One of the most entertaining well read stories I’ve listened to. Loved the surprise comic moments and the Trump-speak character who was portrayed as much too intelligent.

@DougguoD

Жыл бұрын

The Trump-speak took me totally off guard, very amusing 👏🏻

Excellent story. I also discovered how interesting it is to read the readers’ Comments section. Also learn a lot from the comments.

I really enjoy these stories and I don’t worry about liberties taken by the author (I.e. inconsistencies). Thanks so much for making them available. I listen to them while running and find them to be great company.

Thank you Craig and Peter. I always thought it such a shame only so much Holmes. Then you come out with a vengeance of The Re-Return of Sherlock Holmes. Excellent productions; so well prepared and presented. With a varied subject matter of Topics; worldwide. But, still, my favorite are those centering around Scottish folklore and traditions. I love the vernacular, accent and pragmatism of that great people.

@stringlarson1247

6 ай бұрын

I'd love to go to Scotland again. We met so many interesting people in Glasgow and Edinburgh.

Loved this story. It is now one of my favorites. The use of the parody of one of my least favorite people & politicians, was so much fun to read, especially now he whose name cannot be spoken is getting into more & more legal trouble & looking even more foolish & like the criminal he really is. Thank for a cracking good mystery & the character who was extremely well done in the image of you know who!

" A very., large gruff, rough woman I imagined had been responsible for a dozen men's deaths with her bare hands answered the door..." (Sic) What an excellent visual you paint, Good Sir! Well done! Love, Mario SirSirReal Villarreal

Yaaaaaaay!!! So happy to see this post! I finished the last story yesterday. After searching thru my Audible account with hundreds of titles I could not find one I really wanted to listen to. I knew it was all the hours I have spent with Mr. Copland & Mr. Silverleaf! Many thanks to you both. I am secretly hoping a Christmas 🎄 tale is in the works!

@mariovillarreal8647

8 ай бұрын

Great comment Bambi.

This was an excellent story, well plotted and intricate. It was a terrific story, very well narrated. It follows a case of massive financial fraud. Holmes gets working to track down the culprit, less because of his financial theft, and more because he is responsible for the brutal murders of five people. What is especially interesting is the way this story---although fictional---displays perfectly why wealthy criminal thieves often get away with their crimes. Unfortunately, people who are swindled, be they rich or poor, are considered by the press and public to be stupid, and responsible for their own loss---regardless of their being deliberately swindled by a smart criminal. The crime is not treated like it is serious. The defense attorney casts aspersions on the victims----as if their not being perfect people excuses the crime that was committed against them. And the murders that the criminal is ultimately responsible for cannot be linked directly to him, so he cannot be charged with them. Just as in this story, real justice is never served. Although fictional, the story is very realistic. The characters of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Mrs. Watson and Inspector Lestrade are very well used, very much in character. My only complaint would be when Holmes is called to the scene of the first murder, staged as suicide and Holmes objects to the removal of the gay porn magazine that is left on sight. Holmes himself has removed more than one piece of evidence over his many stories. Plus my sympathy is entirely with the murdered man's friend and with the constable. Suicide was bad enough in 1900's England, but homosexuality? It was utterly dammed by church and state. The poor young man would have been denied Christian burial by the Church, which was a very, very big deal in England at the time. Moreover his family would be publicly shamed and ostracized, and you could forget any legal investigation into his death. I am entirely in sympathy with the constable---who's attitude might have seemed harsh---but was actually much more compassionate than Holmes's. The local police dept. could call the death an accident, and the young man's reputation would be intact, he could receive the blessing of the Church and his family could grieve in peace. The gay porn was left at the site to smear the victim, and it could not have helped unmask his killers. It could only serve to injure the victim and his family. If Holmes was not caring of that, then Dr. Watson should have made a point of it, since Dr. Watson is often depicted as acting as Holmes' conscience. The story is very interesting, well plotted and well written. It is excellently narrated, well worth listening to.

The recording volume is spot on.

Please note that Watson would say "Autumn", not "fall". 1900 is, strictly speaking, the last of the C19, I think. The English say "meet him", rather than "meet WITH him" and would have said "proved", not "proven". Men are "hanged", objects are "hung"; I have just heard "The Most Grave Ritual", which is very good, just like this one. The British of those days had "servants" not "the help". Oh yeah, one always goes up to the capital, so the chaps would have gone "down" to Birmingham/ Cambridge, notwithstanding its northern location when compared to London. The "Glorious Revolution" was 1688 and the "Restoration" was 1660. Cheers and thanks for the great yarns.

@susanp.collins7834

Жыл бұрын

As if we really care about your pointless nitpicking.

@linnmatthews8615

4 ай бұрын

I appreciate your nitpicking, because it mirrors my own. I too find all these "little" mistakes, take me out of the story and the time period the stories are set in. So, you are by no means alone.

Is it just me, but @ "1:49:00-1:50:30" does this remind you of anyone? It did not catch my attention at first, I was so engrossed into the story. (Which by the way, is a VERY GOOD one.) Just a thought.

@michellekozaczok8201

Жыл бұрын

I came looking for this comment. So well-written. The booming voice & comb-over, making Britain "Wright" again, and mentioning how smart he is made me giggle. But the repeated use of the word "huge" had me on the floor. (As an American, I found this deliciously funny.)

@garyowen3662

4 ай бұрын

"I alone can fix it." Right.😮

@lydiapurcell4356

4 ай бұрын

@@garyowen3662 😊

Very well done once again! You are dropping Holmes into some very intriguing cases, some of them nicely drawn from history, as you explain. Holmes is not always as slyly deductive as he is in the original ACD tomes, but the way you uplift Watson in your tales is a nice change of pace for the oft-belittled amanuensis. *Finally, your parodic dialogue concerning your villain is pure genius.* Cheers.

@derekshields9583

Жыл бұрын

Q

Why break the door? What happened to Holmes' lockpicking equipment?

00:53 I've always heard it called "the tube".

How did they miss "Chapter 11: Bankruptcy"?

I found the story held my interest throughout, but was stressful trying to relax into due to the speed at which it was narrated, please slow down so that there is time to absorb it!

Thank You for these stories!

2:08:50 It's fitting that this happened in Chapter 11.

2:00 the last year of the 19th century.

I am really enjoyinng all these videos but I am appalled withe the character of Watson being constantly asked to follow the USA obsession with the 2nd ammendment

Whittaker Wright reminds me of someone.

Mr. Wright resembles a recent President of the United States in some ways.

@Carol-sj1lc

Жыл бұрын

Bigly

@drnancysjohnson3844

Жыл бұрын

Only some ways? How about spot in many ways, just not as mean & nasty!

Oh dear. An OK story obviously written by someone from the left side of the Atlantic. For example, British homes don't tend to have porches, especially facing the street.

I am a traditionalist and enjoy Holmes by A.C.D. So many inconsistencies I find in this story, too many to list but one to explain. Watson's wife would never call Holmes by his first name.

@sebastianmelmoth9100

Жыл бұрын

debatable.

@susanp.collins7834

Жыл бұрын

No - she was VERY fond of Holmes.

@scottchurch9731

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I agree. I had to listen to more of NG's stories to understand the context. Thanks

@randomlight1069

8 ай бұрын

"...and kindly bring your service revolver along" You know you're in for an action packed adventure when Holmes instructs Watson to do this. 😮

@mariovillarreal8647

8 ай бұрын

"Touche", point well taken. But at least Mr Holmes is not in Any opiated stupor like some other version I've read. A.C.D. is one of a kind; an "era" unto himself, but Mr. Copland holds true to the Spirit if not the Letter of the great Sherlock Holmes. I for one, find his Mr. Holmes true to nature, character and personality of the protagonist; that's the main thing. Dr Watson's wife has no love lost for him but knows her husband does love and admire him Plus she is a minute part of the majority of ACDs storylines. Thank you for sharing. I did laugh when I read your comment. And I do agree with her not doing that but I haven't noticed "So Many inconsistencies..." But I am not the Sherlockian scholar you seem to be. Thanks for sharing.Mario SirSirReal Villarreal. I haven't listened to THIS story yet...

Mr. Wright character has to be based on Donald J. Trump😂😂😂

The entire premace of Mr. WRIGHT, is verbatum how trump's trial is going.....im in shock

Omg I listened to the court room discussion and it sounds like trump bragging 😂😂.

Funny Trumpian word salad dialog for Write

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Is Mr Wright based on D Trump?

I though Holloway was an all female prison?

@doreengair47

11 ай бұрын

You're correct but also a road in London where the prison is situated

@DaphneFromTacoma

8 ай бұрын

It was mixed until 1903.

Throwing in some tongue-in-cheek political commentary as well: "I love the poorly educated!"

Too many 'Americanisms' and modern slang. Sherlock Holmes was English (albeit fictional) so this would be vastly improved by writing in English, South Birmingham did not have 'dark satanic mills'. Elsewhere, 221B was on the first floor, so no 'front room'.... I gave up at that stage

Good story, but Your political bias is plainly evident

@debiphillips9284

9 ай бұрын

Now I am worried. JB is your man? Truly scary...

Good heavens! Donald Trump by another name. Gross. Perfect villian, though. It's making me twitchy just listening.

@bobbyduckworth9516

Жыл бұрын

Nonsense You have TDS...Get some help

Woud love to listen but the narrator is killing me

Couldn’t help but put up a Trump character as the villain. What a simp! Could mimic a Clinton character with dozens of mysterious deaths (that is what SH solves). Afraid I am done with this “get Trump” author,

The narration just put me off ... its very droll ,monotonous and based monotone .. no life to it ... such a disapointment ..