A Sherlock Holmes fan since introduced to Basil Rathbone in 1982. Alistair Duncan has written extensively about Sherlock Holmes and his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Eliminate the Impossible (2008) Close to Holmes (2009) The Norwood Author (2010) An Entirely New Country (2011) No Better Place (2015). Winner of the 2011 Tony & Freda Howlett Award from the Sherlock Holmes Society of London for "The Norwood Author". Short-listed for the 2010 and 2016 Tony & Freda Howlett Awards for Close to Holmes and No Better Place respectively.