Michael Robertson, Author . Minotaur $24.95 (277p) ISBN 978-0-312-53812-5
Robertson’s engaging debut, the first in a projected series, offers one of the more original premises involving the Sherlock Holmes character. London solicitor Reggie Heath, who’s just leased office space on Baker Street, finds his...
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Michael Robertson, Minotaur, $24.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-312-53813-2
Set in 1997, Robertson's second mystery featuring barrister Reggie Heath, whose chambers are located at Sherlock Holmes's legendary address, offers pacing, prose, and plotting at a level far above that of its predecessor, 2009's The Baker Street...
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Michael Robertson. Minotaur, $24.99 (288p) ISBN 978-1-250-01645-4
Dexterous plotting lifts Robertson’s third contemporary mystery centered on barrister Reggie Heath and his unusual mandate (after 2011’s The Brothers of Baker Street). Under the terms of his office lease at 221B Baker Street, Reggie must ensure that
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Michael Robertson. Minotaur, $24.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-01646-1
You don’t have to be a Sherlockian to enjoy Robertson’s excellent fourth Baker Street mystery (after 2013’s The Baker Street Translation). Early chapters, including one set in 1893 in which a Pinkerton agent attempts to save his own life by claiming
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Michael Robertson. Minotaur, $24.99 (272p) ISBN 978-1-250-06006-8
Agatha Christie fans will revel in Robertson’s fifth novel featuring London solicitor Nigel Heath (after 2014’s Moriarty Returns a Letter). Two jury summonses arrive at 221B Baker Street, which is the address of Nigel’s law firm, Baker Street Law...
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Michael Robertson. Princeton Univ., $29.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-691-15416-9
In this timely analysis of late-19th-century utopian writings, Robertson (Worshipping Walt), an English professor at the College of New Jersey, presents a gallery of ideas with relevance for the present. The four writers under consideration each...
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Michael Robertson. Minotaur, $26.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-06007-5
Robertson’s weak sixth Baker Street mystery (after 2016’s The Baker Street Jurors) lacks the humor and original plotting of its predecessors. A prologue set 20 years in the past at a boarding school dance in Bodfyn, Cornwall, focuses on an ungainly...
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