Wed 17 May 2006
SAD day for some baby boomers, and perhaps even a few Holmes fans: USATODAY.com - ‘Space Cadet’ star Frankie Thomas dies.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frankie Thomas, who became famous in the 1950s for his starring role in the TV children’s show Tom Corbett, Space Cadet, has died. He was 85. […]
Thomas quit acting when the series ended in 1955 and, over the years, worked as a television and radio writer, bridge instructor and author of mystery novels, including Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders.
Read the rest. Thanks to R.H. Riethmeier for the link.
I’m afraid I’m quite unfamiliar with Thomas’ novel Sherlock Holmes and the Masquerade Murders (from The Armchair Detective Library). Can anybody here offer any feedback on it?
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May 18th, 2006 at 2:52 pm
Haven’t read “The Masquerade Murders” but have read several of Thomas’s other pastiches. I found them, in general, to be only okay. Not terribly well written and sometimes straying too far from Holmes of the Canon.
May 26th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Hello!
You’ll find some more details here:
http://www.sshf.com/index.php3?file=news&num=493
It is both in French and in English.
Cordialement,
Thierry Saint-Joanis,
président de la Société Sherlock Holmes de France,
BSI M. Bertillon…