It's like Christmas!

[lizbee]

I was complaining to piecesofalice yesterday that I've read all the Russell novels now, and there's nothing new to look forward to, and it's not a fandom known for its good fic, least of all meaty case file fic, and now life is empty and full of despair.

(This is not entirely true! I finally got my hands on the first of Madeleine R. Robins' Sarah Tolerance novels via an inter-library loan, and they're really filling my need for cross-dressing lady detectives in dubiously historical settings. Though Miss Tolerance is from an alternate history Regency rather than the '20s; on the upside, this means there are breeches and swordfights, the latter of which which I've always felt was lacking in the Russell books.)

But this morning I remembered that last year I bought the Holmes-POV short story "Beekeeping For Beginnings"! Joy! Anticipation. I raced home and opened up Adobe Digital Editions on the laptop (and promptly started wondering if it wasn't worth buying it again from Amazon, since Adobe won't speak to my iPad), and - heh - "short story" - it's 12 chapters long.

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[voske]

Have you ever read the Carole Nelson Douglas novels about Irene Adler?

[lizbee]

I gave the first one a go, but didn't finish it. I can't remember why, except it didn't quite feel right to me.

[(Anonymous)]

One of LRK's other books, The Art of Detection, is sort of a companion to Locked Rooms. There's very little (or possibly none, I can't remember) of Russell in it, but it explains what Holmes was up to during Locked Rooms. If you haven't read it yet, it might help pass the time until the next Russell and Holmes comes out!

(this is iowagirl11 from LJ)