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Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine

By: James Lovegrove
Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman
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Man vs Machine

It is 1895, and Sherlock Holmes is settling back into life as a consulting detective at 221B Baker Street, when he and Watson learn of strange goings-on amidst the dreaming spires of Oxford.

A Professor Quantock has built a wondrous computational device, which he claims is capable of analytical thought to rival the cleverest men alive. Naturally Sherlock Holmes cannot ignore this challenge. He and Watson travel to Oxford, where a battle of wits ensues between the great detective and his mechanical counterpart as they compete to see which of them can be first to solve a series of crimes, from a bloody murder to a missing athlete. But as man and machine vie for supremacy, it becomes clear that the Thinking Engine has its own agenda…

©2022 James Lovegrove (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing Detective Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Crime Sherlock Holmes
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Lovegrove really understands Conan Doyle and writes Holmes and Watson with the insight, wit and guile that understanding affords him. The voiceover is similarly excellent with more than a passing resemblance to the Basil Rathbone era. This series and the more left of field Cathula stuff is utter joy. More please James!

Excellent

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Writing's great as usual, but it's still annoying when easily fact-checkable mistakes appear, as they often do within Kleinman's Holmes series. FYI Hungary is not and has never been a Slavic country (Holmes refers to Houdini's Slavic accent and then specifies Budapest/Hungary as his place of origin).

Pretty good

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Everything about this is top notch except Oxford and would grace a tv series but the pronunciations aren’t spot on - especially Magdalen College! - (Maudlin)

Worthy of tv series

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Lovegrove is probably the best of the Holmes pastiches- I liked this good pacing and entertaining

Pretty good

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Chapter 27 cuts off early before audio is complete for this chapter- please check it!

Chapter 27 Incomplete

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