Holmes Away From Home, Adventures From the Great Hiatus Volume I: 1891-1892

This is an anthology of Holmes' travels after everyone else thought he had died. Except Mycroft, of course, who not only knew that his brother still lived but kept Sherlock busy. During his seemingly erratic wanderings, Holmes also a spy for the British government. The collection of his adventures and narrow escapes makes good reading.

Fun Holmes stories. Readers will enjoy this book. Especially Sherlock Holmes fans. Enjoy and read on, Watson. You will like it.

I love stories about Holmes Great Hiatus and this book is full of them.

Holmes in a different milieu. Entertaining

Enjoyable book. Better than I expected.

This applies only to the Kindle version. I wanted to like this. Actually, I was unable even to read this book. The print is so tiny that it is unreadable for me, and the option to change font size is not offered in this edition.

Hard to put down.

I love Holmes Pastiches.

The Hiatus!Rarely have a combination of two simple words evoked so much of emotion and so many stories. But it’s a fact that when ACD decided to bring the Great Detective back from the land of the dead to those of the living, he had allowed all admirers of Sherlock Holmes to fill up those three years with as many adventures as possible.Several anthologies, single-author collections and novels have sought to capture those years when Holmes was away from home. This well-produced collection contains several stories that try to fill up that slot with varying degrees of success.Following the Editor’s Introduction and a passionate 'Foreword', we have one canonical classic (The Final Problem) and ten pastiches. Among these pastiches, those which I found to be most memorable, were~1. "Over the Mountains in the Darkness" by Sonia Fetherston— a lyrical story of "what could have been";2. "An Englishman (or Two) in Florence" by David Ruffle— the humorous banter between the two investigators was refreshing;3. "The Adventure of the Indian protege" by Jayantika Ganguly— a dazzling piece of beauty, brilliance and danger;4. "The Adventure on the Road to Mecca" by Deanna Baran— a haunting piece;5. "The Adventure of the Dragoman's Son" by John Linwood Grant;6. "A Murder on Mount Athos" by Katie Magnusson— sharp, poignant and rich in nuanced meanings.Befitting good pastiches, these well-researched stories also introduced associates who carried the good Doctor's tradition of faithful, intelligent and honest loyalty forward. I think I would miss them more, now that the volume has ended.Wholeheartedly recommended to all Sherlockians.