Afoot?

Just started reading The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a collection written by multiple authors, some well known.

Some of the stories are drivel -- aliens in London? Really? One or two come so close.... and then A Miracle Occurs. But so close! One built up the tension nicely, the evil thing is just about to happen -- and then, oh look, it did. Damn. Well, can't stop them all, old boy. Argh!

One even has a hokey-pokey man. How much did that author desperately want to use the phrase "And thats what it's all about", I wonder?

But several are quite good -- they have the right tone, the right pacing, and the right Sherlock. And when they do, the stories are an unmitigated joy to read.