“there appeared a long telegram” [SECO]
Nicholas Meyer's first Sherlock Holmes book, The Seven Per-Cent Solution, became and remains the high-water mark for Sherlock Holmes pastiches. So when he edits another one of Dr. Watson's recovered manuscripts, it's always worthwhile.
The latest is Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell, published by Mysterious Press, and it takes Holmes and Watson across the Atlantic, dodging German U-boats in pursuit of a coded telegram from Berlin to an unknown recipient in Mexico.
We talk with Nick about his choice of setting and time, get into psychological and even philosophical discourses, and get a tantalizing preview of his next book: Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing.
You'll also hear the Sherlockian news, some listener voicemail with an inquiry that you might help with, a dramatic multi-podcast entry of Madeline Quinones' "A Chance of Listening," and another Canonical Couplet quiz. The winner, chosen at random from all correct answers, will receive a copy of Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell. Send your answer to comment @ ihearofsherlock .com by September 14, 2024 at 11:59 a.m. EDT. All listeners are eligible to play.
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Notes
8:13 News
19:07 Listener mail
26:54 Nicholas Meyer
1:05:00 Commentary
1:07:03 A Chance of Listening
1:13:02 Canonical Couplet
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Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell (Amazon | Bookshop.org)
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