I love works by Sir Arthur, so I was very careful about non-canon reading and started (after some research) with "The Seven -Per-Cent Solution" by  Nicholas Meyer (1974).
It’s really good story,  very well written by Dr. Watson "himself". Highly recommended. 👏

Then I enjoyed  "The Vesuvius Club" by Mark Gatiss (2004).  Deliciously macabre, witty and yes, there are some certain similarities with the hero of  the future  BBC subject. 😉

Some time ago I managed to read also  "The Adventure of the Bloody Tower" by  Donald MacLachlan  (2013).
An intersting story about Dr. Watson at the beginning of his friendship with Sherlock Holmes, making his own research to the complicated case of King Richard III. 👑

Last edited by DramaQueen (May 6, 2017 12:03 pm)

The movie is by far not good enough, so I wouldn’t recommend to watch it. The book is amazing!

I in particular  don’t like the idee of showing young attractive heroes at about forty years of age as old and ugly men. 😜

I'm very sorry, but THIS was NOT in the book at all!

I loved the end because (spoiler warning) Holmes is going alone to Italy to take some distance of his "usual" life and telling Watson, he may observe his future "where-abouts" just by following the concert carreer of a violinist named Sigerson. 😍

Last edited by DramaQueen (May 6, 2017 12:27 pm)

Well....it called "artistic licence" I guess. )))