Reviewed by: Rachel Hyde, MyShelf.Com
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No fictional detectives have caught the public’s imagination like Holmes and Watson.  This is not another addition to the canon but a work of fictional biography, written as though the pair actually existed.  We all know that they didn’t of course but as they form a part of those few literary creations that have achieved a well-earned immortality perhaps they do seem real in a sense – certainly real enough to have their own biography. 

It’s all here, the gaps filled in where possible working from the evidence presented in the stories and a chronology of all the cases.  Delve in and you can find out about how the pair must have spent their early lives, a vivid description of the Baker Street lodgings, their friendship and sundry relationships, the cases themselves and wealth of other details.  Read this exhaustive but compact book and you will feel at the end that they did exist.  A worthy addition to any aficionado’s library of Conan Doyle’s work and a useful point of reference as well as being a fascinating read and a lot of fun – just like the stories themselves.