Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders
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1898. Holmes and Watson encounter American newspaper magnate, John Moxton, whose yellow press Clarion is beginning to dominate and undermine Victorian England. Public figures are humiliated then murdered.
Each incident has a parallel in Alice in Wonderland. And each time the Clarion is conveniently on hand. What is Moxton's master plan and can Homes and Waston unravel it in time? And what is the strange bond that links the detective to a man he has never met... or has he?
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1898. Holmes and Watson encounter American newspaper magnate, John Moxton, whose yellow press Clarion is beginning to dominate and undermine Victorian England. Public figures are humiliated then murdered. Each incident has a parallel in Alice in Wonderland. And each time the Clarion is conveniently on hand. What is Moxton's master plan and can Homes and Waston unravel it in time? And what is the strange bond that links the detective to a man he has never met... or has he?
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Item number (ASIN): 0953765938
Author: Barry Day
ISBN: 0953765938
Manufacturer: Second Opinion (FL)
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 180
Package Dimensions: 42 x 437 x 705 (hundredths-inches)
Publication Date: March 1, 2001
Publisher: Second Opinion (FL)
Binding: Paperback
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- As a true Holmes fan, I am offended, cut to the very quick, by this poor novel.The first thing you notice in this novel is dull dialog, quite unlike that of Holmes or Watson. The characters simply do not come across convincingly. The author begins to trip over himself right away. The Sherlock Holmes stories are principaly set in the 19th Century, the age of Queen Victoria. However, a novel placed in the 19th Century should be researched, lest you get the problem of Queen Victoria disco-dancing with Julius Caesar--that is, only ideas, people & technologies FROM that era should APPEAR IN the novel. Mr Day sets his newspaper publisher character chattering about hunting the Loch Ness Monster with sonar. First, nobody in the 19th Century thought Nessie was real: that is a notion popularized in the 20th Century. Secondly, sonar is an electronic technology, developed in the 1930s to hunt submarines. THERE WAS NO SONAR IN THE 19th Century. And when sonar WAS invented, the Brits referred to it as ASDIC. AND it was classified technology for almost a decade. I'm surprised Mr Day didn't try to cram a Space Shuttle into this piece of trash. Then there was a thinly-veiled reference to 21st Century sexual scandals. These have no place in a Holmes novel. Mr Day's views on Politics and the Media do not improve this novel. Do not buy this badly-written, badly-researched book. Take Mr Day's word processor from him, & hand him a broom. He'd make a decent janitor. ATTENTION MR DAY: if you are going to borrow another author's creations, ie Holmes & Watson, then TREAT THEM WITH RESPECT!! You failed to do so.
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- A Dull, Predictable Holmes PasticheA Dull, Predictable Holmes Pastiche I found Mr. Day's Sherlock Holmes and the Alice in Wonderland Murders to be a dull, predictable pastiche. I've read scores better, and this one could have been left for a simple rereading of one of Doyle's superior tales. Here, Moriarty is back, yet again, not really dead at Reichbach Falls. His return seems to have turned him into the Joker of Batman fame because he keeps on sending ridiculous clues to Holmes very loosely based upon Lewis Carroll's famous Alice stories, which leads Holmes and Watson into a silly series of comic book episodes. Actually, the entire story would have fared much better AS a Batman and Robin tale. Day's handling of Holmes and Watson works somewhat but only because he annoyingly refers again and again to Doyle's famous descriptions. Save your money on this one unless you are a collector and have to have every pastiche. I'm just glad the covers are finally closed. Sorry, Mr. Day. This is just one man's opinion, but I can only give your book 2 stars.
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- Holmes has to solve a literary puzzle to find the criminal"Another fine Holmes and Watson pastiche...The story sweeps from Loch Ness..through the back streets of London's East End to a climax in the subterranean chambers of the Houses of Parliament. Holmes is called upn,quite literally, to save the Empire. Mycroft,naturally,makes an appearance,as does the legendary Winston Churchill. The villain is an old adversary who has returned to challenge the 'proper order of things' with an eye to ruling the world. The climax is an exciting,edge of the seat,fingernail-biting race against time. It will keep the reader from going to bed until the wee small hours."
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