The Tangled Skein: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

Rating:
Summary: Most incredible Holmes Ive listened to..
Review: I found this work to be magnificent--- After listening to Sherlock Holmes audio for many years I was enthralled by the magic of this dramatic production... This is not a full cast
attempted by one person but a full cast achieved by one person --
To listen is to believe only this... Listen and be carried away by the genius of this narrator..

Rating:
Summary: Been done better before
Review: This Sherlock Holmes pastiche matches the great detective against Count Dracula. It's set just after 'Hound of the Baskervilles' and refers to that book quite a lot. Holmes and Watson are drawn back to the moors of the Hound and find that Dracula has set up shop there in his bid to spread vampirism across the world.[...]

'Tangled Skein' offers nothing really new on the idea and has little of the 'authentic' feel of other better pastiches.[...] Although the author has cleverly woven Dracula into the story of the Baskervilles the tale lacks any real narrative drive. I found myself skimming the last few chapters. Although the author quotes from Conan Doyle there's little feel of the original stories here.[...]

All in all this is a solid attempt at an interesting idea but one that falls short of the mark left by others. It's not bad, it's just not memorable. [...]