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Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula 1895 story a thrilling expansion of his parallel world
Review by C.J. Bunce Kim Newman’s Anno Dracula is a series of novels and short stories that began in 1992, showcasing an elaborate and detailed parallel history of Earth set between 1888 and 1990 (so...
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Now streaming–Jared Harris and Benedict Cumberbatch star in seafaring...
Review by C.J. Bunce When next surfing your next adventure on Netflix, fans of seafaring stories will want to make sure they save some time for the 2005 television mini-series To the Ends of the...
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Timothy Zahn’s Thrawn returns in dual timeline story with Darth Vader and...
Review by C.J. Bunce It was only a year ago, in Timothy Zahn‘s novel Star Wars: Thrawn, that Zahn returned to provide the backstory for the enigmatic military genius Grand Admiral Thrawn, who emerged...
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A triumph of tie-ins, mash-ups, genre works, and storytelling–James...
Review by C.J. Bunce So many genre novels are quick reads, full of action and modern surprises. Once in a while you stumble upon the slow read–the book that is so smartly written, so exciting and...
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Nicholas Meyer returns to Holmes & Watson in The Adventure of the Peculiar...
Review by C.J. Bunce In his fourth novel expanding on the world of Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols, writer and movie director Nicholas...
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Christmas Sherlock?–Holmes and Watson pursue a yuletide murder in new...
Review by C.J. Bunce In the Victorian holiday tradition of spending Christmas sharing tales of ghosts and other haunts, comes James Lovegrove′s latest novel, Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon....
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Irene Adler series is the next spin on Legenderry, Extraordinary steampunk...
Coming this week is a new story from the steampunk crossover genre, those mash-ups featuring stories that blend the adventures of the real and the imaginary with Victorian charm. It’s Adler–after...
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Book review–James Lovegrove’s Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows
Review by Elizabeth C. Bunce We’re big fans of James Lovegrove here at borg. This time, I managed to beat C.J. to one of the books! Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows is the first volume in...
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Victorian Girl Detectives are coming your way this Fall
As ardent fans of Stranger Things, Victorian mysteries, and all things Millie Bobby Brown (Intruders, Godzilla: King of Monsters), we were indeed excited to see the preview for Netflix’s new Enola...
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Fun sleuthing is afoot in Millie Bobby Brown’s Enola Holmes on Netflix
Review by C.J. Bunce Stranger Things’s Millie Bobby Brown leads up a cast of Harry Potter alumni in Netflix’s fun new Victorian mystery, Enola Holmes, a sure-fire selection for streaming this weekend...
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Out tomorrow: Amazon Best of the Month Editor’s Pick and #1 Amazon New...
It’s not every day you get to be part of a project that is exciting and fun. My wife, borg contributor, and author Elizabeth C. Bunce has been writing her Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery Series for a few...
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Out tomorrow: Amazon Best of the Month Editor’s Pick and #1 Amazon New...
It’s not every day you get to be part of a project that is exciting and fun. My wife, borg contributor, and author Elizabeth C. Bunce has been writing her Myrtle Hardcastle Mystery Series for a few...
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Mystery Writers of America includes Elizabeth C. Bunce’s Premeditated Myrtle...
Here’s some news that got us off to a great start this week–The Mystery Writers of America just announced its annual recognition of the mystery, crime, suspense, and intrigue genres. The annual list...
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The Irregulars–Next Sherlock Holmes spin-off goes supernatural with a...
In the next of what has been literally thousands of adaptations over the past 134 years of Doyle stories of his famous detective Sherlock Holmes and companion Dr. John Watson, Holmes takes the...
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Elizabeth C. Bunce’s Premeditated Myrtle is nominated for 2021 Agatha Award
Here’s some news that got us off to a great start this week–The Agatha Award nominees for 2021 were announced this weekend. For more than three decades the annual honor has recognized nominees like...
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More from Baskerville Hall–A Sherlock Holmes sequel arrives 120 years later
Review by C.J. Bunce Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1902 story The Hound of the Baskervilles finds a sequel 120 years later in the latest Sherlock Holmes spin-off novel from writer James Lovegrove. Readers...
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Elizabeth C. Bunce wins Mystery Writers of America’s 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award
Just a quick follow-up to news of the nominations 90 days ago–The Mystery Writers of America held its annual awards ceremony this afternoon for the Edgar Allan Poe or “Edgar” Awards, recognizing the...
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The Irregulars–Next Sherlock Holmes spin-off goes supernatural with a...
In the next of what has been literally thousands of adaptations over the past 134 years of Doyle stories of his famous detective Sherlock Holmes and companion Dr. John Watson, Holmes takes the...
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Elizabeth C. Bunce’s Premeditated Myrtle is nominated for 2021 Agatha Award
Here’s some news that got us off to a great start this week–The Agatha Award nominees for 2021 were announced this weekend. For more than three decades the annual honor has recognized nominees like...
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More from Baskerville Hall–A Sherlock Holmes sequel arrives 120 years later
Review by C.J. Bunce Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1902 story The Hound of the Baskervilles finds a sequel 120 years later in the latest Sherlock Holmes spin-off novel from writer James Lovegrove. Readers...
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