Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac is a 1994 Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts which pits Sherlock Holmes against an anarchist who is bombing trains.The District Messenger, no. 217 7 December 2001 the newsletter of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London
The story involves real life incidents such as the siege of Sidney Street.The Torr, Spring, 2002 the newsletter of The Poor Folk Upon the Moors
The events of the novel bookend the original Doyle story His Last Bow.Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac at Amazon.com
Reception
Eric Monahan called the book a "first rate pastiche" while Roger Johnson stated that Roberts "captures the Watson-Doyle style better than most".
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