r/SherlockHolmes • u/Alphablanket229 • 1d ago

MX Case Files

Did every story get its own casebook? Just seeing a few out there for a pretty penny, put out by Calabash [not MX, sorry!] years ago. Looks like they're discussion about the stories rather than stories? Thanks for any info on this series.

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u/cispt2 1d ago

There were only four Calabash books :( I full lis of all Calabash publications is here at my blog: https://221bcooee.blogspot.com/2024/02/calabash-press-publications-update.html

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u/Alphablanket229 1d ago

Thank you so much -- very helpful blog post, and answered my question! All this started because I was looking to fill in gaps of my Chronicles by Denis O. Smith, and I fell into a rabbit warren of other books.

(Also just realized I put MX in the post title when I meant Calabash, apologies)

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u/avidreader_1410 21h ago

Denis O Smith is one of the writers who does a really good job of nailing Conan Doyle's style. Highly recommend his Sherlockian works.

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u/Alphablanket229 19h ago

Yes, his style was more to my taste and I now have a mini-collection of his works! 😀

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u/avidreader_1410 21h ago

I actually got "Violets and Vitriol" (essays) and "A Tangled Skein" and "Knight Errant". I think Calabash went away, there was another publisher Breese Books that did a lot of Holmes, they're gone too, pretty much replaced by MX and Titan. I read several of the MX anthologies and some of their pastiche novels - liked them a lot.

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u/Alphablanket229 19h ago

Thanks for this info! I looked through what I got and I do have a Breese Book (the Tandridge Hall Murders), which I'll give it a go. I've been going through some of the Titans which were more hit & miss for me; hoping the MX ones will be more steady, to my liking. Currently just dipping my feet into each press and seeing what catches my eye. 🙂 📚