Sherlock Holmes and the Wonderland Murders

There are probably going to be a lot of the hard-core Sherlock Holmes fans that will not like this book since it's not part of the canon. I like Sherlock Holmes books but I'm not a hard-core fan and thus I kind of liked this one.

For one thing it does not have Sherlock Holmes and Watson going into Wonderland. That would have been way too much. It does have Moriarty as the main villain and the clues generally revolve around terms, events and beings in Alice in Wonderland more by chance then by any planned-out program.

There's a new guy in town setting up a new newspaper called The Clarion and it's a radical-type of paper. There are also some quotes that stand out.

'I'm afraid that in the future people like our friend-with the aid of sufficient funds and the available technology-will be able to provide the so-called 'people' with a version of the world they would prefer to life in.' Another one refers to events no longer had to actually be true, they could just seem to be true and people would believe them. Holmes also discusses the importance of propaganda and public opinion. I would tend to add to that what a person has a tendency to believe especially when it comes to prejudices.

Anyhow, there are murders, an Alice in Wonderland themed party, Mycroft, the Baker Street Irregulars and a facist.

I think it makes for a pretty interesting story and I think the Alice in Wonderland references made sense when they were used.

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