Fic Rec: The Misadventure of the Mendacious Medium

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Title: The Misadventure of the Mendacious Medium
Author: methylviolet10b
Pairing: Gen
Length: 3928
Rating: Teen and up
Warnings: N/A
Verse: ACD Books
Author's summary: Watson assists Holmes in one of his cases with unexpected results.

Reccer's comments: I was the (extremely) lucky recipient of this fic in the Nov 2014 acd_holmesfest gift exchange, and you’re certain to be delighted by it too.

In the story Watson is asked merely to be a decoy while Holmes familiarises himself with the home of a fraudulent medium. But as things turn out, Watson is the one to take centrestage. He gets to demonstrate that he is a “man of action” but we also see him making an important deduction of his own. And you’ll find yourself cheering him on, all the way.

The piece has a wonderful touch of humour—in the opening paragraph Watson talks amusingly pragmatically about what must be a rather trying friendship at times. And I love that we’re allowed to witness exactly what an intelligent, brave and capable man he is. In short, why Dr. John H. Watson is the friend and colleague of Sherlock Holmes.

Also, it features the word “harrumph”, which makes it a definite winner in my eyes.