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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
Paper Book
An Agatha Award Best Novel Nominee Named One of the Century's Best 100 Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association FromNew York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King comes the book that introduced us to the ingenious Mary Russell...
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The House of Silk
Anthony Horowitz
Paper Book
For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, The Game's Afoot... London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs...
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A Study in Charlotte
Brittany Cavallaro
Paper Book
The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter. Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte...
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The Case of the Missing Marquess
Nancy Springer
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Now a Netflix original movie starring Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, and Helena Bonham Carter! Meet Enola Holmes, teenaged girl turned detective and the younger sister to Sherlock Holmes. When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her...
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Moriarty
Anthony Horowitz
Paper Book
The game is once again afoot in this thrilling mystery from the bestselling author of The House of Silk, sanctioned by the Conan Doyle estate, which explores what really happened when Sherlock Holmes and his arch nemesis Professor Moriarty tumbled to their doom at the Reichenbach Falls. ...
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A Study in Scarlet Women
Sherry Thomas
Paper Book
USA Today bestselling author Sherry Thomas turns the story of the renowned Sherlock Holmes upside down in the first novel in this Victorian mystery series.... With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the...
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Mycroft Holmes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Paper Book
A new novel written by NBA All-Star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! Fresh out of Cambridge University, the young Mycroft Holmes is already making a name for himself in government, working for the Secretary of State for War. Yet this most British of civil servants has strong ties to the...
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The Angel of the Crows
Katherine Addison
Paper Book
Katherine Addison, author of The Goblin Emperor, returns with The Angel of the Crows, a fantasy novel of alternate 1880s London, where killers stalk the night and the ultimate power is naming. This is not the story you think it is. These are not the characters...
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The Baker Street Letters
Michael Robertson
Paper Book
"First in a spectacular new series about two brother lawyers who lease offices on London's Baker Street--and begin receiving mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes "In Los Angeles, a geological surveyor maps out a proposed subway route--and then goes missing. His eight-year-old daughter, in her...
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The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes
Leonard Goldberg
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2017 RT Reviewers' Choice--Best Historical Mystery From USA Today and internationally bestselling author Leonard Goldberg comes The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes, a new thrilling tale of the great detective's daughter and her companion Dr. John Watson, Jr. as they...
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The Affair of the Mysterious Letter
Alexis Hall
Paper Book
In this charming, witty, and weird fantasy novel, Alexis Hall pays homage to Sherlock Holmes with a new twist on those renowned characters. Upon returning to the city of Khelathra-Ven after five years fighting a war in another universe, Captain John Wyndham finds himself looking...
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A Study in Brimstone
G. S. Denning
Paper Book
Sherlock Holmes is an unparalleled genius. Warlock Holmes is an idiot. A font of arcane power, certainly. But he's brilliantly dim. Frankly, he couldn't deduce his way out of a paper bag. The only thing he has really got going for him are the might of a thousand demons...
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A Study in Honor
Claire O'Dell
Paper Book
Winner of the Lambda Literary Award in Lesbian Mystery A selection in Parade's roundup of "25 Hottest Books of Summer 2018" A Paste Magazine's Most Anticipated 25 books of 2018 pick A Medium's Books pick for We Can't Wait to Read in 2018 list ...
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