The Ectoplasmic Man
by Daniel Stashower
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When Harry Houdini is framed and jailed for espionage, Sherlock Holmes vows to clear his name, with the two joining forces to take on blackmailers who have targeted the Prince of Wales. It's a case that requires all of their skills ? both mental and physical. Can the daring duo solve what people are calling ?The Crime of the Century"?.Tags
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The writing was pretty good, it felt close to a Conan Doyle Sherlock. However, some of the aspects which were supposed to be surprises felt kind of easy to guess. I also thought this version of Dr. Watson wasn't as quick on the uptake of some things, and needed almost too many things explained to him. Surprising considering his status as a doctor.
Holmes and Houdini
Cuando Harry Houdini es encerrado por espionaje, víctima de un montaje, Sherlock Holmes se compromete a limpiar su nombre. Ambos se unen para derrotar a los criminales que quieren chantajear al príncipe de Gales. El caso requiere de todas sus habilidades; y aún más. Houdini consigue transformarse en ectoplasma y protagoniza una audaz huida de Scotland Yard. Watson se convierte en la única persona en presenciar su fuga de una celda.
Su experiencia como mago profesional, su buen hacer al documentar sus textos, su estilo llano y evocador y su amor por el misterio bien construido hacen de Daniel Stashower un digno heredero de Conan Doyle y Poe, manifestado tanto en obras de ficción, como en ensayos.
Su experiencia como mago profesional, su buen hacer al documentar sus textos, su estilo llano y evocador y su amor por el misterio bien construido hacen de Daniel Stashower un digno heredero de Conan Doyle y Poe, manifestado tanto en obras de ficción, como en ensayos.
Mar 29, 2023Spanish
Gar nicht mal so schlecht. Natürlich an Conan Doyle kommt keiner ran.
Den Epilog zur Freundschaft zwischen Conan Doyle und Houdini, besonders ihren Zwist was Medien betrifft, fand ich am interessantesten.
Nur für eingefleischte Sherlock Holmes Fans.
Den Epilog zur Freundschaft zwischen Conan Doyle und Houdini, besonders ihren Zwist was Medien betrifft, fand ich am interessantesten.
Nur für eingefleischte Sherlock Holmes Fans.
May 31, 2009German
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Daniel Stashower is the author of four mystery novels and a winner of the Raymond Chandler Fulbright Fellowship in Detective and Crime Fiction Writing. He lives in Bethesda, MD. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- Canonical title
- The Ectoplasmic Man
- Original title
- The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man
- Alternate titles
- The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man: Holmes Meets Houdini in the Most Phantasmic Adventure of His Career; The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Ectoplasmic Man
- Original publication date
- 1985
- People/Characters
- Sherlock Holmes; Harry Houdini; John H. Watson
- First words
- In all my years with Sherlock Holmes I encountered only a handful of men whose willfulness and ingenuity rivaled that of Holmes himself.
- Original language
- English US
- Disambiguation notice
- The Adventure of the Ectoplasmic Man was reissued as The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Ectoplasmic Man.
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- Languages
- English, German, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
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