One of the quieter but most meaningful moments in publishing is when a book reaches the people who know the subject inside and out and then sparks a real response.
Baker Street: The Curious Case Files of Sherlock Holmes by David Foster was recently reviewed in the Winter 2025 issue of the Sherlock Holmes Journal, the long-running publication of the Sherlock Holmes Society of London.
The review appears alongside works by major academic and literary presses and engages seriously with the book’s ambition: to explore Sherlock Holmes across literature, film, television, pastiche, parody, and cultural afterlife.
The reviewer notes the scope of Foster’s project — describing it as “lavishly illustrated” and “ambitious in scope,” particularly in its effort to gather a vast range of Holmes-related material into a single volume. The book is recognized as a compendium that invites readers to dip in, explore, and follow threads across the many worlds Holmes has inhabited beyond Conan Doyle’s original stories.
At the same time, the review does what good criticism should do: it asks questions about focus, selection, and structure — observations that are invaluable for any living book and future editions.
We’re grateful for that level of engagement. Serious subject matter deserves serious reading.
For readers, collectors, and Holmes enthusiasts, Baker Street stands as a visually rich and wide-ranging exploration of the detective’s enduring cultural presence — one that reflects just how expansive, and sometimes unruly, the Holmes universe has become.
📖 Baker Street: The Curious Case Files of Sherlock Holmes
by David Foster
Published by Genius Book Publishing
From the Sherlock Holmes Journal (Winter 2025)
*Selected excerpts from the review of* Baker Street: The Curious Case Files of Sherlock Holmes *by David Foster.*
“David Foster’s Baker Street is a curious book — perplexing on one level, ambitious on another.”
“Extending across Sherlock Holmes in literature, film, television, crossover fiction, pastiche and spoofs, it is replete with potted summaries of novels, film and television programmes.”
“The book is rich with illustrations of covers, film posters and the like, and it is pleasing to have them all in one place as a ready reference.”
