{"title":"Books by Gretchen Altabef","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781804245880","title":"Sherlock Holmes Far and Wide","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A boldly portrayed Holmes. Exciting, ingenious, and a delight to read\". The Sherlock Holmes Journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSherlock Holmes-Far And Wide is a compilation of Gretchen Altabef's somewhat broader short stories and one play, originally published separately in anthologies and now collected in this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Sir Arthur \u0026amp; The Time Machine\" grew out of the crucible Arthur Conan Doyle faced during his decision to write \"The Adventure of the Final Problem\". When the Belanger Brothers called for stories for their anthology, Sherlock Holmes Further Adventures in the Realms of H.G. Wells, Ms Altabef was inspired to write her first Sci-Fi story. It received Fiction Honours from the ACD Society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe play, \"A Toast Darling\", was inspired by a humorous reference of Mr Jeremy Brett to a meeting between himself and Mr Sherlock Holmes that neither of them showed up to. George Roland Wills's story, \"A Short Phantasy. Jeremy Brett meets Mr. Sherlock Holmes\", and the work of editing Maureen Whittaker's book, Jeremy Brett IS Sherlock Holmes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Boxing Day Brother Mine\", a unique holiday adventure placed in the middle of Arthur Conan Doyle's \"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle\". Sherlock brings his brother Mycroft into the heart of his dilemma.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Black Peter's Misplaced Mariners\" is an attempt to solve one of at least two mysteries Arthur Conan Doyle so brilliantly left behind in his story, \"The Adventure Of Black Peter\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAltabef wrote her first parody for this volume, \"Crime is common. Humour is rare. The Many Deaths of Sherlock Holmes\". The tradition of parody in Sherlock Holmes' writing dates back to 1893, when \"Under the Clock\", was performed at the Royal Court Theatre. This unforgettable production starred Charles Brookfield as Sherlock Holmes and Seymour Hicks as Doctor Watson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"In The Land Of The Living\" appeared in Mystery Magazine. The story follows Holmes each step of the way from the Reichenbach Fall to his meeting with the Thirteenth Dalai Lama.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Watsonian Conundrum\", was written for The Watsonian Journal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Miss Annie Harrison's Rose Soliloquy\". A review of Conan Doyle's \"The Adventure of the Naval Treaty\", from a woman's perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mrs Hudson's Garden\", was the piece that birthed Altabef's novel, The Keys of Death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A Scandal in Baker Street\" begins as an essay and ends as an addition to Arthur Conan Doyle's story, \"A Scandal in Bohemia\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe complete 1904 Strand Magazine story, \"The Adventure Of Black Peter\", by Arthur Conan Doyle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56306920587637,"sku":"9781804245880","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804245880.jpg?v=1791212859"},{"product_id":"9781804243725","title":"Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe year is 1896. Sherlock Holmes meets Thomas Edison. At the dawn of Cinema, a beautiful Broadway danseuse is murdered in Edison's New Jersey Laboratory. Irene Adler encounters ghosts on Broadway. Harry Houdini mystifies the New York Vaudeville circuit. Holmes and Watson go hunting in New York City's Badlands with Police Commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt. Meanwhile, Rachel Holmes journeys to the Pine Barrens to film the Jersey Devil and the denizens of Poughkeepsie reel in Kipsy the Hudson River Monster.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56307318817141,"sku":"9781804243725","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781804243725_86e7bc98-e5c2-4cda-b8a3-fa038a70bcb6.jpg?v=1786027167"},{"product_id":"sherlock-holmes","title":"Sherlock Holmes","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRemarkable Power of Stimulus\u003c\/em\u003e is the sequel to \u003cem\u003eThese Scattered Houses\u003c\/em\u003e. Sherlock Holmes returns to London after three years away. Traveling from New York to Liverpool he faces death-defying challenges. He finds his city in the grip of a mass murderer and No. 221B Baker Street under siege. He reforms his partnership with Dr. John H. Watson in \"The Adventure of the Empty House.\" Miss Rachel Marcello and other characters from \u003cem\u003eThese Scattered Houses\u003c\/em\u003e, a new young Inspector Chandra Das, the Baker Street Irregulars, and the usual London crew, plus a few surprises, have their parts to play. We discover what Watson did during Holmes time away and how it made him even more the partner of Sherlock Holmes. Their solving of the heinous crimes involves these two gentlemen hurtling through the city, on both sides of the Thames, and to Oxford, in a dangerous chain of events better left unsaid.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487678996853,"sku":"9781787056213","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781787056213.jpg?v=1786354906"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-gretchen-altabef.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}