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3.6/5 AbeBooks Publication date 2002 Originally published 2002 Genre Detective fiction | 3.5/5 Goodreads Media type Print (paperback) Publisher Allison & Busby | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ISBN 0-7490-0546-7 (first paperback edition) Similar Sherlock Holmes series books, Detective fiction books, Arthur Conan Doyle books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts which pits Sherlock Holmes against an anarchist who is bombing trains.
The story involves real life incidents such as the Siege of Sidney Street.
The events of the novel bookend the original Doyle story His Last Bow.
Reception
Eric Monahan called the book a "first rate pastiche" while Roger Johnson stated that Roberts "captures the Watson-Doyle style better than most".
References
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA