Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell

Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell
Author Barrie Roberts
Language English
Genre Mystery novels
Publisher Constable & Co. Ltd
Titan Books (reprint)
Publication date
 1997
26 February 2010
Media type Print (paperback)
Pages 208
ISBN 0-09-477090-5 (first paperback edition)

Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell is a 1997 Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts.[1] A key character in the story, Lord Backwater, is first mentioned in the short story, "The Noble Bachelor,", also by Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle.

Plot

Philanthropist Lord Backwater is found dead on his property. The police surmise that Backwater came upon some poachers which led to his murder.[2] Holmes discounts this solution and undertakes his own investigation which leads to a hidden history of Backwater's time spent in a prison settlement on Van Diemen's Land.[1][2]

Reissue

Titan Books reprinted the book in 2010, as part of its Further Adventures series, which collects a number of noted Holmesian pastiches.

Reception

Reviews of Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell have been largely positive.[2][3][4] Publishers Weekly claimed that Roberts' writing was a successful "melding the brilliant thinker and the man of action".[5]

Roger Johnson writing for the Sherlock Holmes Society of London stated that Roberts "has done his homework thoroughly"[1] and "writes in a very acceptable simulacrum of Watson’s style".[1] When Titan Books reissued the book, Lenny Picker called it a "classic pastiche".[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The District Messenger, no. 174 7th November 1997 the newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London
  2. 1 2 3 "Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell". Baker Street Reviews. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  3. ↑ "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Man from Hell by Barrie Roberts". Fantasy Book Review. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ "The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Man From Hell". Goodreads. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved April 5, 2011.
  6. ↑ Lenny Picker. "The Return of Sherlock Holmes Is it inevitable, my dear Watson?". Publishers Weekly. 257 (3). Retrieved April 5, 2011.
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