I thought I'd never finish reading this book. For some reason, it just seemed to drag for me. Maybe it's because the whole idea of finding a way to get Sherlock Holmes to the U.S. might have been fun for one or two stories, but after 8 or 10, the novelty wore off. The stories, taken individually, aren't bad. Almost all of the authors did a good job of evoking the Holmes/Watson ambiance. But:

Would have given up on this, were it not audio. Do enjoy the Sherlock Holmes stories, but only find the ACD credible. These new stories are only for those who have read, re-read and re- read the originals. Modern writing has more of a sting in the tail, these fail

the Case of Colonel Warburton's Madness by Lyndsay Faye ***Ghosts and the Machine by Lloyd Rose ***Excerpts from an Unpublished Memoir Found in the Basement of the Home for Retired Actors by Steve Hockensmith ***the Flowers of Utah by Robert Pohle ***the Adventure of the Coughing Dentist by Loren D Estleman ***the Minister's Missing Daughter by Victoria Thompson ***the Case of Colonel Crockett's Violin by Gillian Linscott ***the Adventure of the White City by Bill Crider **Recalled to Life by Pa...

This is a wonderful collection of short stories about Sherlock Holmes's adventures in America written by famous American mystery writers. Each story presents a new and creative mystery for Holmes to solve and while each is different, they all feel comfortably like they were written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself. As with all collections of this nature, some of the stories are strong than others, but the joy and sorrow of short stories is that they end quickly. You don't need to be a fan of Sh...

In one word: Underwhelming.Many of these stories were too intricately interwoven with Holmes' canon (most notably A Study in Scarlet and The Valley of Fear) for the casual reader to enjoy, but at the same time, the mysteries in these short stories were so elementary -- if existent at all -- that the serious Holmes fan could not have any appreciation for them. Many of the stories seemed more preoccupied with guest appearances by famous historical Americans, such as Doc Holliday, Davy Crockett, Te...

Enough to send you raving back to tha canon to savour the exquisite taste of sanity. Good for one (and singularly singular) read only. Therefore, my humble recommendation would be to get it from nearby library.

On the whole this is a far better than average collection of Sherlockian stories. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing how the different authors opted to bring Holmes to the States while respecting Conan Doyle's canon. The best tales here are excellent, most are good, and few are disappointments.Lyndsay Faye's "The Case of Colonel Warburton's Madness" tackles one of the canonical unchronicled cases with great success, underscoring not only Holmes's impressive deductive abilities, but also Watson's inhere...

I’m beginning to notice a trend of short-story collections putting their strongest stories at the beginning of the collection, which get’s my hopes up, only to find that the stories become less and less enjoyable as it goes on. This collection was no exception. I enjoyed reading the various interpretations of Holmes, Watson, and Mycroft by the various authors who contributed to this collection. Some chose to make Holmes love America, and some chose to make him despise it. The Case of Colonel War...

”Some readers may balk at finding the Great Detective uprooted from his familiar Baker Street digs, but we believe we are playing the game according to Doyle” p. viI am not a purist when it comes to Holmes. I read and enjoy all of Laurie R. King’s novels and she has Sherlock married to a much younger woman. I have read other stories that feature Holmes and as long as they are well told, I am happy.So for most of my listening, I had a great time with this collection. The fourteen stories are well...

I gave this book another chance, so I'm editing my review. I enjoyed it thoroughly this time through and think the reason I couldn't get into it before was that things in my life weren't going very well at the time. This time, I really enjoyed the stories, the humor, and seeing how Sherlock homes viewed America. It's definitely worth reading. I'm leaving my first review here so you can see where I started from. It is no longer accurate. I had trouble getting into parts of this book. It just didn...

(3.2 average because it's an anthology but the last three stories are actually essays so I'm rounding it down to 3)It's an anthology so bear with me...THE CASE OF COLONEL WARBURTON'S MADNESS - Watson is telling Holmes this story; it's a little after Watson's residency and it happens to be in San Francisco, Californina. It's basically a reverse MUSGRAVE RITUAL but still unique and fun. Also, it plays on "Three Continents Watson" and Holmes' reaction was also mine. (3 stars)GHOST AND THE MACHINE -...

I admit to being rather disappointed with this book. I was looking for some creativity from the various authors, but found an astounding amount of dullness. A couple of the stories used the theme of "A Study in Scarlet" and had Holmes travelling to America to tie up loose ends in Utah from that case. Although I didn't mind the concept, I think that the stories themselves could have been more interesting. Another of the stories had Holmes in America as part of a travelling troupe of actors. Again...

For the newcomer or casual fan, this book is best passed up for something else; read a volume of the original stories or, if having done that, an annotated edition. For the student of moderate or greater interest, however, Sherlock Holmes in America is worth reading for a couple of reasons.The first is that a handful of the tales are quite good. The volume starts out quite well, in fact, before devolving into a heap of largely unmemorable, indistinct "Holmes somewhere in America doing something"...

I was disappointed in this collection. The various authors have Holmes travel to Texas, Utah, New York, the Northeast, and other parts of the USA. While some are follow ups to typical canon stories like Study in Scarlet and Valley of Fear, several others are more examples of forcing Holmes to meet famous Americans like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holiday, Amos Alonzo Stagg, and Harry Houdini. There are some decent stories placing Holmes in Chicago, but this was not nearly as good as I had hoped

For the most part I was more than satisfied with many of the stories. I enjoyed the history lesson on Doyle at the end. Probably closer to a 3.5

3 stars. I’m generally not a fan of short story collections, though one notable exception is the original Sherlock Holmes stories by Conan Doyle, which I absolutely love, and Holmes is one of my favourite literary characters. I do often follow other “rebirths” of this character, but most of these have tended to be written as full-length books rather than short stories. This collection I found a bit hit-and-miss, and my score really reflects what I thought of it as a whole – there were indeed som...

I found this book to be kind of a disappointment...it seemed most of the stories lacked the suspense that ACD's original works had. It was fun to see Holmes converse and/or interact with American icons like Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Teddy Roosevelt and others. I found "The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarters" to be my favorite as it included Pop Warner and the Carlisle Indians. It even mentions a young rookie named Jim Thorpe but there is nothing beyond this mention...I was hoping for a meet...

Although I rate this short story collection a “3”, a few of the stories are superior to the rest. Among those are the following:“The Adventure of the Coughing Dentist” by Loren D. Estleman, in which Sherlock and Watson meet and collaborate with Wyatt Earp to solve a crime and prevent the lynching of Doc Holliday;“The Minister’s Missing Daughter” by Victoria Thompson, in which they collaborate with Theodore Roosevelt when he was the NYC Commissioner of the Police Department; and“The Case of Colon...

More towards 3.5, but that is the case with/in any anthology, no matter how well curated. For instance, I was perplexed & remain baffled by the inclusion of the entry by Steve Hockensmith.OTOH, I really enjoyed the entries by Michaél Breathnach & his alter ego, Michael Walsh. One was a breathtaking journey while the other was a pulling back of the curtain on ACD's inspiration(s).Likewise, Christopher Redmond provides historical insight on ACD's foray to America 🇺🇸. Good reading 📚, just not entir...

3 Stars is "I liked it" an average book (3 of 5 is in the middle). One does need to have read the original Doyle stories and have a toleration for other writers trying to write stories that are set in a past they never lived in, who are using a small amount of real historical people, and are equal parts too reverent and too cavalier to the original stores. All of the characters do IMHO act "in character".