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The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Ectoplasmic Man

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A very good Sherlock Holmes book, but the pairing of the ficitional detective with the larger than real life Houdini should have made for a wilder ride. There should have been more opportunities for the two protagonists to work together. It would have even been more acceptable to see them pursue two independent courses of investigation before uniting in the end to defeat the villains. Houdini (ironically) spends much of his time locked in a jail cell and not in pursuit of the men who framed him for a robbery.

If you're looking for a better team-up between the great detective and the great escape artist, I recommend "Arcanum" by Thimas Wheeler. Though Sherlock Holmes himself isn't in the novel, the book is an occult thriller about a secret society whose members include Houdini as well as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Arcanum

I was very excited to find this book. The idea of Houdini and Sherlock Holmes uniting sounded very intriguing. I started this book and found it to be very enjoyable. I liked how even though Holmes and Watson are not in their youth when this story takes place, there really isn't much evidence. Holmes and Watson act like they did in any other Sherlock Holmes story. My only compliant about this novel is that it seems that the author wrote the most about Watson in this story. I feel that when I read a Sherlock Holmes, Holmes should have some part in the action. I will make an exception for Hound of the Baskervilles though - that's a classic. But all in all, this book was an enjoyable novel to read for fans of both Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes.

If you want reviews for an uneventful, why require they be so long. I got it in a reasonable amount of time. It was what I expected. Can do that with a check list!!

I might have given this book a good review if I didn't feel hornswoggled. I thought this was a new series of Sherlock Holmes books, but when I got this one from Amazon I found it was copyright 1985 and that I had read it back then from another publisher. Wish I could get my money back.