noted magicain and theatrical historian and has set a number of these Holmes pastiches against a theatre background .They are for my money among the better and livelier of the series and The Egyptian Hall Mystery is an enjoyable tale in which the author seems to revel in the background detail.
The Egyptial Hall was an actual building and was established by the Victorian entrepreneur and magician J N Maskelyne ,who has a brief role in proceedings although the chief magician is another real figure ,Makelyne's protege David Devant .
Holmes and Watson are called in by a performer at Egyptian Hall, a conjurer named Cyrano .During the course of his act a priceless ring has disappeared and the owner wants it back .The intrepid duo visit the theatret where things take a darker turn with the murder of Cyrano .
The obvious suspect is an enraged inventor who claims Cyrano had stolen one of his illusions but -of course ,this being a mystery ,the obvious suspect is innocent .
The murderer is unmasked on the stage of Egytian Hall and the "new fangled "device the cinematograph plays a key role in exposing the killer
It is a bit thin from the mystery angle and one glaring anachronism rears its head when Holmes speaks of the sum of 30 pence -a mere 100 years before the decimalisation of the currency ! Holmes is an man of many parts but clairvoyant is not one of them !
Quick read at less than 200 large print pages and just about worth it if you are a devoted Sherlockian
Rating: 1
Summary: Not much of an adventure
Comment: This was one of the first non-Doyle Holmes stories that I picked up to read, and I was quite disappointed. The plot is thin, and Andrews tries to capture the spark of the Watson-Holmes relationship without much success. Frankly, I think the book is somewhat boring. Since this book I have found numerous other non-Doyle stories that are very good.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes: A Duel With the Devil by Roger Jaynes ISBN: 0947533753 Publisher: Breese Books Ltd Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Singular Adventures of Mr. Sherlock Holmes by Alan Stockwell ISBN: 1843750104 Publisher: UPSO Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Seven Deadly Sins Murders by Barry Day ISBN: 0953765954 Publisher: Second Opinion Inc. Pub. Date: August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Strange Doings of J. Leslie Ryder: A Sherlock Holmes Story by Daniel Gracely ISBN: 0971404119 Publisher: Grandma's Attic at Gracely's Pub. Date: 14 November, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective by Michael Kurland ISBN: 0312280939 Publisher: St. Martin's Minotaur Pub. Date: 12 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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