Casebk Sherlock Holms (Paperback)

by Arthur Conan Conan Doyle (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
This lively collection of BBC radio productions of four Holmes mysteries will be just what the doctor ordered for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle fans. In the case of The Illustrious Client, Holmes and Watson work to save a young woman from a truly dreadful marriage. In The Blanched Soldier, Holmes is on his own, unraveling the mysterious disappearance of a former soldier's old war buddy. The Mazarin Stone recounts how a magnificent gem attracts crime, and in The Three Gables the famous detective discovers who is behind a strange demand to buy a house and its entire contents. With a whole cast of actors, quick-paced scenes, and fine violin segues played by the late Leonard Friedman, the short stories make for entertaining listening. Holmes enthusiasts will also be happy to note that this collection is just the first volume of the Sherlock Holmes Casebook to be released. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly
Starred Review. After 10 years, 57 stories, four novels and 60 CDs, David Timson's monumental task of recording every word of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories for Naxos concludes. Timson even contributes a Holmes-Watson adventure of his own, The Wonderful Toy. Timson reads energetically, throwing himself into the stories' spirit of elegant deduction and headlong adventure. The dulcet tones of Timson's Watson are frequently interrupted by a panoply of other voices: Cockney ladies of the night, harried businessmen and, of course, the clipped public school staccato of Holmes himself. (Apr.)
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Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley (October 15, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425048225
• ISBN-13: 978-0425048221
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An excellent audio rendition of the Holmes stories, July 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Volume 2 (Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (Random House)) (Audio Cassette)

Having purchased abroad the last two in the Casebook series, I can assure other American fans of the BBC Holmes series that in these, the last, and in many people's minds, weakest of the Holmes stories, the BBC team excels, filling in logical extensions of the stories to make them as good, or in some cases better than the earlier ones. They are a treat!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Neglected Collection, July 13, 2008

By	Ana Mardoll (United States) - See all my reviews

Case Book of Sherlock Holmes / 0-425-04822-5

This collection contains the following short stories:

- The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
- The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
- The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
- The Adventure of the Three Gables
- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
- The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
- The Problem of Thor Bridge
- The Adventure of the Creeping Man
- The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
- The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
- The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
- The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

This much-neglected collection is often inexplicably left out of Sherlock Holmes anthologies despite the high quality of the cases herein. The Sussex Vampire case, in particular, is especially good and concerns a client who fears that his wife may have vampiric inclinations. Of course, with Holmes on the case, the answer soon becomes clear and is both more and less simple than originally believed. I suspect, in fact, that the disinclination to include this volume in most anthologies does not reflect the quality of the stories, but rather reflects their rarity and the belief that Holmes fans only want the stories they have already been exposed to. If you love Holmes even a little bit, check out this collection and lose yourself in the wonder world that is Sherlock Holmes.

5.0 out of 5 stars The finale preserves the high quality of these audiobooks., April 27, 2008

By	Art Lover (Fairview, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Vol 2 (Complete Classics) (Audio CD)

This is the final recording in the series, completing the David Timson readings of the Sherlock Holmes canon on Naxos (there are sixteen in all). Although some of these are among the weakest of Doyle's output, Timson gives them new life with his spirited readings. For example, The Lion's Mane never felt so exciting when I read it in the past. As a bonus, there's a fine pastiche by Timson himself that does justice to his literary talents.

One warning - finding all of these is not easy because Amazon doesn't seem to catalog them all in the same fashion. When you search for "Sherlock Holmes Audio CD", for example, only some of them come up. I had the most success searching for "David Timson Audio CD".