‘The Adventure of the Dancing Men’
Re-Imagined
Mr. Hilton Cubitt of Norfolk seeks the help of
Sherlock Holmes in deciphering strange coded messages, consisting of little
dancing figures, which have unsettled his peaceful marriage. A short time
later, Cubitt is found dead and his wife Elsie suffering a grave bullet wound
to the head. Inspector Martin thinks it is a case of murder and attempted
suicide, but using information garnered from the coded messages, Holmes sets a
trap for the true culprit.
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| “I suppose that you are the detectives from London, he said.” |
Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined returns
I am happy to announce the return of the Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined book series with
the release of ‘The Adventure of the Dancing Men’ on 21 June 2017. For those new
to this blog, in this book series the original short stories about
the great detective are accompanied by photographic illustrations of custom
models which I designed and built using only LEGO® brand minifigures and
bricks. Between 2014 and 2016 the twelve stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were published
by MX Publishing as individual books and as a collector’s edition containing
all twelve stories in one volume. The new story, ‘The Adventure of the Dancing
Men’, which is one of the thirteen stories comprising The Return of Sherlock Holmes, was originally published in the
Strand Magazine in 1903 and naturally illustrated by Sidney Paget. This
new adventure was ranked third on the list of Arthur Conan Doyle’s favourite Sherlock
Holmes stories (see earlier post: ‘The ‘grotesque’ case of Jabez Wilson’).
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| “He bent forward and picked up a little brazen cylinder.” |
To help celebrate the release of ‘The Adventure of
the Dancing Men’ Re-Imagined several free downloadable supplementary files have
also been created. This includes a printable custom designed LEGO® poster of
the ‘Dancing Men’ alphabet, as well as building instructions for a custom
designed LEGO® garden sundial for your bookshelf. This latter model was created
as a sundial features prominently in the story as a location where several of
the dancing men coded messages are found. These files as well as additional downloadable
content and illustrations from all the stories in the Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined book series can be found on our website.
Can I see more information about your book series?
The current story as well as all 12 books in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Re-Imagined book series are available for purchase on Amazon UK, the Book Depository (with free worldwide delivery), and the MX Publishing website.
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