The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D.
10 best books like The Canary Trainer: From the Memoirs of John H. Watson, M.D. (Nicholas Meyer): The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes, The Angel of the Opera, The Whitechapel Horrors, The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Stalwart Companions, A Study In Lavender: Queering Sherlock Holmes, The Man from Hell, The Trial of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography, The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Good Morning, Irene
The Dark Water: The Strange Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes
| Author | David Pirie |
| ISBN | 1933648112 |
In a literary tour de force worthy of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, author David Pirie brings his rich familiarity with both the Doyle biography and the Sherlock Holmes canon to a mystifying Victorian tale of vengeance and villainy. The howling man on the heath, a gothic asylum, the walking dead, the...
| Author | Sam Siciliano |
| ISBN | 1883402468 |
The unforgettable place: Paris, 1890. The glittering scene: the labyrinthine Paris Opera. The irresistible premise: what if Sherlock Holmes, lured across the Channel by the beleaguered managers of the Opera House, unlocks the true secrets motivating the infamous Phantom? As the hunchbacked Quasimodo...
| Author | Edward B. Hanna |
| ISBN | 0881848611 |
Edward B. Hanna brings Sherlock Holmes stunningly back to life in this homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great creation. The Whitechapel Horrors, with its spellbinding story and atmospheric prose, is the best new Holmes adventure since Seven-Per-Cent Solution. Here Hanna imagines the characters...
| Author | H. Paul Jeffers |
| ISBN | 1848565097 |
NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW
In this story, written by future President Theodore Roosevelt long before The Great Detective’s first encounter with Dr Watson, Holmes visits America to solve a most violent and despicable crime. A crime that was to prove the most taxing of his brilliant career...
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| Author | Joseph R.G. DeMarco |
| ISBN | 1590210387 |
What other characters from English literature have captivated hearts and minds as thoroughly as Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion John Watson? Many fans imagine the relationship between these men is deep and more than platonic. Edited by noted mystery author Joseph R. G. DeMarco, A Study in...
| Author | Barrie Roberts |
| ISBN | 1848565089 |
In 1886, wealthy philathropist Lord Backwater is found beaten to death on the grounds of his estate. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must unravel the mystery by pitting their wits against a ruthless new enemy, taking them across the globe in search of the killer.
By turns both thrilling and daring,...
| Author | Leah Moore |
| ISBN | 1606900587 |
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective Sherlock Holmes returns in an all-new adventure! Holmes himself is the prime suspect in a murder mystery, and while he fights to save his very life, Watson must assemble the pieces of the puzzle in his stead. Will Watson's efforts save his friend or condemn him?...
| Author | Nick Rennison |
| ISBN | 1843542757 |
This is a very "rich" book; full of facts and details trying to create a complete life for Sherlock Holmes. As the author as biographer notes, there are 56 short stories and 4 longer ones as written by Watson (a couple penned by SH) and published through Conan Doyle. That's not much when you consider it spans...
| Author | Ken Greenwald |
| ISBN | 1566195403 |
When radio broadcasts of the Sherlock Holmes stories were first aired in the 1940s, the avid - and the occasional - Holmes readers were all thrilled. Although the early radio scripts were based on the Conan Doyle stories, they often dealt with questions unanswered by the original stories.
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| Author | Carole Nelson Douglas |
| ISBN | 0812509498 |
Picking up where Good Night, Mr. Holmes left off, our heroine, Irene, is in Paris lapping up her obituaries, when a drowned sailor emerges from the Seine bearing a strange tattoo . . . rather like the one on a corpse Irene once saw on Bram Stoker's dining room table. "So that's what happened to Irene Adler!...
| Author | Charles Prepolec |
| ISBN | 1894063171 |
Contents:
Interior artwork by Phil Cornell
001 - "Ghosts May Apply" an essay by David Stuart Davies
006 - Introduction: An Introductory Rumination on Stories for Which the World is Not Yet Prepared by Charles Prepolec
015 - "The Lost Boy" by Barbara Hambly
041 - "His...
| Author | Ted Riccardi |
| ISBN | 1400060656 |
Sherlock Holmes is dead—or so most of the world thinks. His fatal plunge over the Reichenbach Falls as he struggled with his archenemy, Moriarty, has been widely reported.
But Holmes has escaped and is alive.
In his immediate circle, only Holmes’s brother, the lethargic genius...
| Author | Michael Hardwick |
| ISBN | 0743498240 |
El doctor John H. Watson nos narra el caso al que se enfrentaron él mismo y Sherlock Holmes en el verano de 1902, cuando un vagabundo es atacado en el Páramo de Hampstead, encontrándose las huellas de un sabueso enorme en la zona, lo que no deja de recordar a otro antiguo caso, el llamado El sabueso de los...
| Author | Michael Kurland |
| ISBN | 0312351569 |
In 1891, Sherlock Holmes, in a death struggle with his archenemy Professor Moriarty, disappeared over Reichenbach Falls and was presumed dead. Until, that is, he reappeared in London in 1894. Holmes remained mostly quiet on the events of those years and for over a century speculation has run riot about...
| Author | Fred Saberhagen |
| ISBN | 0441342450 |
1887 London, Queen Victoria's Jubilee approaches, a mad man of science prepares to unleash thousands of plague infected rats, a bizarre killer is leaving a trail of bloodless corpses. The Count joins the World's Greatest Detective in an effort to avert public disaster and avenge an enemy. The events...
| Author | June Thomson |
| ISBN | 0749003294 |
As Dr Watson's secret manuscripts are revealed to the public, a multitude of previously unseen cases come to light. An American millionaire receives threatening letters from a sinister Black Hand...A mysterious box terrifies a shopkeeper...Holmes and Watson feel the influence of an old enemy from...
The Execution of Sherlock Holmes: And Other New Adventures of the Great Detective
| Author | Donald Serrell Thomas |
| ISBN | 1933648228 |
Five tales:
1 The Execution of Sherlock Holmes - elude noose when drugged and manacled in dank Newgate cell
2 The Case of the Greek Key - crack German codes
3 The Case of the Peasenhall Murder - prove man innocent of slaying pregnant serving girl
4 The Case of the Phantom Chambermaid - stop...
| Author | Kaoru Shintani |
| ISBN | 1935934864 |
Christie is Sherlock Holmes' precocious niece. She lives in a beautiful home with her maids and her giant dog Nelson, who look after her in the absence of her parents. Her maids include the proper Annemarie and the unrefined, uneducated Nora, whose skill with her "Snake Tongue" whip occasionally comes...
| Author | Giacomo Lee |
| ISBN | 9881219817 |
Soobin Shin is an aspiring young woman in a near-future version of Seoul. Ever since her college graduation, she has struggled to escape from her dead-end job in a doughnut chain. Her twin sister Hyewon is one of Korea’s most recognizable models, but Soobin just can’t seem to find her lucky break…...
| Author | Gilbert Hernández |
| ISBN | 1560978333 |
Gilbert Hernandez's first original graphic novel from Fantagraphics follows on the heels of his acclaimed graphic novel, Sloth, from DC's Vertigo Comics in 2006. Chance in Hell tells the story about a little orphan girl who lives in the slum of slums. Nobody knows who she is or where she's from, but her...
| Author | Larry Millett |
| ISBN | 0140296441 |
*5 Stars* (I didn’t think it would make it based on the likely score I thought it would get)
Scorecard:
(Out of 10)
* Quality of Writing - 8
* Pace - 9
* Plot development - 9
* Characters - 10
* Enjoyability - 8
* Insightfulness - 9
* Ease of Reading - 9
* Photos/Illustrations...
