REVIEW: SHERLOCK HOLMES (2009)

I grew up on Sherlock, quite literally.  I grabbed my dad’s heavy volumes and looked at the original Strand etchings even before I could read the complicated stories.  And Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes.  Doyle himself couldn’t have a qualm with that casting.  So I was initially thrilled when I heard of the pairing of Robert…

REVIEW: The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries

I am pleased Sims has pulled together another interesting collection of short stories, most of which I had never heard of before. All told, the collection contains more than 300 pages of murder mysteries waiting to be rediscovered.

REVIEW: The Ghost Slayers

The British Library has gathered stories that include a supernatural detective. Each story revolves around an unusual event, that might — or might not — have a ghostly explanation.