The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols

Adapted from the Journals of John H. Watson, M.D.

De: Nicholas Meyer

Narrado por: David Robb, Nicholas Meyer

"...rich with period detail and clever invention!" (Wall Street Journal)

This program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes a bonus conversation with the author.

With the international best seller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Dr. John H. Watson. Now, Meyer returns with a shocking discovery - an unknown case drawn from a recently unearthed Watson journal.

January 1905: Holmes and Watson are summoned by Holmes' brother Mycroft to undertake a clandestine investigation. An agent of the British Secret Service has been found floating in the Thames, carrying a manuscript smuggled into England at the cost of her life. The pages purport to be the minutes of a meeting of a secret group intent on nothing less than taking over the world.

Based on real events, the adventure takes the famed duo - in the company of a bewitching woman - aboard the Orient Express from Paris into the heart of Tsarist Russia, Holmes and Watson attempt to trace the origins of this explosive document. On their heels are desperate men of unknown allegiance, determined to prevent them achieving their task.

And what they uncover is a conspiracy so vast as to challenge Sherlock Holmes as never before.

©2019 Nicholas Meyer (P)2019 Macmillan Audio

Very complex story. Totally surprise ending

No spoilers here! This was a really great listen. The narrator did a great job and I really enjoyed the interview with the author afterwords. Listen to the end about the history back and forward about the protocols.

Another Winner for Meyer and Holmes & Watson

Loved it !

Another great romp from Meyer and well performed audiobook

Cant wait for the next case ;)

Great addition to the original stories

Watson’s humor is a perfect contrapose to the serious nature of the story. Enjoyed listening.

Excellent Read!

All Sherlocians will devouer this one. Please note that it has relevance to our era; read/listen entently to the Prologue. Enjoy!

Love Meyers Sherlock Holmes pastiches

I really enjoyed the three earlier books and the audible versions were great, with The Canary Trainer my favorite of that era. David Case captured Sherlock’s voice and reminded me a lot of the way Sherlock was portrayed by Nicole Willliamson in the movie adaption of the Seven Percent Solution. Hearing a new narrator was jarring at first. David Robb does a good job. But is missing the energy that case brought to his readings. I just started listening to the Return of the Pharaoh. Robb returns and we’ll see if I’ve gotten used to his portrayal. In the meantime, the story of the Peculiar Protocols was good with world shattering implications requiring Sherlock’s success but overall I think the earlier three novels were better. That being said, still a great read. Soon I’ll be finished with Meyers pastiches and will likely return to the ones written by James Mangrove as he also writes some great adventures.

DISAPPOINTED

Warning: plot disclosures herein:
This should have been entitled "The Adventures of John H. Watson, MD With Occasional Assistance by one S. Holmes."
The pastiche is centered on Watson and the faux literary device what may be an authentic recently discovered diary with tantalizing omissions (did Holes really have an affair with the femme fatale?). Holmes' almost seems a second banana here. His personal life and his interaction with Mycroft is touched upon while Watson's married life is gone into ad nauseam with little advancement of the plot and little listener satisfaction to show for it.
And I think Meyer must have thought his trope of constantly interrupting narrative with expository "footnotes" a cute device. If so, he failed. The shift from English with an English accent to English with an American accent, without prior notice, is annoying. It ruins the narrative flow.
With fewer literary bells and whistles, years ago, the 7-1/2% Solution was a more enjoyable read.

The Game is Not Quite Afoot

It's always great to hear from Watson and Holmes. And no one can tell their story better than Nicholas Meyer. There's even a terrific interview with Meyer at the end. How can't that make for a great listen? But when you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. And the truth is, this time around, everyone is slightly off his game.

Sherlock's trademark deductions are almost nowhere to be seen. In fact, the world's first consulting detective seems to be MIA for much of the story. Although Holmes' opponent is a mere thug who is several strings short of a Stradivarius, this less-than-Moriarty-caliber supervillain must have thought, "that was the great Sherlock Holmes? Meh".

This time, I would agree.

Everything Holmes

Love this listen as I am crazy about Sherlock Holmes I was not disappointed and as usual I love the narrator he has become voice of Herlock Holmes for

Holmes stands against antisemitism

This is more of a thriller then I mystery. It might even qualify is really historical fiction Basically it’s the story behind the fabrication of the protocols of Zion, with Sherlock Holmes as the main protagonist against the Protocols and the antisemitism behind them.

A Book that Touches Upon Good Points, but Not Quite the Fun Story I Was Looking For

It’s a good book that touches on a lot of heavy material and touches on important political matters. If you are in the mood for a story that is heavier this might be for you.
However, it was not quite the type of story I was looking for. It didn’t contain a lot of investigative deduction on Sherlock’s part. The story kind of reads like my grandpa telling his war story to a stranger, complete with author interjection that feels like footnotes.