Watson tell his tale, in a virtuoso work of alternate history that finds President McKinley approaching the sleuth with a disturbing request Lee Child sends an FBI agent to investigate a crime near today’s Baker Street-only to get a twenty-first-century shock Jacqueline Winspear spins a story of a plucky boy inspired by the detective to make his own deductions and graphic artist Colin Cotterill portrays his struggle to complete this assignment in his hilarious “The Mysterious Case of the Unwritten Short Story.”* In perfect tribute comes this delicious collection of twisty, clever, and enthralling studies of a timeless icon.ġ03. These modern masters place the sleuth in suspenseful new situations, create characters who solve Holmesian mysteries, contemplate Holmes in his later years, fill gaps in the Sherlock Holmes Canon, and reveal their own personal obsessions with the Great Detective. These are just three of eighteen superstar authors who provide fascinating, thrilling, and utterly original perspectives on Sherlock Holmes in this one-of-a-kind book. A Study in Sherlock (Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon, #1) Russell’s attentions turn to the New Temple of God and its leader, Margery Childe, a charismatic suffragette and a mystic, whose draw on the young theology scholar is irresistible.īut when four bluestockings from the Temple turn up dead shortly after changing their wills, could sins of a capital nature be afoot? Holmes and Russell investigate, as their partnership takes a surprising turn in A Monstrous Regiment of Women by Laurie R. Independent at last, with a passion for divinity and detective work, her most baffling mystery may now involve Holmes and the burgeoning of a deeper affection between herself and the retired detective. It is 1921 and Mary Russell–Sherlock Holmes’s brilliant apprentice, now an Oxford graduate with a degree in theology–is on the verge of acquiring a sizable inheritance. A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #2) by Laurie R. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society.ġ05. And then the first murder takes place.Īlmost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more.Īnd as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap – a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. The House of Silk (Anthony Horowitz’s Holmes, #1) Our coverage of Sherlockian books, TV and movies is also available here.ġ06. Note: We encourage graphic novel fans to check out 18 Best Sherlock Holmes Graphic Novels To Read Now. Titles by Anthony Hurwitz such as Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes, #2) are must-reads and there are picks for those looking for cross-genre fiction. There is something for everyone: those interested in International settings will enjoy Sherlock Holmes, The Missing Years: Japan by Vasudev Murthy. Die-hard Sherlock Holmes fans will be delighted with our newly developed and comprehensive review of the best Sherlock Holmes books (both fiction and anthologies) for 2022.
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