Case of the Baker Street Irregulars: Amazon.ca: Anthony Boucher: Books

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When a Hollywood studio announces plans to film a Conan Doyle classic, it arouses the interest of a group of Sherlock Holmes fans. Soon, all sorts of things begin to happen--a murder with a disappearing corpse, cryptograms, a couple of cock-eyed adventurers in the best Holmes tradition and all the odd trimmings, including a Watson who's a cop, not a doctor. Reissue. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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5.0�toiles sur 5 Spoof of favorite detectives is Great Fun Mystery!, Oct. 7 2002

Par	"lynkfri13" (Waltham, MA United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars (Paperback)

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~ ~ This book is not at all your average Who- Dun-it! It is a neat little mystery but so much more. The cast of the "Baker Street Irregulars" includes amateur detectives with some strikingly similar styles to some of the top detectives in Mystery fiction at the time (set in the 1940's).

~ ~ After the obligatory obnoxious and odious character is murdered, there is naturally a nice damsel in distress whose name needs to be cleared. Each of the amateur detectives (all members of the Sherlock Holmsian exclusive club), seizes upon a slightly different bit of evidence and goes off on their own private investigative track, each coming up with wildly different results.
Each of these sections in narrated in a style closer to the different authors that created each detective. The result is just wonderful for anyone who's read enough mysteries to recognize at least 3 or 4 detectives. Any that you don't recognize specifically will be recognizable by type.

~ ~ I lost my copy of this book a long time ago, probably lending it out to other mystery lovers. I was so thrilled to see this listing at Amazon[.com], that I not only had to write a review, I'm putting it in my shopping cart immediately for my next purchase. I can't wait to reread it.

~ ~ Maybe the best thing about the book is that while Boucher, a talented critic himself, is mocking other detectives, it is very clear that he himself has enjoyed reading tales of these beloved detectives himself. He could never write such an accurate spoof, without being an addict himself.
This is one of those rare books you want to share with everyone! Definitely 5 ***** stars!

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