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Inspired by Sherlock Holmes
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The great detective has inspired many works, including these retellings, sequels, and pastiches that feature familiar characters in new ways.
Updated September 19, 2022
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The Beekeeper's Apprentice
Laurie R. King
Ebook
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. Fifteen years old, gawky, egotistical, and recently orphaned, the young Mary Russell displays an intellect to impress even Sherlock Holmes--and...
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The Final Solution. A Story of Detection
Michael Chabon
Paper Book
A brilliant reworking of the detective story by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning 'The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay'. In the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay", prose magician Michael Chabon conjured...
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The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz
Paper Book
The Sunday Times bestselling official Sherlock Holmes mystery. THE GAME'S AFOOT... It is November 1890, and London is gripped by a merciless winter. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when an agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221b Baker...
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The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer
Paper Book
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Moriarty
Anthony Horowitz
Paper Book
Sherlock Holmes is dead. Days after Holmes and his arch-enemy Moriarty fall to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton agent Frederick Chase arrives in Europe from New York. The death of Moriarty has created a poisonous vacuum which has been swiftly filled by a fiendish new criminal...
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The Angel of the Crows
Katherine Addison
Paper Book
This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters you think they are. This is not the book you are expecting. London 1888. Angels inhabit every public building, and vampires and werewolves walk the streets with human beings...
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The Infernal Device
Michael Kurland
Paper Book
A dangerous adversary seeking to topple the British monarchy places Moriarty in mortal jeopardy, forcing him to collaborate with his nemesis Sherlock Holmes.
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