The Yew Alley Ghost

The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes

Enter the fog-cloaked past, as Sherlock Holmes undertakes his first case since recovering from an attempt on his life that left him wounded in body and spirit, traveling to the westernmost reaches of Suffolk, where a client from a previous mystery, a retired military man named Colonel Morley, has pleaded for aid in finding his young grandson, who went missing from his bed sometime in the night. Thus do Holmes and Watson venture to a secluded country estate with a long history of hauntings, which members of the staff claim are manifesting once more, centering around the infamous spirit of an executed criminal said to lurk menacingly inside an ancient yew alley, and whom many whisper has snatched the child away into a phantasmagorical realm of nightmares from which the living never return. When even the Colonel’s own wife seems all-too willing to blame this evil spirit for her grandson’s disappearance, will reason and deduction have any chance in such a tormented environment? The novella, The Yew Alley Ghost, is the fortieth volume in author C. Thorne’s ongoing series, The Continuing Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes….

I liked the story but dislike Virtual Voice

The story was very good. A very nice homage to Sherlock Holmes. I must confess I was surprised.

However, “virtual voice” while OK in this case, should never replace an excellent human narrator.