Monday, February 10, 2014

Goodreads data

Vasudev Murthy's books on Goodreads
Sherlock Holmes in Japan Sherlock Holmes in Japan
reviews: 9
ratings: 19 (avg rating 4.21)

The Time Merchants and other strange tales The Time Merchants and other strange tales
reviews: 2
ratings: 8 (avg rating 4.50)

What the Raags told me What the Raags told me
ratings: 6 (avg rating 4.67)

Effective Proposal Writing Effective Proposal Writing
ratings: 3 (avg rating 4.67)


Monday, February 03, 2014

A review in the District Messenger, the official newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.

A review in the District Messenger, the official newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.

Sherlock Holmes in Japan by Vasudev Murthy , writing as Akira Yamashita (HarperCollins Publishers India; www.harpercollins.co.in ; 350.00 rupees) also has a foreword by Calvert Markham. In June 1893 Dr Watson receives an envelope from Japan. Inside are a first class ticket from Liverpool to Yokohama and a note in a familiar hand: ‘Watson, I need you. My violin, please. S.H.’ Before the ship reaches Alexandria, a quiet, scholarly Japanese passenger is murdered, and shortly Watson learns that his friend is a fellow-passenger – and they are both in deadly danger. Moriarty survived the fight at Reichenbach and knows that only Holmes can thwart his plans to destroy international diplomacy and flood the world with opium. The novel is a cracking good read, witty, learned and desperately exciting.