Sherlockian Audio Reviews - 'You Buy Bones: Sherlock Holmes and his London Through the Eyes of Scotland Yard'

 

Writer(s):   Marcia Wilson

 

Narrator/Holmes & Watson:   Dominic Lopez

 

Summary:  Meet Sherlock Holmes through the eyes of his fellow lodger once again... and meet both through the eyes of the Yard - especially those who saw them the most: Inspectors Lestrade, Gregson, and Bradstreet. From Montague Street to a supposedly straightforward case of smuggling in Cornwall, Scotland Yard saw more than the disconcerting and dazzling private detective: it also saw an admirable and steadfast British soldier who shared their need for justice. Doctor John Watson may call himself unremarkable, but the Yard would disagree...

 

Review: This audio comprises a few short stories to set the scene, then the novella, 'You Buy Bones'. The focus is on the Scotland Yarders, Lestrade and Bradstreet in particular, as well as the underappreciated Doctor John Watson. Sherlock Holmes is very much a secondary character in these stories, with the focus being on character pieces involving those who orbit him in the original stories. For a story that intends to show Watson (and to a lesser extent Holmes) through the eyes of the Scotland Yarders, I found it strange that it was written in the third person, rather than being a first person account by Lestrade, and Dominic Lopez's narration was a little one-note, but these were minor quibbbles.

 

Rating:    (3/5)  

 

Link to Audio:  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/You-Buy-Bones-Sherlock-Holmes-and-his-London-Through-the-Eyes-of-Scotland-Yard-Audiobook/B01JN9FV8O