A review by karo_221b
Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven by Derrick Belanger, Martin Rosenstock

4.0

The Sign of Seven is, as the name suggests, a collection of seven Sherlock Holmes stories. A little too long for short stories, but not yet long enough to be novels, these stories inch into the area of novella. All of them get the victorian ambiance just right and you get that „Holmes-Feeling“, which is essential for a good pastiche. But I have to admit that I won’t remember all of these stories for very long. I’m already starting to forget the details of some of them – even though they were certainly entertaining while I read them. However there were two stories that stuck out to me. These are Andrew Lane’s „The Dark Carnival“ (dark secrets luring in London’s High Society – always fun) and of course Lyndsay Faye’s „Our Common Correspondent“ (a very moving story written from Lestrade’s perspective). All in all a very nice collection which I would recommend.