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Local Award-Winning Author Releases New Mystery Series
AWARD-WINNING Author Local
Releases New Mystery Series
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by Steve Gamel
The Book is The First in a Series
You only thought that you’d heard everything there is to know about Sherlock Holmes.
Liese Sherwood-Fabre, an awardwinning author from Lewisville, recently announced that her new book, The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife, case one of The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes, is available for pre-order now before it hits online bookshelves across the world on June 30.
The book is the first in a series on the fictional private detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherwood-Fabre, however, explores the development of the character long before he met Dr. Watson. The second book, The Adventure of the Murdered Gypsy, will follow at the end of August. The Adventure of the Deceased Scholar will be available in the fall. Early praise for the series includes author Gemma Halliday, who has called it “a classic in the making.”
“Arthur Conan Doyle provided very little about Sherlock Holmes’ family beyond sharing that Sherlock’s ancestors were country squires, his grandmother was the sister of the French portraitist Vernet, and that he had a brother named Mycroft,” Sherwood-Fabre said in a press release. "With such a blank slate, I found it fascinating to speculate what sort of family might raise such an insightful individual. Remember, Mycroft was also considered as brilliant as Sherlock.”
The first book in the series introduces Sherlock. After only a short time into
his first year at Eton, Squire Holmes calls Sherlock and his brother back to Underbyrne because Violette has been accused of murdering the village midwife. They had been in a very public argument only days before, and it is Mrs. Holmes who finds the woman stabbed in the back with a pitchfork. From her jail cell, Mrs. Holmes commissions her younger son to find the true killer before she hangs.
The BookLife Prize review notes the “attention to detail and vivid prose are on full display in this delightful look at the evolution of a young Sherlock Holmes.” Reviews have also been featured in a number of publications dedicated to Sherlock Holmes, such as the one by Sally Sugarman, who observes, “the richness of the characters, not only giving Sherlock greater depth but also bring[s] to life the others around him.”
This is not Dr. Sherwood-Fabre’s first foray into the world of Sherlock Holmes. In addition to several short fictional Sherlock Holmes pieces, she is also a recognized scholar of the detective. She contributes regularly to numerous Sherlockian publications across the globe, including The Baker Street Journal — the premiere publication of the Baker Street Irregulars. Her writing awards include a novel that was a finalist in the Romance Writers of America’s Golden Heart contest, a nominee for the Pushcart Prize. The current book is a semifinalist in Chanticleer Book Reviews’ Clue award.
For more information, visit
www.liesesherwoodfabre.com.
