George Mann’s Sherlock Holmes anthologies for Titan Books have done a terrific job of finding new ways to approach the Great Detective – which is no easy task, considering he’s probably the most written about fictional character of all time. First, The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes and The Further Encounters of Sherlock Holmes mashed him together with other literary characters and stories. Now, Mann’s latest anthology sports another novel approach. Why not turn the focus away from Holmes and Watson and highlight the many colourful characters elsewhere in Conan Doyle’s writing?
In The Associates of Sherlock Holmes, that great premise is followed up by a high calibre of veteran Sherlock Holmes writers – like James Lovegrove, Andrew Lane and Jonathan Barnes – who have chosen a wide selection of characters to explore. There are the welcome usual suspects (e.g. Lestrade and Mycroft) as well as
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/book-reviews-latest-literary-releases/16130-book-review-the-associates-of-sherlock-holmes
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