Tag: John Watson

A Study in Scarlet

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle (Ward Lock & Co, 1887); audiobook read by Stephen Fry (ABC/Audible, 2017)

Doyle_Study Scarlet

This would have made a fine short story—introducing the great detective to his chronicler—yet the lengthy second part serves only to demonstrate Conan Doyle’s dependence on Holmes and Watson. In the absence of these seminal characters, the prose turns flaccid.

 

 

Jackaby

Jackaby

by William Ritter (Algonquin Young Readers, 2014)

Ritter_Jackaby

A supernatural detective story that doesn’t overplay its hand, relying on clever but sensible plot progression and the charisma of the eponymous Jackaby – a cross between Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock and Matt Smith’s Doctor Who, narrated by a Victorian Clara Oswald John Watson.

 

 

Derelict Space Sheep