The case of the Baker Street irregulars

mass market paperback, 252 pages

English language

Published June 10, 1995 by Carroll & Graf Publishers, Inc..

ISBN:
978-0-7867-0221-3
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OCLC Number:
32595628

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5 stars (1 review)

This is a book about a group of sherlock homes fans, the baker street irregulars. There is also a murder with a disappearing corpse, cryptograms and a couple of cock-eyed adventurers

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5 stars

Boucher's writing has a warm, friendly, accessible quality that is relatively rare in modern detective fiction. But then, it's not exactly modern, any more; The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars comes from a unique period of time, just before the US became involved in World War II (or possibly just after Pearl Harbor - but I don't think so, since that event isn't mentioned).

It's set in Hollywood. And as any mystery fan would probably guess from the title, Sherlock Holmes is a major focus of the book - although not as a character. Rather, it follows a group of devoted followers of Holmes - five members of the Baker Street Irregulars, which is a real organization of Holmes fans - as they attempt to solve a murder.

It's a simply delightful book, witty and charming. Although there are inevitably elements which root the book solidly in its now …

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