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. After his death, one of his journals from the interim period was discovered to be missing, and in the decades since, has never been found…. Though the writer kept detailed diaries of his days and work, Conan Doyle never explained this sudden change of heart. Then in 1901, just as abruptly as Conan Doyle had “murdered” Holmes in “The Final Problem,” he resurrected him. London spiraled into mourning-crowds sported black armbands in grief-and railed against Conan Doyle as his assassin. In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes-adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines, anticipating the detective’s next adventure, only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off. Named “One of the Century’s Best 100 Mysteries” by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association. In their first case together, they must track down a kidnapped American senator’s daughter and confront a truly cunning adversary: a bomber who has set trip wires for the sleuths and who will stop at nothing to end their partnership.įull of brilliant deductions, disguises, and dangers, this first book of the Mary Russell – Sherlock Holmes mysteries is “wonderfully original and entertaining…absorbing from beginning to end.” ( Booklist). Under his reluctant tutelage, this very modern 20th-century woman proves a deft protégée and a fitting partner for the Victorian detective. Fifteen years old, gawky, egotistical, and recently orphaned, the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes – and match him wit for wit. In 1915, Sherlock Holmes is retired and quietly engaged in the study of honeybees when a young woman literally stumbles into him on the Sussex Downs. King comes the book that introduced us to the ingenious Mary Russell – Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Kingįrom New York Times best-selling author Laurie R. Purchases made through links result in a small commission to us at no added cost to you. I can pretty much guarantee you’ll find something worth reading. I have Bookstagram to thank for most of the other finds! There are contemporary series, YA picks, female Sherlocks, and more! So if you are a Sherlock Holmes die-hard fan like me, I invite you to take a look at this round-up of Sherlock Holmes Fiction. I have my dad to thank for introducing me to the Laurie King and Bakers Street series you see below. I watch the movie and TV show adaptations all the time, but it’s the literary spin-offs and remakes that really get me excited. I’ve been reading Sherlock Holmes and books inspired by him ever since. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is beyond genius for inventing this dynamic duo and I’m forever grateful that my dad forced his copy into my hands one snowy day. Holmes and Watson are the perfect duo in my book.
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