News — Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle

Felicia Carparelli is a widely acclaimed Chicago based writer with pieces published in Nit and Wit, Rockford Review, Mediphors, Cybergrrl, Feminsta!, Red Booth Review, Chicago Sun Times, Library Journal, American Libraries and others. We caught up with Felicia ahead of the publication of 'Murder In The Library' this month to find out more about her and the book. What prompted you to base your thriller in a library? My first real job was as a library page when I was 14 years old at the Evergreen Park Public Library.  I worked as a library assistant when I attended the University...

[caption id="attachment_423" align="alignright" width="192" caption="Watson's Afghan Adventure"][/caption] Kieran McMullen was a real find for us as a Sherlock Holmes publisher. A great writing style combined with excellent levels of detail on military history and military techniques. His first pastiche outing 'Watson's Afghan Adventure' published in January goes from strength to strength. Rave reviews from around the world now include the Sherlock Holmes Society of London. "Fewer people have considered the early life of John H Watson in any depth. Kieran McMullen, author of Watson’s Afghan Adventure is a former professional soldier and a specialist in American military history – an...

El perro de Baskerville es, sin duda, el relato de Sherlock Holmes más conocido de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Ha sido llevado al cine, al teatro y a la televisión y ha mostrado el talento de algunos de nuestros mejores actores. Un tratamiento similar ha recibido otro relato de Doyle, titulado The Lost World (El mundo perdido), que protagoniza un personaje llamado Professor George Challenger. Sin embargo, la cuestión de la posible influencia de dos de sus amigos (a saber, y respectivamente, Bertram Fletcher Robinson y Dr. George Turnavine Budd) en estos dos relatos ha sido, en comparación, mucho menos...

It was no surprise to friends and family of Felicia Carparelli that the main character in her new thriller 'Murder In The Library' is a Sherlock Holmes fan. Felicia has been a big Holmes fan for as far back as she can remember. The book is released on 28th April and was a natural choice for MX Publishing as the UK's main publishers of modern Holmes pastiches. Managing Editor Steve comments: "We rarely publish straight crime fiction (as we mostly do pastiches and historical books), but we couldn't resist Felicia's fun thriller because of it's winding story around Sherlock Holmes....

[caption id="attachment_399" align="alignright" width="97" caption="A Study In Crimson"][/caption] A Study in Crimson is the second adventure of Mrs. Watson and Emily Fanshaw. Already dubbed 'The Female Sherlock Holmes' Molly Carr's character is proving very popular with Holmes fans. Here is the review from the leading Sherlockian Group in Wales - The Deerstalkers of Welshpool. "Molly Carr has produced another book about her two female detectives, mutated from minor characters in the Holmes stories. I think it helps if you have read the first book [The Sign of Fear], as that explains the strange hypothesis that Watson was a fake. The...