New stories featuring Sir Arthur 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
Oxford Public Library 530 Pontiac Road - Oxford, Michigan 48371 (248) 628-3034 - miopl.org Annotations Courtesy of Baker & Taylor Updated 1/13 HM 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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