![]() Lorie Lewis Ham is our Editor-in-Chief and a contributor to various sections, coupling her journalism experience with her connection to the literary and entertainment worlds. My next task is to go back and read The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols! I hope Meyer will be “editing” many more Holmes adventures in the future. ![]() If you are a Sherlock Holmes fan like I am, I highly encourage you to pick up this grand and wonderfully written adventure, you won’t regret it. It was a joy to be back reading a new Sherlock Holmes adventure and Meyer does a wonderful job of bringing it all to life. The adventure is filled with interesting Egyptian history, a lot of intrigue, suspense, and many twists and turns. The two of course then pair up to solve this Egyptian mystery. Holmes is traveling under the guise of Colonel Arbuthnot and it is funny when Watson recognizes his own regimental green tie on a man and then realizes that it is Holmes in disguise. He has been hired by the man’s Brazilian wife and brother-in-law who insist on progress updates. Holmes has been hired to locate a British royal named Michael, the Duke of Uxbridge. This adventure takes place in 1911 when the Egyptology craze is in full force. Watson actually goes to Egypt hoping that it will help his ailing wife Juliet, but when he runs into Holmes, he is drawn in to the adventure with his old friend despite his hesitance to leave her. The story takes Holmes and Watson to Egypt on a very unusual case. This is one book where you don’t want to skip the introduction. The book’s introduction opens with a letter to Meyer asking if he will once again edit an excerpt from Watson’s journal, which of course he agrees to. When I was offered the opportunity to review his latest Holmes book, The Return of the Pharaoh, I jumped at the chance!Īs with many Sherlock Holmes stories not written by Doyle, this book is presented as having come from the journals of John H. After a many year gap, Meyer came back to writing Sherlock Holmes books in 2019 with the release of The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols. I have been a huge Sherlock Holmes fan ever since I was a teenager and I vaguely remember watching the movie The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, based on the book by Nicolas Meyer, but until now had never read any of his books. The Return of the Pharaoh: From the Reminiscences of John H. Sherlock Holmes and Star Trek are two of my favorite things! Details at the end of this post on how to enter to win a copy of the book, and a link to purchase it from Amazon. ![]() Had I realized his connection to the Classic Star Trek movies there would have definitely been some Star Trek questions in there too! Maybe next time. With the help of Howard Carter, Holmes and Watson are on the trail of something much bigger, more important, and more sinister than an errant lord.I am thrilled today to be reviewing the latest Sherlock Holmes book by Nicholas Meyer, and we have an interesting interview with Nicholas. And that he's only the latest Egyptologist to die or disappear under odd circumstances. Sherlock Holmes has discovered that the missing duke has indeed vanished from his lavish rooms in Cairo and that he was on the trail of a previous undiscovered and unopened tomb. An English Duke with a penchant for egyptology has disappeared, leading to enquiries from his wife and the Home Office. Watson bumps into an old friend - Sherlock Holmes, in disguise and on a case. But while his wife undergoes treatment, Dr. Her tuberculosis has returned and her doctor recommends a stay at a sanitarium in a dry climate. ![]() John Watson travels to Egypt with his wife Juliet. Watson's unpublished journal, wherein he details a previously unknown case. Now, many years later, Meyer is given exclusive access to Dr. With his international bestseller, The Seven Per Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes that reinvigorated the world's interest in the first consulting detective.
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