Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure, by Val Andrews
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Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure, by Val Andrews
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The famous conjurer Cyrano visits Holmes and Watson during his run of performances at the grand Egyptian Hall theatre. During one of his tricks a priceless woman’s ring has gone missing. The conjurer had intended to smash the ring and reproduce it, but it disappeared and now Lady Windrush wants it back. Holmes and Watson visit the Egyptian Hall to view a performance, but are shocked when it is announced that Cyrano has been killed. The detective pair are called upon to decipher the mystery behind the entertainer’s death. Watson must also battle his obvious attraction to the married Lady Windrush in a riveting addition to the Holmes canon. 'A treat for any fan of the master detective.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Cold Kill'. Val Andrews (15 February 1926 – 12 December 2006) was a music hall artist, ventriloquist and writer. Andrews was a prolific writer on magic, having published over 1000 books and booklets from 1952. He also authored Sherlock Holmes pastiches and Houdini's novels. Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
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- Published on: 2015-06-08
- Released on: 2015-06-08
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Brisk and flavoursome pastiche Holmes By F. J. Harvey Val Andrews is, amongt other accomplishments, a noted magician and theatrical historian and has set a number of these Holmes pastiches against a theatre background .They are for my money among the better and livelier of the series and The Egyptian Hall Mystery is an enjoyable tale in which the author seems to revel in the background detail.The Egyptial Hall was an actual building and was established by the Victorian entrepreneur and magician J N Maskelyne ,who has a brief role in proceedings although the chief magician is another real figure ,Makelyne's protege David Devant .Holmes and Watson are called in by a performer at Egyptian Hall, a conjurer named Cyrano .During the course of his act a priceless ring has gone missing and the owner wants it back .The intrepid duo visit the theatre where things take a darker turn with the murder of Cyrano .The obvious suspect is an enraged inventor who claims Cyrano had stolen one of his illusions but -of course ,this being a mystery ,the obvious suspect is innocent .The murderer is unmasked on the stage of Egyptian Hall and the "new fangled "device the cinematograph plays a key role in exposing the killerIt is a bit thin from the mystery angle and one glaring anachronism rears its head when Holmes speaks of the sum of 30 pence -a mere 100 years before the decimalisation of the currency ! Holmes is an man of many parts but clairvoyant is not one of them !Quick read at less than 200 large print pages and just about worth it if you are a devoted Sherlockian
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Another game is afoot By Nancy O The game is afoot once again when Holmes and Watson take on the Egyptian Hall Adventure. They receive a visit one evening from a famous conjurer, currently playing at the Egyptian Hall theater. It seems that one of his tricks went awry .... a titled woman's ring was given to him to use in a trick whereby the conjurer would smash it up, then reproduce it a couple of minutes later attached to a nosegay. But in this case, the ring did not magically reappear and the woman's not really happy about it. So enter Holmes and Watson, off to the Egyptian Hall theater. As they're watching the conjuror's performance, the show is interrupted, the conjuror goes off the stage, and soon there's a call for a doctor in the house. I won't say any more about the plot.I'm a big fan of Sherlock Holmes pastiches; some are better than others and yet none match the quality of the original stories. So I do not judge the pastiches against the originals ... that would just be wrong. This one is much better than many I've read, as far as the story goes.I'd recommend it to people who enjoy these kinds of stories, or to those who have read the originals and want something a little different. It's a very small book, but the story will keep you entertained.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Not as good as Andrew's can do By Raven Sherlock Holmes and the Egyptian Hall Adventure Val AndrewsThe year is 1898. Watson says that this case is referred to in his notes as “The Randolph Case.” Mr. Cyril Randolph, billed as “Cyrano, a conjurer, comes to 221B Baker Street with a tale of woe. He works at the Egyptian Hall where he has been using a trick that involves him borrowing jewelry from the audience, visibly smashing it, loading it into a gun, and firing the gun into a box his assistant, Madame Patricia.The box is opened to show a nest of boxes and the restored ring is in the innermost box. But recently a borrowed ring failed to reappear. The ring is a very famous piece, Lady Windrush’s valuable diamond ring. The Lady in question of course wants it back. Cyrano wants Holmes to figure out where the ring went. It turns out that the whole thing was a setup for publicity. The ring would be stolen, lost, and then returned. Someone stole the ring and pawned it.Cyrano gives Holmes and Watson tickets to his next performance. Among the many marvels of this vaudeville type show is a automatan of a typist, created by the hall’s owner J.N. Maskelyne. During Cyrano’s act, he produces an amazing illusion. A small box expands into a very large box that contains Madame Patricia. But a man in the audience creates a disturbance, claiming that Cyrano stole the illusion from him.The manager of the theater, David Devant asks for a doctor. It seems Cyrano has been killed, strangled and his neck broken. It would have taken someone with enormous strength to handle Cyrano this way.Devant reports to Holmes that he knew about the ring business. He doesn’t know who stole it, as that wasn’t part of the plan. So he doesn’t know where it was pawned. Holmes traces the ring, with Watson’s help, to return to Lady Windrush. Devant is strictly forbidden to use the publicity.The Hall hires Buatier De Kolta, the French Illusionist who was the man who accused Cyrano of stealing his illusion. It is put down to the known eccentricities of the hall’s owner J.N. Maskelyne.The discovery is made that Cyrano was killed by the caliper that the owner’s son uses to wind the amazing automation typist. Yet there is no way to hide the strong hand it would have taken to kill Cyrano…This was a good story, but not the best. Unfortunately, this trick is too well known to present that much of a mystery. Still, it is presented well, and the buildup isn’t bad. I give it three stars…Quoth the Raven…
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