I’ll admit that the confluence of intrigues aboard the ship are a little over the top, involving anarchists, bomb plots, submarine plans and old adversaries, but somehow Seil makes it work. Instead he finds little nooks and crannies of the familiar story where he can insert Holmes and Watson, who now linger in the background of the Titanic tragedy like the Observers from Fringe. Seil’s skill is evident as he manages to put us on the Titanic without the iceberg looming over the whole story and Holmes and Watson even manage to save the great ship from sinking, but don’t worry, the author doesn’t rewrite history. William Seil’s novel was first published in 1996 but is now part of the collection called The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes published by Titan Books.
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