Writer(s): W.S. Mulrooney
Narrator/Holmes & Watson: Jason Markiewitz
Summary: Three short cases (90 minutes in total), written by W.S Mulrooney, and recorded and released posthumously by his friend, Tracy Traynor:
"The Silence of Sherlock Holmes" has both Holmes and Watson battle murder in a library, but when Holmes becomes a critical patient suffering from amnesia, can one of Watson's stories save the day?
"He Who Would Be Holmes" reveals the capers of two con-men who are impersonating Holmes & Watson in Northern England. When an American woman turns up promising retirement money, the pair can’t resist.
"The Mystery of 221b
Bacon Street" - Holmes and Watson track a blackmailer to a
property with a name similar to their own, where a plan is afoot which threatens the safety of the entire nation.
Review: I enjoyed these stories which walked the line between parody and pastiche. They were also of an appropriate length to be listened to in breaks from work, with each story not being more than half-an-hour. I was initially put off by the American narrator, but soon got over this (save his attempt at a Scottish Mrs. Hudson). The solutions to each story were relatively obvious but this did not detract from the stories, and neither did the reuse of some Canonical strategems to solve the problems.
Rating: 
(4/5)
Link to Audio: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-First-Consulting-Detective-Audiobook/B08QR6PRG6
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