5 stars ( )

Overall: I grew up loving Sherlock Holmes, so I was really interested in this book - and I was not disappointed. A new Holmes adventure, this time written by the great detective himself, and with the same spirit that ran through the original Arthur Conan Doyle stories. If you're a Sherlock Holmes fan, I highly recommend this book.

Narration: Judd did an excellent job bringing the story to life, and I felt like I was listening to Holmes himself recount the events as though we were sitting by the fire just chatting. There was just something about his tone of voice and cadence that felt right, and really matched the tone of the story.

Story: From England to the states, during the 1860s, we get some insight to young Holmes before he ever met Watson or became a detective that helped private citizens and Scotland Yard alike. The descriptions are vivid enough that you can see everything unfolding, and the spirit of the character of Holmes was definitely held true to. The relationship between Holmes and Lincoln was fascinating, and in a world where Sherlock Holmes is real, I could absolutely see the events of this book playing out. Although this story is narrated by Holmes, Matthews has done an excellent job of keeping the same tone I came to love as a kid reading the original stories.

I received this audiobook as part of my participation in a blog tour with Audiobookworm Promotions. The tour is being sponsored by Books Forward. The gifting of this audiobook did not affect my opinion of it. ( )

1918 As requested, Dr. Watson is travelling to visit Holmes. On the journey the doctor begins to read the real autobiography of Sherlock Holmes. But his reading is interrupted by a murder on the train. But why has Holmes urgently demanded Watson's presence. What danger lurks in Went Hill. Who is the murderer.
I enjoyed the well-written mystery part of the story. Holmes and Watson stories are usually entertaining. But I found the life story was overly long, and of not much interest unless you are curious about in the American Civil War
An ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. ( )