Book Review: My Sherlock Holmes

Reviewed By: Harriet Klausner

My Sherlock Holmes     Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Michael Kurland
Class/Genre:   Mystery   Sherlock Holmes   [Short Stories]
St. Martin’s, Feb 2003, $24.95, 368 pp. St.

Though it would seem that every Doyle character and anyone of real fame or not the so famous from the late Victorian Era has had a shot at moving aside Watson to provide their Holmes viewpoint. This anthology proves that Dr. Watson has many more bedfellows as thirteen individuals, one to a tale, tells their side of a relationship with Holmes. Each contribution is quite good as the authors do more than just genuflect to the master by relating a thrilling adventure. Thus the Baker St. Irregulars will find MY SHERLOCK HOLMES a clever well-written anthology in which each protagonist or in some cases antagonist provides a unique first person account of an encounter with the sleuth.

Harriet Klausner

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