Christmas at Baskerville Hall (A Sherlock and Lucy Short Story)

The Sherlock and Lucy Mystery Series, Book 15

By: Anna Elliott, Charles Veley

Narrated by: Simon Prebble, Wendy Tremont King

Length: 2 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's Summary

A heart-warming Victorian Christmas mystery with a touch of peril, this story is performed by award-winning narrators Simon Prebble and Wendy Tremont King. When Sir Henry Baskerville, now happily married, invites Sherlock Holmes to Baskerville Hall, that infamous baronial mansion in darkest Devonshire, the entire Baker Street team accepts his invitation for a family holiday. But Sir Henry has an ulterior motive and the powers of evil are at work. This visit will not proceed as Sherlock and Lucy expected!

©2019 Charles R Veley, Anna Elliott (P)2019 Charles R Veley, Anna Elliott

Nice homage to the Baskerville Legend

I must admit this is the first time I have listened to any entry in the Sherlock Holmes/ Lucy James series. Being a conservative traditionalist regarding all things Sherlock, the thought of the great detective not only having a daughter but also sharing his life's work with, was not a pleasant one to me. However, the allure of Baskerville Hall at Christmas was too great to ignore, so I plunged in.

The storyline was rather thin, but it did give the authors a framework on which to re-introduce some of the characters made famous in the original "Hound." At any rate it was interesting to find out how Dr. Mortimer, Laura Lyons and Sir Henry have fared.

I was disappointed that the expected Victorian country Christmas, in an ancient manor house, as promised by the book's title, was more or less glossed over as an afterthought. Sadly, It was an opportunity lost.

The narration was good, with Simon Prebble displaying his usual top-shelf work. Wendy Tremont King was good, but not extra-ordinary.

Another fun Sherlock and Lucy James mystery!

A fun short story with all your favorite characters and a chance to catch up with old ones to.

A narrator who can't manage an English accent???

Fairly interesting plot, though no stunner. Simon Prebble was excellent, as always, but Wendy King was abysmal. Couldn't pull off an English accent if her life depended on it. Can't imagine who thought she'd be a good fit for this thoroughly English tale, regardless of the inclusion of an American character or two.

"A fair wicked piece of work, tben."

Invited to Baskerville Hall for Chrismas several years after the successful conclusion of the Hound case, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrive on the day before Christmas Eve, together with Lucy, Beckie, Jack and Prince the dog to learn of a new murder case. With two men dead, the investigation begins.
An intriguing little detective story sadly spoiled by one of the two narrators who alternated the reading chapter by chapter. Whilst Simon Pebble was excellent in his performance further enhancing the period feel to the story.and deserving a 5 star.rating, Wendy Fremont King was truly terrible. Her reading was too slow in pace, her accents ludicrous and voices irritatingly awful, all performed with an interrogattve up turn of sentence endings which almost brought my listening to an end. Why.there was, anyway, a need for two narrators unless it was an attempt to distance these stories from the original Conan Doyle diaries of Dr.Watson, I do not understand.
This is the first of the Holmes and Lucy books that I have read and, whilst I very much look forward to more, I fervently hope that Ms.Fremont King is not narrating.