The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

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Summary: An inversion of sorts
Review: This is of course an offensive book. For a true Holmes fan, it is utterly painful. Yet as a mystery/detective story, as an exploration of a well-known character beyond the reserved, frigid facade conceived by ADC, it is also utterly brilliant. Well-written, well-paced, with good twists and snappy dialogue (some of it out of character perhaps but still quite clever), it succeeds as a novel. It is not likely to be included in the Baker Street Canon. It is not the latest epistle of the Holmesian Vulgate. It is simply very good.

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Summary: Utter crap...
Review: Yes, this is well-written... but the "shocking" ending is nothing short of blasphemy to any lover of Holmes, and an insult to the character and his fans. I was enormously disappointed and and angered by this abuse of a literary icon.