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David Marcum  I’ve literally collected and read thousands of Sherlock Holmes pastiches, and after a while, one begins to encounter adventures that are not related by Watson. Others who knew Holmes – Wiggins (many of them), Mrs. Watson (all of them), Mycroft, Irene Adler, and Professor Moriarty, to name a few – also have tales to tell. And there are just as many stories that are related in third-person. This is one of those, and freeing it from Watson’s narrative pen gives it a different aspect of realism and violence than one comes to expect from The Canon. I don’t...

We're delighted to confirm that from 2023 onwards our online sponsorship program is 'Share The Meal' from the World Food Programme (WFP). The project has passed 200 million meals shared. We're doing our small part - for every book you buy on the site, we will share a meal. Buy five books, we'll share five meals and so on.  Our co-founder, Steve Emecz, has been an external advisory council member for the last seven years for the WFP Innovation Accelerator in Munich. He's participated in many bootcamps and innovation nights as well as mentoring several projects.  The WFP won the Nobel Peace...

David Marcum  Oscar Slater has long been known to fans of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. When ACD’s efforts to prevent miscarriages of justice are listed, this case, along with the George Edalji affair, are the two prime examples. Slater was convicted of a brutal 1908 murder, in spite of questions related to the evidence and trial procedure. He was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to hard labor. During his time in prison, his case became a celebrated cause, and after serving nearly two-decades of hard labor, he was freed. ACD was one of the prime movers into securing...

**Special offer up to 14th February - if you sign up to Dear Holmes on the offer below you can let us know and we will send you $100 of Sherlock Holmes books in PDF as an extra gift** Delight your partner-in-crime with interactive Sherlockian mysteries from Dear Holmes. Each month, Sherlock Holmes will ask your detective to take on one of his pending cases. They'll receive weekly clues by mail and have the chance to compete with fellow detectives around the world for the coveted title of “Featured Detective”. And as if that weren't enough, at the end of each...

As we are now into January, we are selling the last few 2024 Page A Day Calendars at 50% off.  Just add the code '2024half' to the basket and you will get at 50% discount. Only a few copies left.