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• Arthur and Sherlock

  Conan Doyle and the Creation of Holmes

  Sims, Michael, 1958-

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  This biography of the creator of the Sherlock Holmes stories illuminates the author's influences and literary legacy.

• The Disappearance of Alastair Ainsworth

  a Daughter of Sherlock Holmes Mystery

  Goldberg, Leonard S.,

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  London, 1915. Cryptographer Alistair Ainsworth has been kidnapped by Germans. Sherlock Holmes's daughter, Joanna Blalock, assisted by her husband, Dr. John Watson, Jr., joins forces with police and British Intelligence to prevent the German agents…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs. Sherlock Holmes

  the True Story of New York's City's Greatest Female Detective and the 1917 Missing Girl Case That Captivated a Nation

  Ricca, Brad,

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  The true story of Grace Humiston, the first female U.S. District Attorney and traveling detective who, in 1917, found a missing 18-year-old girl when the entire NYPD had given up.

• The Magic Bullet

  a Locked Room Mystery Featuring Shadwell Rafferty and Sherlock Holmes

  Millett, Larry, 1947-

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  Holmes only makes a cameo appearance in this mystery featuring saloon keeper Shadwell Rafferty, and which takes place in St. Paul, Minnesota.

• In the Company of Sherlock Holmes

  Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

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  This anthology of stories in the spirit of Sherlock Holmes features authors such as Jeffrey Deaver and Michael Connelly, who aren't known for setting stories in that era.

• The Daughter of Sherlock Holmes

  Goldberg, Leonard S.,

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  A few years after the death of Sherlock Holmes, the elderly Dr. Watson and his physician son encounter the adult daughter of Irene Adler and Holmes. Once the Watsons realize Joanna Blalock possesses a mind as keen as her father's, she is asked to…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Adventure of the Plated Spoon and Other Tales of Sherlock Holmes

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  This is an interesting collection of Sherlockian tales from authors ranging from J.M. Barrie (Peter Pan) to Arthur Conan Doyle's son Adrian.

• Associates of Sherlock Holmes

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  This collection of short stories by a variety of authors are told from the perspective of different characters in the Holmes universe: Mycroft Holmes, Inspector Lestrade, etc.

• Moriarty

  a Novel

  Horowitz, Anthony, 1955-

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  Set immediately after the apparent fatal encounter between Holmes and Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls, Pinkerton Detective Frederick Chase teams up with Scotland Yard's Inspector Athelney Jones to track down a new crime lord who seems to have stepped…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Arrowood

  Finlay, Mick,

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  Investigative agent William Arrowood is consumed by jealousy over the fawning accolades heaped on Sherlock Holmes. He considers his own methods superior to that of the more up-market Holmes, and strives with mixed success to prove it. In this he is…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Brothers of Baker Street

  Robertson, Michael, 1951-

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  This is the second adventure featuring brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath, barristers in modern London whose leased chambers address match the fictional address of Sherlock Holmes. This adventure has the brothers dealing with someone claiming to be…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance

  Featuring Shadwell Rafferty

  Millett, Larry, 1947-

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  Set in Minneapolis at the beginning of the 20th century, the main character is Shadwell Rafferty, an Irish saloon keeper and acquaintance of Sherlock Holmes who enlists his help to solve the lynching of a union activist.

• A Study in Charlotte

  a Charlotte Holmes Novel

  Cavallaro, Brittany

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  This debut novel features Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson, descendants of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Charlotte and Jamie meet and form their friendship at a Connecticut boarding school. Slight on the mystery aspect of the story, this is a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Echoes of Sherlock Holmes

  Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

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  This collection features stories by well-known authors such as Denise Mina, Cory Doctorow and Deborah Crombie, as well as lesser-known authors.

• The God of the Hive

  a Novel of Suspense Featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

  King, Laurie R

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  Former Holmes apprentice Mary Russell, now his wife, tries to protect Sherlock's granddaughter while Sherlock tends to his wounded son.

• The Return of Moriarty

  Gardner, John, 1926-2007

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• The Beekeeper's Apprentice

  on the Segregation of the Queen

  King, Laurie R

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  A retired Sherlock Holmes takes on an apprentice, 15-year-old Mary Russell. She quickly proves to be his intellectual equal.

• Mycroft Holmes

  a Novel

  Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem, 1947-

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  Sherlock Holmes' older brother Mycroft stars in this debut fiction co-written by basketball great and Holmes buff Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The story takes the young Mycroft to Trinidad to investigate what some believe to be dark occult goings-on. What…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• IQ

  Ide, Joe

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  Isaiah Quintabe, aka "IQ", has an intellect measured at near-genius levels, yet circumstances force him to drop out of school, erasing his dream of attending college and sucking him reluctantly into criminal activity in East Long Beach, California.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Holmes on the Range

  Hockensmith, Steve

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  Otto (Big Red) and Gustav (Old Red) Amlingmeyer are cowboys in the closing days of the old west. Big Red reads the serialized adventures of Sherlock Holmes over the campfire to his illiterate older brother Old Red. Old Red is so taken with Holmes'…Read moreRead more of this annotation