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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Volume I

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: David Timson
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These six cases are among the last undertaken by Sherlock Holmes before he retired to the Sussex downs. However, the problems facing the sleuth are as diverse and challenging as ever. What with seeking the whereabouts of the stolen Mazarin Diamond, discovering the importance of being called Garrideb, encountering a mysterious murder on Thor Bridge, searching for eternal youth and the threat of a vampire in Sussex, there is no sign of Holmes' deductive powers slowing down.

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David Timson as Dr. Watson is as perfect a narrator as the listener could hope for. His light British accent makes for exceptional diction, while his superb acting provides appropriate pacing, pauses, and vocal fluidity. Each of his character voices is completely separate from the others, and when Holmes and Watson have a dialogue, it’s as if two different men are speaking and you have the pleasure of eavesdropping. A superb production, masterfully acted, this first volume in the series recounts cases that were among the last Holmes took on before his retirement.
Unusual Stories • Fantastical Elements • Excellent Narration • Short Engaging Cases • Violin Music Additions

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Superb stories, and performance. I never tire of Conan Doyle stories of Sherlock Holmes. Although I really like British productions I often have difficulty catching the odd word, particularly on their DVDs. Amazingly I get every word spoken by David Timson which is a bonus that goes along with his excellent narration. I have a large collection of Sherlock Holmes by all kinds of narrators and to me David Timson is the best.

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, volume 1

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I love Sherlock Holmes. However, this rendition is miserable to listen to with Timson's interpretation of Holmes' voice being nasal & whiny (think fingernails on a chalkboard). Of course, it is hard to compete with Derek Jacobi's brilliant performances of the Sherlock Holmes stories and his interpretation of Holmes & Watson. Sadly, Jacobi's rendition of The Casebook of Shelock Holmes is not available in the US.

Meh

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The narration is spectacular. The violin music is wonderful. Sherlock as always is A DUDE.

HOLMES RULES

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Story is great but narrator lacked depth of Stephen Fry. It was still worth a credit though.

Great story. Ok narration

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can listen to these books over and over, they never get old. Greats books to have.

always one of my favorites.

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This is Sherlock Holmes come to life! I've listened to all of David Timson's Sherlock Homes episodes and if there were a hundred episodes I would buy them all. Every story is about an hour long and the violin music thrown in makes it perfect. Hopefully there will be a Volume II soon.

The True Sherlock

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I have listened to almost all of David Timson's Sherlock Holmes audiobooks and this one is by far the bast I've heard yet! I really liked the selection of stories:

- The Problem of Thor Bridge
- The Adventure of the Mazarine Stone
- The Adventure of the Creeping Man
- The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
- The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
- The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier

My favourite by far was "The Adventure of the Creeping Man" - I found it a bit fantastical, but liked it more because of that!

One of the Best!

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Spending an afternoon with Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson can't be beat. The part that makes each story exceptional is the reading by David Timson. He is as much a professional as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes or Dr Watson. Bravo!

A great afternoon

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I love Sherlock Holmes but these were not my favorite of Arthur Conan Doyle's stories of him. Each is a short story that involves one case only, without a general overarching theme, I prefer the longer form cases

Good stories but no connecting story-line

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I have been working my way through the Sherlock Holmes canon and absolutely loving the productions narrated by the wonderful Derek Jacobi. The stories in this last collection are not as intriguing to me as the earlier stories and novels. Further, they are really let down by this edition. The music is jarring and so unnecessary and the performance is ok but I find myself missing Derek Jacobi tremendously. I wish there were more Audible options for The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. I would have loved Stephen Fry’s performance but unfortunately, this collection is not included in the six volumes of Holmes stories in Fry’s Audible set. I want to finish all the stories so I’ll undoubtedly finish this as well as Volume 2 but it is a slog rather than a joy.

Very disappointing

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