Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years: The Missing Years

No doubt, Conan Doyle himself would enjoy this singular adventure through 1889 Bombay, and into Tibet. When the evil Moriarty falls from the cliff, and Sherlock disappears, our detective hero gets involved in some nasty business, and learns much about Tibet, Buddhism, and mountain journeys. A mix of Doyle, Kipling, and even Indiana Jones, this is an adventure that never stops, and with a really eccentric group of characters, including the future Dalai Lama. With enough wit and humor thrown in ,this is one "Can't Miss" Holmesian takeoff. Possibly, some of the mysticism may be overdone, but still a fine way to spend a few wee small hours!

Sure this is pastiche But it is crafted with care. The author shows great care in trying to give a good 19th century feel to his story. The fact that he brings Tibetan philosophy into his plot line should not be that much of a shock. I grew up on Sax Rohmer[Arthur Henry Ward], T. Lobsang Rampa[Cyril Hoskins], & Joan Grant "far memory" books. I love the Doyle canon but even Doyle was fallible. I enjoyed this book very much, in fact I hope the author writes another. FYI there is a glossary at the back of the book.

So long as you don't allow yourself to be tricked into buying the same book twice (yes, Virginia, Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years is the same book!!) you are in for a treat. This author captures Holmes as Holmes would have been--still the world's greatest detective. Disguise, aliases, locations, all these meant nothing to the man behind the magnifying glass. The Fu Manchu like attack with the leech in the lamp--brilliant! I can't say enough good things about this book except Jamyang Norbu, don't make it your last! Definately five Sherlock stars! Quoth the Raven...

A WELL WRITTEN PASTICHE THAT COVERS A SUBJECT LONG NEGLECTED,THOSE FABLED MISSING YEARS.I SAY ALA SAX ROHMER BECAUSE OF THE ATTEMPT ON HOLMES WITH A POISINOUS LEECH.(THE KISS OF ZYAT ON SIR DENNIS NAYLAND SMITH)AND MEMBERS OF THE MANCHU CLAN POLICING TIBET. VERY MUCH ENJOYED THIS ONE,DON'T PASS IY BY. RICHARD S. DAVIS

The earthquake in Darjeeling, did limited damage, but took out a wall in the home of Siddarth Mukherjic. However, instead of being upset, an elated Sid sends a telegram to his friend Jamyang Norbu with one word on it: "Eureka." He had found a rusty tin box that contain a 200-page manuscript written by Sid's great-grandfather Huree Chundler Mookerjee (of Kipling's KIM fame). In it Huree discusses working with the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes in 1891 in India and Llasa, Tibet.The account centers on Holmes investigating a murder mystery that occurred at Bombay's Taj Mahal Hotel where the bloody corpse of a worker is found. Holmes feels he is personally the target of the killer and that the victim accidentally was in the wrong place at the wrong time. With the assistance of Huree, Holmes begins to solve the case by traversing all over the Himalayas.Elementary, my dear reader, this Holmes entry is brilliant and perhaps the best of the newly "found" case files. Like many of the neo-Holmes tales, THE MISSING YEARS captures Holmes's essence to near perfection, but what refreshes the legend is that this story provides a rare historical perspective that sends the reader into a different world. Holmes and the investigation read delightfully like Doyle, but the look at late nineteenth century Llasa and India is enchantingly Jamyang Norbu.Harriet Klausner