Fic Rec: Sherlock, P.I.

[swissmarg]

Title: Sherlock, P.I.
Author: Callie4180
Pairing: Sherlock Holmes/John Watson, Mary Morstan/John Watson
Length: 83,266 words
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: None
Verse: BBC
Author's summary: For the Fall TV Sherlock fusion project. Sherlock, P.I. is an American television show that follows the exciting adventures of genius private investigator Sherlock Homes and his friends as they live their lives on the beautiful island of Oahu in Hawaii. Sherlock is a British expatriate, US citizen, and former agent for the US Naval Investigative Agency. His friends include Greg Lestrade, an ex-Navy Investigator and helicopter pilot; Molly Hooper, a former Navy Medical Examiner turned private beach club manager; and Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes, majordomo of the Masters Estate and well connected political and social figure. Sherlock solves crimes as he wrestles with the ghosts and demons of his past.

Reccer's comments: Don’t be fooled by the rather soft start: this is a full-on angstfest with a huge plot that takes you from the lush tropical beaches of Hawaii in the 1980s to the treacherous jungles of Viet Nam in the mid-70s and even further into the troubled mind of one Sherlock Holmes. The plot takes nail-biting twists and turns as the past comes back to haunt the present, and everyone has more secrets than they know what to do with. The characters all transfer beautifully to the setting and I was particularly impressed with the interpretations of Molly and Mary. I’m only vaguely familiar with the TV series this is based on, but I had great fun with it anyway. As of this writing, this fic doesn’t have nearly the number of kudos or hits that it’s worth, in my opinion, so whatever it is that’s putting you off from giving this a try, set it aside, grab a pina colada, and settle in on the beach for a great read.

Comments

[mirabile-dictu.livejournal.com]

this fic doesn’t have nearly the number of kudos or hits that it’s worth

I agree! I do know Magnum, PI, and that really put me off, but I was desperate for something to read and then fell completely into the story and characterizations. Really an exciting read -- in fact, I read it twice, I enjoyed it that much.

[swissmarg]

Perhaps we can assure any potential readers by saying that Sherlock does not have a caterpillar mustache in this. I honestly can't say beyond that how similar or dissimilar it is to the TV series but all that aside, it's completely Sherlock and completely fabulous.

[grey853.livejournal.com]

I was put off by the use of present tense and the obvious rip off of Magnum PI. Plus, I love John as much as Sherlock and he's just not there for me. The voices didn't work.

Different strokes though.

[shezan.livejournal.com]

It would be a nice story, except that the author seems to think Hanoi was another South Vietnamese city and not the capital of the Communist north, i.e. the enemy. She also has laser visors in a story set around 1968, Honda Accords (first produced ten years later), and Calvin Klein boxers when these were first produced in the Nineties. Etc., etc. You can have one goof, but this just destroys the entire period setting.