Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (A Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Book) Paperback – Illustrated, 18 April 2011

•••I listened to the Audible Audio Edition of this book•••Steve Hendrickson’s performance was incredibly engaging. It showed Watson's pique with Holmes in a very expressive manner as well as Holmes' brusque mein when dealing with things he found to be self evident. Their snarky and contentious relationship is what has always (in my mind) made them an excellent investigative duo. All the characters were well acted and I can't wait to listen to more offerings by this talented voice actor!××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××××This series must be listened to (or read) in order. This is the first book. I can't wait to listen to Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders: From the American Chronicles of John H. Watson, M.D. !Even though this book starts with a foreword claiming this is a historical account of how events happened and who they happened to, this is not true. It is a ploy by the author to engage the reader wholy in a book that is truly a work of fiction. While this practice does annoy me the afterword clearly states this is a work of fiction, thus redeeming the author in my eyes for his attempt at deception.Years after the death of Moriarty and the apparent death of Holmes is when this mystery starts. No longer fearing his enemies, Holmes has rejoined Watson and the land of the living. A knock on the door leads them to entertain an agent of a certain Mr. Hill who happens to be quite famous in his own right. Holmes and Watson are intrigued so they take on the case of ferreting out the identify and true intentions of the Red Demon menacing the railroad. Will they be able to discover the plot and thwart it before it is carried out? Is the Red Demon a genius, a madman, or both? What does he hope to accomplish with his threats and dastardly acts?***This series is suitable for young adult through adult listeners (or readers) who enjoy classic Sherlock Holmes as well as suspenseful murder mystery thrillers with a good amount of horror and intrigue :)

Excellent tale and i would give five stars but this reader just didn't quite give Sherlock and Dr Watson the right voices. Subjective taste but they just didn't still well for me. Still an excellent book and well worth a read or listen.