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Sherlock Holmes was the most famous detective to stride through the pages of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, but he was not the only one. He had plenty of rivals. Some of the most memorable of these were women: they were 'Sherlock's Sisters'. This exciting, unusual anthology gathers together stories about 15 of them. They include...

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There are some very good stories here, some actually feel like they are adopting the Holmesian ethos; the use of observation and reasoning, (often traduced to deductive reasoning), the apparently inexplicable mystery and the plodding dullness of the police. Others are simply female detectives with their own way of doing things, none the worse for that. These stories make for a relaxing afternoon's reading and are a fascinating window on their times * Crime Time *

Sherlocks Sisters

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    A Paperback / softback by Nick Rennison

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      Publisher Bedford Square Publishers
      Published 20 September 2020
      ISBN-13 9780857303981
      978-0857303981
      ISBN-10 857303988

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Sherlock Holmes was the most famous detective to stride through the pages of late Victorian and Edwardian fiction, but he was not the only one. He had plenty of rivals. Some of the most memorable of these were women: they were 'Sherlock's Sisters'. This exciting, unusual anthology gathers together stories about 15 of them. They include...

      Trade Review
      There are some very good stories here, some actually feel like they are adopting the Holmesian ethos; the use of observation and reasoning, (often traduced to deductive reasoning), the apparently inexplicable mystery and the plodding dullness of the police. Others are simply female detectives with their own way of doing things, none the worse for that. These stories make for a relaxing afternoon's reading and are a fascinating window on their times * Crime Time *

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