On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 12:38 PM, si1versongbird <
a.silversongbird@...> wrote:

> Thank you for your welcome. In answer to Binand, I will ask Legend Press to
> put "Murder at Oakwood Grange" into markets you can access. I understand
> that the Book Depository mails books worldwide and a friend said that post
> and packing is free.
>

Upon Googling "Murder at Oakwood Grange", it gave me a link to
a PDF file on your site which looks like the first chapter of your novel.

Upon opening the PDF file it is titled "Dearly Ransomed Ssoul" which
is your other novel, so I guess that is a mistake.

I did a quick read and it is intriguing. It would nice to have this hit
the Indian book-stores especially Crossword, Landmark and the like.


> As far as Sherlock goes, it was he who made me want to be a crime writer. I
> love the convoluted plots and his amazing deductive powers. I can remember
> as a 9 year old asking my father for a good method of murder, so I was
> obviously writing then.
>
> As I grew older, I became interested in ACD. I have always said that the
> two Edwardians I would love to have met were ACD and the composer Elgar.
> When I went to college, I knew I would have to write a thesis for the
> English Literature part of the course. My tutor wanted me to "discuss the
> tales of ratiocination of Edgar Allen Poe". I didn't. I wanted to write
> about Sherlock Holmes. That was when my in-depth study began, because the
> rebel in me wanted to show that if my tutor could be so pretentious as to
> use the word "ratiocination" instead of "reasoning", then I develop a
> rock-solid intellectual theory to put around my study of the stories and I
> found one in the imagery for the pre and post Reichenbach Falls stories.
> Nobody could argue with it and I think it turned some of my fellow students
> and my tutor onto the canon.
>
> I find that there are times in your life when you need comfort and safety.
> I know that when I am ill or depressed or life is just getting too much, an
> evening spent at 221b Baker Street usually sorts it out. As for favourite
> stories, I suppose the Speckled Band rates high. Has anyone come across
> Adrian Conan-Doyle's "Exploits of SH"? The tale about the canary trainer - i
> think it is called "The Deptford Horror" - is similarly chilling. I also
> like the Copper Beeches and the Three Garridebs, but it is easier to say the
> stories I don't like and there is only one - His Last Bow. In the same way
> that I cannot read the last Inspector Morse novel, I have problems reading
> about the "death" of SH. That said, the Empty House is definitely a
> favourite. I enjoyed writing "Murder at Oakwood Grange" so much that I am
> sure I will soon take another foray into the world of the master. My husband
> knows that if I come out of the office and say "The game's afoot", I will be
> back in Victorian London with its fogs and gas lamps.
>


Sherlock Holmes seems to be making a comeback towards the end
of this decade. We are seeing a lot of activity in pastiches. I recently
bought "Case of 221 B" by Partha Basu and now looking forward to reading
your book.

Welcome to the group.


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