Saturday, 8 November 2025

Sunday, 2 November 2025

New Book - A Study in Scarlet - Sherlock Holmes 1 - by Arthur Conan Doyle (Pages 1 - 33)

 

First Published: December 27, 1887

This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle. The narrator is Dr Watson, and he explains that in 1878  after serving the Northumberland Fusiliers, he was wounded in Afghanistan in the war, so he was sent back to England.

All the Hidden Truths -- Facts

 

The novel is set in Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh is Scotland's compact, hilly capital. It has a medieval Old Town and elegant Georgian New Town with gardens and neoclassical buildings.

All the Hidden Truths 2 - The End (Pages 195 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD BUT WEAK ENDING

SPOILERS!!!

Saturday, 1 November 2025

New Book - All the Hidden Truths - DI Helen Birch 1 - by Claire Askew (Pages 1 - 195)

 

First Published: August 9, 2018

The book starts on May 14. Helen Birch has been promoted to Detective Inspector, and it is today when she starts her new job. We discover that Helen has a dark past as her brother Chrlie went missing when he was twenty, and he was never found.

James - Facts

 

James and Huck come from Hannibal in Missouri. This is where Mark Twain also grew up. 

James 2 - The End (Pages 82 - end)

 

RATING: GOOD 

SPOILERS!!1