Sherlock Holmes: The Sign of Seven
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- $12.99
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
A stunning collection of seven brand-new mystery novellas featuring the redoubtable Sherlock Holmes and his chronicler Dr. John Watson
Eliminate the impossible...
Sherlock Holmes lives on in this extraordinary collection of brand-new novellas. Marvel as the master detective scours London's sewers to expose the killer of a mudlark; attends a deadly séance that may prove a man's guilt; visits a dark carnival with an unusual menu; solves the murder of an Egyptologist's butler; uncovers the shocking secret of a tobacco dealer; sets sail for America to investigate the death of a cult leader and settles an old score for his famous associate Inspector Lestrade.
The Sign of the Seven features seven brand-new mystery adventures written by masters of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche, including Andrew Lane, author of the Young Sherlock series; New York Times–bestselling author James Lovegrove; and Edgar Award nominee Lyndsay Faye.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This high-quality Sherlock Holmes pastiche anthology collects seven original novellas, most of which succeed in recreating the tone and personalities of Conan Doyle's originals. The most memorable entry, Lyndsay Faye's "Our Common Correspondent," consists of a series of diary entries written by Inspector Lestrade, who emerges as a three-dimensional figure instead of a stereotyped Scotland Yarder either jealous of or amazed by the great detective. Lestrade must find a missing housemaid while dealing with an even ruder than usual Holmes, who's unsettled by Watson's impending nuptials. Faye blends an intriguing mystery with a plausible deepening of the relationships among Lestrade, Holmes, and Watson that could well have Sherlockians hoping for more cases recounted from the inspector's viewpoint. Derrick Belanger offers the best straight pastiche, "The Adventure of the Heroic Tobacconist," in which Holmes looks into the stabbing death of a Boer War veteran, despite a confession to the crime. Stuart Douglas, James Lovegrove, and David Stuart Davies also demonstrate their talents for traditional pastiche. Fans of the Baker Street sleuth won't want to miss this one.
