Sherlock Holmes and the Beast of the Stapletons

By: James Lovegrove

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

New York Times best-selling author James Lovegrove’s continues the story of Sherlock Holmes and The Hound of the Baskervilles, as five years later, another monstrous creature stalks across Dartmoor....

The year 1894. The monstrous Hound of the Baskervilles has been dead for five years, along with its no less monstrous owner, the naturalist Jack Stapleton. Sir Henry Baskerville is living contentedly at Baskerville Hall with his new wife, Audrey, and their three-year-old son, Harry.

Until, that is, Audrey’s lifeless body is found on the moors, drained of blood. It would appear some fiendish creature is once more at large on Dartmoor and has, like its predecessor, targeted the unfortunate Baskerville family.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to Sir Henry’s aid, and our heroes must face a marauding beast that is the very stuff of nightmares. It seems that Stapleton may not have perished in the Great Grimpen Mire after all, as Holmes believed, and is hell-bent on revenge....

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Faithful

James Lovegrove’s rendition of the world’s greatest detective are faithful to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his creations.

Mystery writing and narration at its best

Mr. Lovegrove emulates the essence of Conan Doyle’s narrative style magnificently.
Furthermore the mysteries themselves are well concocted.
Mr. Kleinman honours the prose with a fully Watsonish personality, in addition to gracing Holmes with the thin, well-bred voice of the smug detective. Other characters, male, female, youth and elderly are given believable pitch and tone, with regional accents well mastered. Thank you for the treat.

Enjoyed immensely

I am a lover of Sherlock Holmes stories.As a story I had not heard before,This was pure Sherlock goodness.The narrator brought each character to life so that I could visualize it . I loved the banter about Mr. chimney sweep and the scarecrow.What highly suggest others to enjoy!

Very interesting take on Sherlock Holmes

This story was really great. I really enjoyed the characters. It was a shock to see Dr. Mortimer and Barrel become antagonist, but still it was a really good story. I really enjoyed the part when Watson gave that bigot a thrashing. A pity he wasn’t given his name all in all. This was a very good story contacted by Lovegrove. I look forward to seeing what other stories he has written.

A little too implausible and untrue to characters

I really enjoy James Lovegrove's pastiches. I enjoyed The Beast of the Stapletons. But it was pretty implausible and did violence to the characters from the Hound of the Baskervilles. It was variance from the characters that detracted most from the story. It's still well worth listening to.