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Secondly, the title novella is augmented by more stories of Holmes and of Lyme Regis to get us up to a dozen works here. They’re varied in length – the Lyme Regis Horror takes up two thirds of the length of the book, a tale of cricket and possible catastrophe counts for another forty pages, while some of the others weigh in at just a few. Similarly, they’re a little up and down in quality, but the best amongst them, while little more than vignettes, are absolutely wonderful. ''Henrietta’s Problem'' and ''Christmas at Baker Street'' are two of the sweetest pieces I can remember reading on Holmes and Watson, yet fit the established characters perfectly, while I absolutely loved the last line of ''Christmas with Holmes'' – superb. ''The Runes Affair'', somewhat longer, also stood out as capturing the spirit of the original short stories especially well.
We also have a review of the [[Sherlock Holmes and the Lyme Regis Legacy by David Ruffle|first edition]]. What would have been a mild recommendation on the strength of the title novella is lifted to a high one by the added material, which has got me really looking forward to reading more from Ruffle.
Other than the originals by Conan Doyle, which I'm assuming most readers of this one will have already devoured, I absolutely adore [[The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Man From Hell by Barrie Roberts]]. For paranormal Holmes then I'm also hooked on the superb series by Tracy Revels, [[Shadowfall: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes by Tracy Revels|Shadowfall]] and [[Shadowblood: A Novel Of Sherlock Holmes by Tracy Revels|Shadowblood]].
