Neil Gaiman
Now
this is one of my favourite things. I first came across this in my copy
of Fragile Things but the version here is the audiobook read by Gaiman.
The
story re-imagines the Holmes universe in line with a Lovecraftian
setting whereby the old ones have returned and have dominion over
humanity. The story finds a returning soldier (from Afghanistan) take up
lodgings with a 'consulting detective'. He becomes the detective's
companion and they are soon embroiled in the investigation of a death of
a member of the Bohemian royal family.
The story borrows strongly, liberally and enjoyably from the Holmes mythos to produce a tale that is a ridiculous amount of fun.
I'm
having to go out of my way to avoid giving anything at all away here so
you'll please excuse if this review is brief but because Mr. Gaiman is a
gent the story is available as a free pdf here (which for extra geek points looks just like that image at the top of this post) or as a pay for downloadable audio from here -
http://www.neilgaiman.com/works/Audio/A+Study+in+Emerald/
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