Most Popular Books by Jim Nelson

He took on Sherlock Holmes and lost. Now he wants revenge. In 1888, Sherlock Holmes slayed the spectral hound haunting the Devonshire moor, thereby laying to rest the curse of the Baskervilles once and for all. The perpetrator escaped into the night and was presumed drowned, consumed by the murky bog... In truth, the criminal mastermind survived the night to nurse his wounds and plot his revenge against Sherlock Holmes. A MAN NAMED BASKERVILLE recounts the life and times of Rodger Baskerville, heir to the esteemed family''s fortune. His journal records his adventures from the Amazon rainforests to the beaches of Costa Rica to Victorian England, where he attempts to rejoin his family and take his rightful place at Baskerville Hall. Along the way, he peels back the layers of family secrets and scandals untold in Watson''s account of the demonic hound haunting the Baskervilles. Most of all, he describes a Sherlock Holmes unlike the legendary detective you think you know. A MAN NAMED BASKERVILLE retells the infamous Arthur Conan Doyle mystery in a way you''ve never read before. It''s a sizzling new take on a classic hailed as a masterpiece of the English language, named one of the most influential books ever by the BBC and Le Monde, and beloved by Sherlock Holmes fans worldwide for over a century.

During the first week of the pandemic lockdown, a security guard starts seeing things he''s not supposed to see. Men working underground on Internet data lines in the dead of night-neighborhood patrols enforcing the shelter-in-place order-the upcoming presidential election looking bought and paid for-and a conspiracy to steal millions of dollars in BitCoin. All the while, he shows worrying symptoms he''s infected with COVID-19. It''s only a matter of days-even hours-before he''s taken into emergency care and quarantined in an isolation unit. All signs point to something amiss in his affluent suburban town...and the further he digs into it, the more he discovers nothing is as it seems. "No one tells a hard-boiled tale like Jim Nelson." - Instant City "Nelson is a tried and tested author." - The Drifting Paige

If you''re looking for an informed, scholarly discussion of poetry, don''t buy this book. Jim Nelson is literally an amateur. He loves poetry and he shares his opinions, oblivious of their validity. Jim is what you might call an eclectic writer, or more accurately, one unable to focus his attention. He has written two novels followed by a book on insects and now here comes a book on poetry. No telling what his next masterpiece might be. (He insisted on us using the adjective "masterpiece." Since he paid to have this book printed, who are we to argue?) Jim has the temerity to suggest that the great Walt Whitman is not a poet. Ditto, Carl Sandburg, William Carlos Williams and the majority of contemporary poets. At the same time, he admits to greatly admiring these and other "non-poets." As an excuse for "having his cake and eating it too," he takes refuge in Emerson''s reassuring safety net: "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." There''s a "freebie" in this book: a second book! Jim shamelessly slipped in quite a few of his own poems at the back, just when you thought the book was finished. If you''d rather not read poems about cockroaches or a python, at least you might enjoy a few pretty pictures.

An autobiography of the senator and presidential candidate describes his spiritual awakening and the effect that this has had on his political views, outlining those views and his plans for America in the event of his election.

They hired a cybernetic detective to recover the Internet''s stolen digital history. They didn''t know his twisted past is the key to the crime. Security expert C.F. Naroy is hired to stop hackers from destroying the only remaining preserved copy of the Old Internet-"Old" because the Internet has been replaced by the Nexternet, a technology that allows anyone anywhere to transmit instantly love, hate, outrage, joy...their very thoughts. Emotions are sent like text messages. Others'' memories are streamed like movies. Naroy''s investigation uncovers blackmail, political intrigue, dark family secrets, and more than a few dead bodies. He also learns-the hard way-that the stolen data is so explosive, people are willing to kill for it. Then Naroy discovers his own painful past is the key to the entire affair. He must choose between solving the crime...or burying it for good. "No one tells a hard-boiled tale like Jim Nelson." - Instant City

An endearing collection of 14 stories that reveal the hilarious side of man''s efforts to bridle the horse.