The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Quick review for a short story. I listened to this audio book on my drive into work. In the past I've listened to BBC Radio dramatizations of Sherlock Holmes stories. I believe this is the first actual reading of one that I've listened to.

This is not one of Doyle's best Sherlock stories. The start of the story has Sherlock rambling on about a hat trying to discover all he can about it's owner, and I find myself wonder why the great Sherlock Holmes is wasting his intellect on simply trying to return a man's hat.

Eventually the story does pick up as their seems to be a jewel heist involved. This was a free book from Audible, and only about 45 minutes, so well worth my time for the price.

About the Audio book: This edition was read by the actor Alan Cummings. He's an excellent reader in the sense of his pronunciation/inflection. He did a bit of dialect and you could distinguish between someone educated such as Sherlock or Watson from a working man. I was unable to tell the difference between Sherlock and Watson however. He does a good, but not great job reading it.