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The Italian Secretary

by Caleb Carr

pg 26

Wanting to accommodate modern readers. That is the first problem, if you can't read Victorian English why even bother reading Sherlock Holmes at all. Adding history to Baker street that was never mentioned before. That is the second problem, no history of that sort was ever mentioned in the original canon.



The Grimswell Curse

Sam Siciliano

This would have been 5 stars if it had not gotten so blasted repetitive: We know Henry wants and loves his Michele, we know Rose is a large woman, we know Dartmoor is cold and windy. Aside from those and a few other annoyances of a similar nature, this was a good story and I would recommend it. You should though be familiar with Siciliano's other works, which is another unfortunate thing about it, it refers back to other stories he has written


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