The Red Circle 1

De: Sarah J. Naughton, Anthony Horowitz

Narrado por: Alfred Enoch

From international bestselling author Anthony Horowitz (Midsummer murders, Foyles war, Alex Rider, Hawthorne) and Sarah Naughton, comes a trilogy featuring one of literatures most famous characters. Immerse yourself in the world of Sherlock Holmes, like you have never heard it before. The Red Circle, is the first installment of the trilogy 'Becoming Sherlock', set in a dystopian London in the near future. At the same time as a passenger plane goes down in central London, Dr. Watson finds a man naked and beaten on the street. The man has no memory of his past but seems to have exceptional skills of deduction. This is the start of a mystery that unravels rapidly with one burning question at its heart: Who is Sherlock Holmes? What listeners have said: -- 'Tremendous read, a unique time and setting for Mr Holmes and Doc Watson. Well worth a read. The uniqueness and individuality of the time period, a wonderful mergence of past and future!' -- 'Brilliant it's like opening a box of chocolates.... We need many more books in this series and we need them now......just love this series it's like open a box of chocolates on the sofa....comforting and enjoyable ... just get it.' -- 'Fabulous job! Now we need another trilogy please. Original approach. Great dynamics and intelligent writing by Naughton. Alfred Enoch does an outstanding job on the narration.' -- 'Wonderful in every aspect Everything about this book and its narrative is wonderful: the story is compelling and well paced, the characters are rounded and interesting, the dystopian world plausibly imagined, and the narration by Albert Enoch is perfect and perfectly suited to the tale. Onwards to the next in the series!'©2023 Storyside (P)2023 Storyside

Fun to spend a few hours with Sherlock again

The story and narration were excellent. It's as though Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman did another standalone Sherlock film, except it was audio. The narrator even makes his Sherlock character sound like Cumberbatch. I wasn't expecting a dystopian story, which is a genre I usually avoid (it's too close to home), but it was an interesting and fresh way to reintroduce well known characters. Horowitz is a masterful storyteller, so it's no surprise that this was such a compelling story. I'll be using my next 3 credits on the sequels.

clever, well-paced twist on the Holmes story

I’m a big fan of Horowitz but was unfamiliar with Naughton. She did a cracking good job with the story; the writing is excellent and the performance was great. Will be downloading the second part as soon as I click submit on this review!

A new origin story that works quite well by the end.

Familiar characters and beloved personalities, and London ! But with an entirely new origin story that's a bit jarring at brief times. But go with the story, it gets sorted very well.
We are looking forward to the next installment with great anticipation !

So creative!

I am a huge Sherlock Holmes fan. I’ve read and listened to the stories dozens of times each some of them, hundreds. As I listened to this story, I really had no idea of what it was in the beginning – I picked it up without reading anything about the book. It excited me so much, I started talking to my kids and wife about it, and they looked lost:-). My favorite part is how The Author is weaving in many new details and large details from the Sherlock Holmes world in new and exciting ways. It is extremely fun, I can’t wait to listen to the next one.

Riveting!

Very interesting and compelling take on one of my favorite characters. Listened non-stop and now I’m mad it’s over.