• The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

  • Nine Adventures from the Lost Years
  • By: Ted Riccardi
  • Narrated by: Simon Prebble
  • Length: 13 hrs and 18 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (259 ratings)

Access a growing selection of included Audible Originals, audiobooks, and podcasts.
You will get an email reminder before your trial ends.
Audible Plus auto-renews for $7.95/mo after 30 days. Upgrade or cancel anytime.
The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes  By  cover art

The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

By: Ted Riccardi
Narrated by: Simon Prebble
Try for $0.00

$7.95 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $23.36

Buy for $23.36

Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's summary

Sherlock Holmes is dead--or so most of the world thinks. His fatal plunge over the Reichenbach Falls as he struggled with his archenemy, Moriarty, has been widely reported. But Holmes has escaped and is alive. In his immediate circle, only Holmes's brother, the lethargic genius Mycroft, knows of his survival. Even Dr. Watson thinks that the great detective is dead. Among his enemies, Sebastian Moran, Moriarty's chief henchman, knows of Holmes's probable escape and waits for their inevitable meeting. From 1891 to 1894, Holmes wanders through Asia. He is alone, without Watson, without Scotland Yard, armed only with his physical strength and endurance and his revered cold logic and rationality. The adventures recounted in The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes range from Lhasa to Katmandu, from the East Indies to the deserts of Rajasthan. In Tibet and throughout the Orient, Holmes is caught up in the diplomatic machinations of British imperialism that Rudyard Kipling dubbed "the Great Game." He confronts the tsarist agent Dorjiloff, the great art thief Anton Furer, and the mysterious Captain Fantôme. And here, written in Holmes's own words, is the account of "The Giant Rat of Sumatra," for which until now he so famously thought the world unprepared. For Holmes's fans throughout the world, the stories in The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes fill in an enigmatic gap, the cause of so much speculation in the great detective's career.

©2011 Ted Riccardi (P)2011 AudioGo

What listeners say about The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    136
  • 4 Stars
    68
  • 3 Stars
    36
  • 2 Stars
    13
  • 1 Stars
    6
Performance
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    162
  • 4 Stars
    53
  • 3 Stars
    14
  • 2 Stars
    3
  • 1 Stars
    1
Story
  • 4 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    124
  • 4 Stars
    62
  • 3 Stars
    32
  • 2 Stars
    11
  • 1 Stars
    4

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    3 out of 5 stars

Not Doyle's Sherlock Holmes

I get the feeling that Riccardi is trying to create his own Sherlock Holmes. On two occasions within these stories he seems to want to make Holmes' "more compassionate" and especially paint him as being more sympathetic toward the opposite sex. Doyle makes it perfectly clear that his Sherlock is indifferent concerning them.
Almost completely missing from these stories are Sherlock's extraordinary ability to immediately form correct conclusions after only seconds of observing a person, or thing. Actually, this quality is the unique trademark of Holmes. How could one present a Holmes mystery without it?
Conan Doyle's stories were all about the character, Sherlock Holmes, and what a prodigious character he is! However, Riccardi seems satisfied with letting Holmes make "cameo appearances" throughout his mysteries.
Simon Prebble does very well portraying several characters but , in my opinion, a poor Holmes. Of course, I'm used to listening to Charlton Griffin.
One of the great things about Doyle's SH stories are that they are concise. These aren't.

Having said all of this "The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes: Nine Adventures from the Lost Years" is worth listening to if you are an avid SH fan which I am!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

13 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Fun Adventures

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes. I thought these stories were fun and entertaining. I never solved any of the puzzles before the answers were revealed, so I was pretty entertained. I'm not sure that this would appeal to diehard fans who prefer a more orthodox style. The audiobook The House of Silk did a better job of following the more Sir Arthur Conan Doyle style. However, I think the author did a good job with these stories, and I would recommend people who like mysteries to read and enjoy it.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

5 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Finally, Proof that Sherlock did die.

These stories may have a character with the name of Sherlock Holmes, but that is where the similarity ends. This detective does not make seemingly random observations that then only become genius upon explanation. This detective is driven by his emotion and events rather than coldly methodical and precisely anticipatory.

Having said that, these would have been good stories if the author would have allowed this to be his own creation and weighed down as he was to carry such a lofty title. The expectation left me wanting. But he is not the only author jumping on the Sherlock bandwagon and so many are unable to capture the original.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    2 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Save your one credit or money

The only positive thing I can say about this audio book is that I consistently fell asleep at night listening to it. There was way too much back story on all of the characters that did not add anything to the story. The stories all sounded the same in theme. Won't be listening to any other books written by the author.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

  • Overall
    1 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    1 out of 5 stars

Did not like

The casual racism in this book hurts. I know it was part of the time and it occasionally seeps into the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories but this entire book is just steeped in it. Which is worse because this is a fairly contemporary book, not something that was written over 100 years ago now. Some of the stories were frankly hard to get through.
I would not recommend.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

excellent

I've loved Sherlock Holmes since childhood, but with age, I fing that I rarely like books of him not written by Conan Doyle. That being said, I truly enjoyed these stores and look forward to the second book in the series. I highly recommend it, especially to Holmes fans.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes

Excellent narration, story and content, PERIOD!

Very impressive all the way around, thanks to author and narrator!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    4 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    4 out of 5 stars

Fun series of Sherlock stories.

This was a fun listen. just right for someone into the sherlock holmes stories. it was nice to fill in the blanks on his time after his "death " at the falls.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars

Loved it!

I thought the stories were detailed and cleverly written and helped to round out the Sherlock Holmes character. There were a few minor discrepancies, but they didn’t matter. The narration was also perfect. The book made me want to visit the places that the author spoke about.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

  • Overall
    3 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    2 out of 5 stars

Not up to par!

the retelling of these stories when Sherlock Holmes was supposedly missing after his faked death at Rockenbach Falls are kind of hard to follow and quite honestly, are not that interesting

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!