FREE SOLAR PONS eBooks in Honor of Steven White, Three Books in The Great Detective Universe Series Now Available, an Amazing New Sherlock Holmes Game on Kickstarter, PLUS an Incredible Book from MX Publishing on the Great Jeremy Brett
Hello everyone,
It is with a heavy heart that I start this blog post in memorial to Steven White. Steve passed away peacefully but suddenly on July 7th. Many of you know Steve as the reader on the Belanger Books audio books. So loved were his audio renditions that fans wrote to us saying that Steven White was now, in their minds, the voice of Solar Pons.
Steve and I became friends via email and Facebook. He was a jolly bloke who loved sharing a witty pun. He had a big heart and enjoyed helping kids and also giving away free copies of his audio books so that everyone could appreciate his Sherlock Holmes and Solar Pons renditions, no matter their income level.
In honor of Steve, for the next five days we are offering free eBooks of the first two Solar Pons books. Also, Steve's step-daughter, Amy Holden, has set up a charitable giving page on JustGiving. All donations go to Success4All, a charity whose mission is to stop educational inequality. As a special education teacher myself, this is a charity that is also dear to my heart. If you are interested in donating, please click on this link to go to the charitable giving page.
See below for links to the free eBooks:
In Re: Sherlock Holmes
Once again in old London, "the game is afoot." In these pastiches of the Sacred Writings, written when he was nineteen and twenty, August Derleth has recreated the London of Sherlock Holmes. It does not matter that the familiar name has become Solar Pons, or that the familiar Baker Street has become Praed Street — something of the nostalgic charm and fascination, of the remembered quickening of the pulse and the familiar settings of the original London of Sherlock Holmes, has been recaptured in these pages.
Get your FREE eBook of the first Solar Pons story collection by clicking HERE.
The Memoirs of Solar Pons
This long-awaited second collection of pastiches of the immortal Sherlock Holmes offers eleven new adventures of Solar Pons, who has been called by Vincent Starrett "a clever impersonator, with a twinkle in his eye, which tells us that he knows he is not Sherlock Holmes, and knows that we know it, but that he hopes we will like him anyway for what he symbolizes."
Get your FREE eBook of the second Solar Pons story collection by clicking HERE.
For those of you who would like to hear Steve White's incredible reading of these books, send me an email, and I can give you a code for a FREE audio book through Audible.
Sherlock Holmes in The Great Detective Universe
What if Sherlock Holmes Wasn't Alone?
Sherlock Holmes —the name immediately brings to mind an image of the great detective sitting in his rooms in 221B Baker street, his fingers steepled before his hawkish nose, his sharp grey eyes focused on the client who has brought a little puzzle for him to solve. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when one reads the names of the other literary detectives of the time period, sometimes referred to as the rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Sadly, names like Lois Cayley, Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, The Old Man in the Corner, or Dr. Thorndyke are meaningless to all but the most ardent admirers of Victorian and Edwardian mysteries.
The Great Detective Universe series hopes to rectify this problem and expand the world of Sherlock Holmes by bringing the consulting detective and his purported rivals into a shared universe, in other words, a universe where not just Holmes and Watson lived but also Carnacki, Father Brown, The Grey Seal, and many other great detectives.
Sherlock Holmes —the name immediately brings to mind an image of the great detective sitting in his rooms in 221B Baker street, his fingers steepled before his hawkish nose, his sharp grey eyes focused on the client who has brought a little puzzle for him to solve. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when one reads the names of the other literary detectives of the time period, sometimes referred to as the rivals of Sherlock Holmes. Sadly, names like Lois Cayley, Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen, The Old Man in the Corner, or Dr. Thorndyke are meaningless to all but the most ardent admirers of Victorian and Edwardian mysteries.
The Great Detective Universe series hopes to rectify this problem and expand the world of Sherlock Holmes by bringing the consulting detective and his purported rivals into a shared universe, in other words, a universe where not just Holmes and Watson lived but also Carnacki, Father Brown, The Grey Seal, and many other great detectives.
Belanger Books has released three books in this series with a fourth book teaming Sherlock Holmes and Solar Pons to be released in autumn. The current books in the series include:
Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives
All New Malevolent Mysteries and Perplexing Puzzles where Sherlock Holmes works with Classic and New Occult Detectives
As Carnacki the Ghost Finder, the famous literary occult detective, once said:
“I view all reported ‘hauntings’ as unproven until I have examined into them, and I am bound to admit that ninety-nine cases out of a hundred turn out to be sheer bosh and fancy.”
In these pages, a range of contemporary authors explore 'what happens next' when the Great Detective confronts mysteries which question reason. A summons from Irene Adler’s daughter; a chance encounter with one of Houdini’s fraud investigators; the enigma of Dr John Silence. Mysterious events at Mary Morstan’s old school, and a threat to Queen Victoria. The return of the German agent Von Bork, somewhat changed, and a desperate hunt for a killer through the alleys of London with none other than Professor Van Helsing.
Join us in this two volume anthology as Holmes finds himself working with psychic investigators old and new in pursuit of answers, and must confront his own scepticism. Tales in the traditional style – but with a twist. Can Holmes’s logic work alongside the occult detectives’ willingness to embrace another set of rules entirely? Paranormal – or poppycock?
As Carnacki the Ghost Finder, the famous literary occult detective, once said:
“I view all reported ‘hauntings’ as unproven until I have examined into them, and I am bound to admit that ninety-nine cases out of a hundred turn out to be sheer bosh and fancy.”
In these pages, a range of contemporary authors explore 'what happens next' when the Great Detective confronts mysteries which question reason. A summons from Irene Adler’s daughter; a chance encounter with one of Houdini’s fraud investigators; the enigma of Dr John Silence. Mysterious events at Mary Morstan’s old school, and a threat to Queen Victoria. The return of the German agent Von Bork, somewhat changed, and a desperate hunt for a killer through the alleys of London with none other than Professor Van Helsing.
Join us in this two volume anthology as Holmes finds himself working with psychic investigators old and new in pursuit of answers, and must confront his own scepticism. Tales in the traditional style – but with a twist. Can Holmes’s logic work alongside the occult detectives’ willingness to embrace another set of rules entirely? Paranormal – or poppycock?
You can get each volume of this fantastic collection by clicking on the links below:
Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives Volume One
Sherlock Holmes and the Occult Detectives Volume Two
"I must congratulate Belanger Books because they have managed, in these two anthologies, to find writers who are almost pitch-perfect in tone for both Holmes and Watson and the occult detection genres." - from a five star review on Amazon.
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Detectives
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Detectives has Holmes partnering with noted sleuths to fight crime and stop master criminals.
See Sherlock Holmes partner with:
•Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen a.k.a The Thinking Machine
•Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
•The Grey Seal
•Doctor Thorndyke
•“The Old Man in the Corner”
•Lois Cayley
•Father Brown
And many, many more
See Sherlock Holmes partner with:
•Professor Augustus S. F. X. Van Dusen a.k.a The Thinking Machine
•Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
•The Grey Seal
•Doctor Thorndyke
•“The Old Man in the Corner”
•Lois Cayley
•Father Brown
And many, many more
Get your copy by clicking HERE.
The Original Sherlock Holmes and his Baker Street Irregulars Now on Kickstarter!
We always like to share very cool Kickstarter projects with our readers. This Sherlock Holmes game from Baskerville productions is just incredible. You can get this fun table top game at a significant discount on Kickstarter right now, but you have to act fast. While the game is already funded, it is only available until July 25th.
Here is the description:
Dive into the world of Sherlock Holmes in this easy-to-learn, quick-to-play, competitive, currency-based, card-drafting game. You'll encounter people, places and things featured throughout the 60 stories penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (by permission of Conan Doyle Estate, Ltd.).
With the Baker Street Irregulars (BSI) at your disposal, visit locations, gather witnesses, and inspect artifacts in order to make the key arrests. Manage your BSI wisely to earn end-of-round bonuses to improve your chances of victory.
Compete against other inspectors to earn Sherlock Status Points (a.k.a. Victory Points) as you work to earn the approval of the Master Detective. (Or jump into solo-mode where you take on Sherlock 1-on-1!)
Get this wonderful new tabletop game by clicking HERE.
For fans of Sherlock Holmes, this is a must have book for your collection!
For many people Jeremy Brett was, and remains, the quintessential Sherlock Holmes, featured in the Granada series for the Independent Television Network. Following a thirty year career in film, TV, and Theatre, this was the role that brought him to a much deserved international fame. His outstanding success as the remarkable genius detective would forever link him with the role much as Basil Rathbone had been fifty years earlier. However, his career covered thirty years on stage, on film and on television before he was offered the role which was to seal his reputation as a great actor.
With a foreword from David Burke who played Granada's inaugural Dr. John H. Watson alongside Brett in the series, this book is a comprehensive review of Jeremy's career on stage and screen. It contains hundred of rarely seen and some exclusive photographs.
Back this one of a kind exclusive book today by clicking HERE.
That's this month's update. Look for a new blog post soon highlighting our first ever Sherlock Holmes card game PLUS an all new sequel to the classic novel Jane Eyre!
That's this month's update. Look for a new blog post soon highlighting our first ever Sherlock Holmes card game PLUS an all new sequel to the classic novel Jane Eyre!
Belanger Books is a small press owned by artist Brian Belanger and author Derrick Belanger specializing in new Sherlock Holmes books, Solar Pons, Children's books, Classic Sci-fi, Steampunk, and genre specific anthologies. Some of our books have been #1 bestsellers in their categories on Amazon.
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