Sherlock Holmes

A Year of Mystery — 1882

By: Richard Ryan, Paul Hiscock, Stephen Seitz, Craig Stephen Copland, Geri Schear, Hassan Akram, Danielle Calloway, Gustavo Bondoni, Kevin Thornton, Will Murray

Narrated by: Richard Auty

The beginning of a beautiful friendship!

For all we know, or think we know, about Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, what we don’t know is far, far greater. In the duo’s first case, A Study in Scarlet, we learn that Holmes and Watson met on January 1st, 1881, and subsequently moved into an apartment together at 221b Baker Street. Their first case officially began on March 4th of that year, and it is argued that “The Adventure of the Resident Patient” possibly took place in October of 1881, depending on which version of the story you read. But what happened during the rest of 1881? Or all of 1882?

To help fill the void, we have asked today’s top Sherlockian writers to rummage through their Watsonian correspondence and uncover the many mysteries left untold until now. There’s a new story for every month of the year!

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Excellent entry in the "Year of Mystery" series

I previously listened to the first book in the series - 1881- and enjoyed the perspectives of the various contributing writers. This volume - 1882 - impresses me with the improvement in story consistency. It is a shame that I can't rate higher than 5 stars because this book is far better than the first, The narrator for this volume, although a different person than the first, is equally talented. I am looking forward to 1883!

I love the short story format!

Perfect for me, as I have short chunks of time to listen/read, and these are as satisfying as the original stories by ACDoyle. The narrator’s style is perfect. Expressive without going overboard. Stories are interesting without being too complex or busy with extraneous details. I’m glad to see that there are several more in the series.

great start

I have listened to the first two books in the series, and they are a pleasant range of mysteries. the stories are fairly true to a.c.doyles characters. the reader did a great job. you in essence get one story per month for the year, and a bonus story. I look forward to 1883 and beyond.

I just love Sherlock!

Always looking for more Sherlock, this was a good find. Looking forward to the next volume.

Very well done

This was very well done in it’s production and stories. Very much in style of Arthur Conan Doyle himself.