In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon (2011)

This was a very nice set of short stories. Some of them were about Holmes, others were based on the cannon, while others were alluded to Holmes's style of solving cases. These are well worth the time to read the book. Only one clunker in the lot. ( )

A nice range of styles, all related to or re-interpretations of, the Sherlock world.

I really loved the Memoirs of Silver Blaze, it was by far my favorite of the stories.
The Hounds of the Baskervilles twitterread was also great.

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Group of short stories by different authors. Inconsistent styles, and mysteries solved in random patterns. ( )

In the Company of Sherlock Holmes - King/Klinger
Audio performance by multiple narrators
4 stars

This is a collection of stories inspired by the original Sherlock Holmes. They are written by a cadre of well known authors like Sara Paretsky, Harlan Ellison and Cornelia Funke. Each story is read by a different talented voice artist. One story, which I have yet to track down is, apparently,a cartoon and available only in text. It’s the usual mixed bag of short stories; some are very good, others are bad.

The best of the lot was a story called Dunkirk by John Lescroart, read by John Lee. It features an elderly Holmes (using his Sigerson alias), participating in the small craft rescue. It’s great historical fiction with a fun Holmesian twist. There’s also a Harry Bosch story, a take off on the original Silver Blaze story told from the horse’s perspective, and a ghost story based on The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet.
My star rating is based on my favorites. I did not attempt to average my rating of each story. I only want to remember the good ones.

This is the book that was the subject of a much vaunted (Free Sherlock) lawsuit between the editor, Leslie Klinger, and the Conan Doyle Estate to put the Holmes stories into the public domain. Klinger won.
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An interesting introduction by the editors who seem to work and write together quite well. An above average collection by authors that enjoyed and responded to the Sherlockian Challenge. ( )