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Darren Fisher (2465 KP) rated Savage in Books

Feb 27, 2023 (Updated Feb 27, 2023)  
Savage
Savage
Richard Laymon | 1993 | Crime, Horror
6
7.0 (2 Ratings)
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Interesting Premise (0 more)
Too much cowboy malarkey (0 more)
Having read a fair few Laymon novels I looked forward to reading this one. Jack The Ripper goes West is an interesting idea but sadly runs aground. The main issue I had was that there was too much cowboy malarkey going on in the main story. The horror elements are kept as bookends for the story, which follows Trevors travels to Tombstone to attempt to halt Jack The Ripper's reign of terror. As I am not much of a fan of Western novels I found it all a bit of a slog to get through. Not one of Laymon's best by a long mile.
  
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David McK (3649 KP) rated Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason in Books

Apr 12, 2020  
Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason
Sherlock Holmes: The Voice of Treason
George Mann | 2020 | Fiction & Poetry
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
At first, I must admit, I wondered what a Sherlock Holmes story that had not been written by Arthur Conan Doyle would be like.

And then I listened to this.

Set in the 'traditional' Sherlock Holmes setting of late in Queen Victoria's reign (in this case, after Reichenbach Falls) - instead of the more contemporary setting popularised by TVs Sherlock - this did take me a bit to get into.

However, it is impeccably produced and acted - even if it relies quite heavily on flashbacks - taking in such key characters as Sherlock himself, Dr Watson, Sherlock's brother Mycroft and Professor Moriarty, in a mystery around the kidnapping of the Queen!
(I was never taught that in school …)