sHERlock -- The Screenplay

by Mary Wasche, Stan Jones

Overview

• 1. Sherlock Holmes rescues a beautiful actress's nephew from a secret London boy brothel while hiding an even bigger secret: He's actually Eva Whittaker, a woman compelled by Victorian gender prejudice to pass as a man in order to follow her dream and become the world's greatest detective.
     
     Eva leads a double life. In public, She's the forensic genius we've always known. At home, she's a gorgeous and passionate woman who is deeply conflicted because her public persona prevents her from fully realizing herself as a woman. She and her lover, Dr. John Watson, live at constant risk of exposure, pregnancy, and sodomy charges.
     
     In sHERlock, she must outwit a pedophile bank chairman and overcome official corruption to rescue a child sex trafficking victim, even as she struggles with her own identity crisis and copes with Watson's growing infatuation with their beautiful client.
     
     sHERlock is a gender-bending erotic romp through the Sherlock Holmes legend. It's a story for our time, rich in drama, irony, humor and sexual politics, premised on the notion that the greatest intellect in fiction was actually a woman who grappled with the same societal roadblocks to success that still face women today. Enjoy an intoxicating new wine in a beloved old bottle!
     
     Film Festival Awards for sHERlock:
     Los Angeles Reel Film Festival – First Place Script
     Artemis Women in Action Film Festival – Best Pro Action Screenplay
     Anchorage International Film Festival – Best Screenplay

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765550854
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	04/01/2022
Pages:	118
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

MARY WASCHE is a journalist and photographer who lives in Minnesota. She is the author of Escape to Alaska, Resolute Heart, Murder in Wasilla, and Now or Never. With Stan Jones, she is co-author of the forthcoming Palm Springs-based mystery, Slab City. She is a former resident of Alaska.



STAN JONES is a native of Alaska and a former Bush pilot, award-winning journalist, and environmental advocate. He is the creator of the critically acclaimed Alaska-based Nathan Active mysteries, as well as the forthcoming Palm Springs-based mystery, Slab City, with Mary Wasche. His Nathan Active mysteries include White Sky, Black Ice; Shaman Pass; Frozen Sun; Village of the Ghost Bears; Tundra Kill; The Big Empty; and Ghost Light.

Editorial Reviews

Making Sherlock a woman is an interesting idea and very much in the zeitgeist right now. The tone of this film is fun and playful while tackling serious topics, yet it still works and brings a nice lightness to the narrative. The love triangle at the end is a fun reveal that adds depth to Eva, Watson, and Adler and could be expanded on even further. Fagin is a well-developed character who presents and interesting side to the film and his littles are creepy yet intriguing at the same time.

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