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Sherlock Holmes Revisited Conan Doyle’s famous detective.

The House of Silk: A Sherlock Holmes Novel by Anthony Horowitz

It is 1890, a year after Holmes’ death, Watson — now in a retirement home — narrates a tale
of Sherlockian detection that could tear apart the very fabric of society. FIC HOROWITZ

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: Or, on the Segregation of the Queen

by Laurie R. King
A chance meeting with an elderly beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation
when fifteen-year-old Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive Sherlock
Holmes, who soon takes on the role of mentor and teacher. First title in the Mary Russell and
Sherlock Holmes series. FIC KING

The Dark Water: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes by David Pirie
A man has died in suspicious circumstances and more hideous crimes are yet to come as Dr.
Bell and Doyle strive to hunt down the criminal mastermind. Third title in the Arthur Conan
Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell series. FIC PIRIE

The Haunting of Torre Abbey by Carole Bugge

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are stumped by a murder in a haunted 12th century
monastery-turned-manor house, and they must test a new set of skills in order to crack this
supernatural mystery. Second book in the author’s Sherlock Holmes series. FIC BUGGE

The Final Solution: A Story of Detection by Michael Chabon

Deep in the rural English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old beekeeper (and one-time
famous detective) becomes involved with nine-year-old Linus Steinman, a young refugee
from Nazi Germany whose sole companion, an African grey parrot, spews out a mysterious
series of German numbers that could hold the key to a dangerous secret. FIC CHABON

The Perils of Sherlock Holmes: Short Stories by Loren D. Estleman

A collection of eight new Sherlock Holmes mysteries including three essays that delve into the
detective’s daring world and the mind of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. FIC ESTLEMAN

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Castle Rouge: An Irene Adler Novel by Carole Nelson Douglas
When a man pretending to be Jack the Ripper escapes from a lunatic asylum in Paris, Sherlock
Holmes and Irene Adler are on the case, following leads that will take them as far afield as
Bohemia and drawing on the assistance of some unusual allies, including Bram Stoker, to stop
a potential bloodbath. Sixth title in the Irene Adler series. FIC DOUGLAS

The Baker Street Letters by Michael Robertson

Leasing office space on London’s Baker Street that was once occupied by Sherlock Holmes,
brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath discover a lease stipulation that they receive letters sent to
the famous detective, an arrangement that turns dangerous when Nigel disappears. First title
in the Baker Street series. AV AREA TB/CD ROBERTSON

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Original Stories

edited by Martin Harry Greenberg
Authorized by Dame Jean Conan Doyle, this anthology of fifteen Sherlock Holmes mystery
short stories includes works by Stephen King, John Gardner, Dorothy B. Hughes,
Michael Gilbert, Peter Lovesy, and other eminent mystery writers. FIC NEW

The Science of Sherlock Holmes: From Baskerville Hall to the Valley of Fear,
the Real Forensics Behind the Great Detective’s Greatest Cases by E. J. Wagner
A crime historian uses the fictitious cases of Sherlock Holmes as a way to explain forensics
during the Victorian age, describing the history of the field at this time. 363.25 W

The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes by Caleb Carr

Legendary detective Sherlock Holmes finds himself on the trail of a murderer whose
connections may run all the way up the social ladder to the royal family. FIC CARR

A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin

In 1947, 93 year-old Sherlock Holmes lives out his retirement in a remote Sussex farmhouse
with a housekeeper and her young son, Roger, who stumbles upon information about
Holmes’s secret past and long-ago infatuation with Mrs. Keller, while the one-time master
detective tends his apiary, writes in journals, and copes with the fading powers of his mind.
FIC CULLIN

Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula: The Adventure of the Sanguinary Count

by Loren D. Estleman
The intrepid Sherlock Holmes investigates the crimes of a seemingly undead adversary who is
committing bizarre nocturnal crimes in London in the wake of a schooner shipwreck.
FIC ESTLEMAN

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