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I should probably point out that the Gates of Hell, and the man styling himself as the Man From Hell, aren't actually supernatural – but that's not to downplay the danger that Holmes, his faithful companion Watson, and the new Lord Backwater face. The action builds to a thrilling climax as the great detective uses his powers of deduction to work out the secrets of the victim's past.
This is fairly standard for a Sherlock Holmes story, in many ways. The West Country setting and the death of a member of the aristocracy, followed by his heir hiring Holmes, is strongly reminiscent of ''Houndof the Baskervilles'' – and let's face it, when it comes to detective stories, the ''Hound'' is hardly a bad one to take inspiration from. It's the emulation that's really impressive here – I've read all of
Conan Doyle's Holmes novels and short stories, and many of the other books to have been written using Sherlock as a character, in addition to some internet fanfic. While I've enjoyed many of the books written
by later authors, I'd never previously read anyone whose style was particularly close to the original. Barrie Roberts, in this book, has an incredibly similar style to Conan Doyle himself, both in his voice
