Category Archives: Film and TV

Sherlock – The Reichenbach Fall – TV Review

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

And so, after A Scandal in Belgravia and The Hounds of Baskerville, the final episode of series two of Sherlock draws to a close… and how on earth do I review that without spoiling it for the uninitiated? I can’t even mention … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, Mark Gatiss, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Steve Thompson, Steven Moffat | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

Sherlock – The Hounds of Baskerville – TV Review

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

And so we come to the second episode of the second series of Sherlock – The Hounds of Baskerville. You’ll never guess which Holmes story this is based on… I feel I should say a little about the original Hound … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, Mark Gatiss, Sherlock, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 13 Comments

Endeavour – Pilot – TV Review

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I know the title of this blog has the word NOVEL in it but there’s a lot of good detective TV at the moment. Please indulge me a little. And, dear reader, if you’ve stumbled upon this blog in your … Continue reading →

Posted in Endeavour, Film and TV | 6 Comments

More Sherlock – Recommended Reading

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I seem to have attracted a large number of extra visitors thanks to my review of the first episode of series two of Sherlock, A Scandal in Belgravia – it’s currently my 13th most visited post out of 144 after … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Brother Athelstan, Carter Dickson, Film and TV, Gideon Fell, Jeffery Deaver, John Dickson Carr, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders, Paul Doherty, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Henry Merrivale | 1 Comment

Sherlock – A Scandal In Belgravia – TV Review

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Anyone who had seen Steven Moffat’s Jekyll, a 21st Century updating of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, knew that when it was announced that he and Mark Gatiss were going to update the Sherlock Holmes stories, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, Sherlock, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Steven Moffat | 8 Comments

Hercule Poirot’s Christmas by Agatha Christie

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

“So this is Christmas, and what have you done?” Well, if you’re the villain of the piece, you’ve violently cut the throat of a patriarch on the eve of a family Christmas. And just for good measure, you’ve done it … Continue reading →

Posted in Agatha Christie, Film and TV, Hercule Poirot, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders | 18 Comments

Death In Paradise – Series One – BBC 1 TV Review

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

So, the first series of Death in Paradise has finished. Eight one-hour self-contained light mystery dramas with a serious touch of Golden Age mystery structure. We’ve had a locked room mystery, a murder while the victim was handcuffed to the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders | 8 Comments

Falsehood In Advertising – Virals by Kathy Reichs

Posted on November 4, 2011 by

The last time that I put a book down after a disappointing first couple of chapters (The Holmes Affair by Graeme Moore), I didn’t post a review of it – after all, I’d only read about 30 pages of it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, General, Kathy Reichs, Thriller | 7 Comments

Death in Paradise – BBC1 TV Review

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

I tweeted recently to keep an eye out for “Death in Paradise”, a new BBC1 crime show starring Ben Miller, of Armstrong and Miller fame, as the trailer indicated that the first episode contained what was referred to as “a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film and TV, Locked Rooms and Impossible Murders | 12 Comments

The Final Problem by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – a Multimedia Review

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

In one of my earliest posts, my Hercule Poirot Top Five, I mentioned that I didn’t count Sherlock Holmes among the classic detectives – a nonsense statement in hindsight, but I thought it was way past time I visited the … Continue reading →

Posted in Audiobooks, Film and TV, Sherlock Holmes, Short Stories, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle | 15 Comments