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A Book Review: Dancer's Lament by Ian C.A Book Review: Unquiet Spirits - Whisky, Ghosts, a.The Cthulhu Casebooks - Sherlock Holmes and the Sh.The prevalent theme in Cthulhu mythos is this - people whoĬhanced upon the cosmic horror, and come away tormented by the universe's indifference towards mankind's existence. Meanwhile, in Lovecraftian stories, heroes don'tĮxist. Yet in the source material, Sherlock Holmes always remained a sceptic even if a case has a strong inclination towards the supernatural (a case in point is The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire). Of the supernatural, while both Watson and Holmes emerged to be heroes In this book, Sherlock Holmes became a believer The book's premise is "Sherlock Holmes vs

Help but feel that thematically this book is a piece of fan fiction.Īllow me to explain. However, if you are a purist to the source materials, then you can't The vibe and the feel of the source materials.

James Lovegroves Sherlock Holmes pastiche novels include the World War I-themed. It suffices to say, in this book, the author did a very good job at reconstructing THE CTHULHU CASEBOOKS: SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE MISKATONIC MONSTROSITIES. The author mimicked the writing styles of Arthur Conan Doyle, whileĭrenching the story with an atmosphere that is almost Lovecraftian. Yet how has he ended up in London, without his wits? And when the man is taken from Bedlam by forces beyond normal mortal comprehension, it becomes clear that there is far more to the case than one disturbed Bostonian.You are fond of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraftian horrors, then thisīook will sate your literary hunger with a plentiful of logicalĭeductions, mysteries, and cosmic horrors. The detectives discover that the inmate was once a scientist, a student of Miskatonic University, and one of two survivors of a doomed voyage down the Miskatonic River to capture the semi-mythical shoggoth. Moreover, the man is horribly scarred and has no memory of who he is. Yet the companions do not hesitate when they are called to the infamous Bedlam lunatic asylum, where they find an inmate speaking in R'lyehian, the language of the Old Ones. It is the spring of 1895, and more than a decade of combating eldritch entities has cost Dr John Watson his beloved wife Mary, and nearly broken the health of Sherlock Holmes.