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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
hmm... sounds quite interesting. have you read any of them ? can you comment on the style and the quality of the plot ?
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I've read all of them, and I thought they were quite well written. The advantage here is that the main characters in these books are NOT Holmes and Watson (though they do occasionally appear), but characters who were relatively incidental to the story in "A Scandal in Bohemia", so it's easier for the author to avoid messing up the characterization of well-established existing characters.
They are not additional Holmes stories, but they are period mysteries, the characters are engaging, the plots hang together, and there's quite a bit of humor. I'd recommend the first one with no reservations to anyone who likes Victorian-era mysteries. After that, it would depend on whether you like the characters. I've re-read all but the last one, I think (only because I don't have it yet-- I read hardcovers from the library, usually).