1895: Watson meets Holmes all over again, and an Italian woman has come back from the dead to kill her husband. Bits of the 'Case of the Five Orange Pips' story come in, and Mycroft is excessively fat. There are one or two turns of phrase that aren't in period, and Q notices Sherlock's carrying a modern torch... In an audacious twist, we're actually in contemporary Sherlock's head, as he tries to figure out how Mycroft is still alive... There's an amusing variation on the original Reichenberg Falls scenario, and a trick with 'Pepper's Ghost'.
The dialogue is brilliant:
Lestrade: Mrs Hudson isn't talking.
Holmes: I fear she has branched into literary criticism by means of satire. It is a distressing trend in the modern landlady.
DP Suzie Lavelle, editor Andrew McClelland.
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