And I'm going to love showing her a show that celebrates both intelligence and empathy, and continually reminds us that one is not enough without the other.īut I'm going to have to wait, because this show also has the potential to be extremely disturbing and frightening. She's going to love the mysteries, and the excitement, and the utterly delicious humour of it. She is going to love the beautifully realised characters, and the complex interplay between them. She is going to love its clever dialogue, intricate plotting, and slow-burn drama. I firmly believe it is one of the best television shows ever to grace our screens. Murder - and the serious threat of it - misdirection and mystery is afoot.Firstly, just to be clear: this show is AMAZING. The referencing of the Titanic, the use of the Pinkerton Agency, the stay in the Astoria etc all help but it’s the use of the time’s turbulent politics, that would lead to two world wars, that truly delivers. The crimes all seem to fit a historical context that rings true. Having Houdini and Conan Doyle together makes sense, given their actual friendship and shared interests, but placing Holmes and his creator in the same scene was inspired. Then there’s the many figures from history including President Roosevelt, G K Chesterton, Emmeline Pankhurst, Harry Houdini, and even Arthur Conan Doyle who all make appearances. The chase for the murderous Malastier takes Holmes and Watson across seas as their new adventures see them meet an array of interesting characters, some new, some familiar. The main criminal mastermind is the Moriartyesque Ciaran Malastier, one of a dangerous group of influential people on both sides of the pond whose sights and practices are set on eugenics.
Watson’s awe and affection for his friend comes through and there’s some light interplay that will satisfy fans of the original tales.Īs you might expect, dark forces are at work. Holmes and Watson soon fall back to old habits and the interplay between them is natural. In fact Holmes’s relationship with ‘The Woman’ is examined more by Krisco than Conan Doyle ever did. This case eventually leads to Irene Adler and her daughter, and a story thread that continues to the last tale. Retired Holmes and Watson are reunited to solve an initial mystery arising from myth and bones found on the Scottish hills. They can be read as stand-alone tales but are better read in the chronologically order in which they appear. Kim H Krisco’s five new Sherlock Holmes (post-retirement) stories are a delight. In the end, this historically accurate chronicle sheds new light on greatest mystery of all, Sherlock Holmes himself.
In the final story, The Kongo Nkis Spirit Train, Holmes and Watson travel to the Dark Continent to derail a "spirit train" that ensnares people's spirit, and enslaves their bodies. The Cure that Kills sees Holmes and Watson in hot pursuit of Ciarán Malastier, racing across America and pitting them against the largest detective organization in the world. Malastier escapes, but only into the next adventure. Maestro of Mysteries begins with a summons to Mycroft's office and ends with a deadly chase in Undertown, far beneath the streets of London. Their quest arouses a vicious adversary, Ciarán Malastier, who has Holmes struggling for his very life. Curse of the Black Feather continues the adventure in which Holmes teams up with the Irregulars and a gypsy matriarch, to expose a diabolical "baby-farming" enterprise. The saga begins with The Bonnie Bag of Bones that lead the infamous duo on a not-so-merry chase into the mythical mountains of Scotland and ultimately to the "the woman" who is tangled within a mystery that has haunted Holmes for a quarter century. Sherlock Holmes lamented, "I fear that retirement will elude me." It surely does in this five story chronicle.
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