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 visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap – a wanted criminal who seems to have … cap – a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place.
Almost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more. And as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society.
The Arthur Conan Doyle Estate chose the celebrated, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz to write The House of Silk because of his proven ability to tell a transfixing story and for his passion for all things Holmes. Destined to become an instant classic, The House of Silk brings Sherlock Holmes back with all the nuance, pacing, and almost superhuman powers of analysis and deduction that made him the world’s greatest detective, in a case depicting events too shocking, too monstrous to ever appear in print…until now.
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I believe Sir Arthur would give Mr. Horowitz a pat on the back for his endeavors. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought I was reading a newly discovered Conan Doyle mystery. Everything about it was spot on. Flawless.
I read a lot of Sherlock Holmes as a kid, and this is written in exactly the same vein, with precise language and atmosphere just like the originals. The story takes a while to get going, but once it does, it lives up to its Sherlock Holmes name.
Anthony Horowitz is such a superb and versatile author and there is no finer exhibition of his talents than this new Sherlock Holmes novel. I loved it.
The plotted is intricate and delivered in very believable Conan Doyle language. It is instantly gripping and fast-paced, littered as it is with plenty of twists, plenty of clues and plenty of …
Overall a strong contender as the story is written truth to the Doyle’s style.
Amazing!!! I didn’t know that there was another book entered into the Sherlock Holmes cannon! Anthony Horowitz did an incredible job of writing as Watson! Loved it so much!
A story that Conan Doyle could have written, so perfectly has Anthony Horowitz captured the style and voice of Watson. An intriguing tale that keeps you turning the page.
Much as he’s done with his representation of James Bond, Mr. Horowitz has managed to capture the feel of the original stories and present a tale of Sherlock Holmes that feels as if it were penned by Doyle himself. I really enjoyed reading this book and will delve back into it more than once. I recommend it highly.
A Sherlock mystery with a disturbing, but more than likely viable storyline. Of course, I didn’t really unscramble any of it myself. The question ‘can you swim?’ puzzled me until the very last few pages. I did, however, suspect Sherlock’s arch nemesis. But then again, who doesn’t when reading a Sherlock based novel? I shouldn’t have stopped …
As with all of Horowitz’s book is outstanding!
This book was a great Sherlock Holmes page-turner. I couldn’t believe it was not Arthur Conan Doyle doing the writing, except for a few things i don’t believe Sherlock would have said. 😉 It is such a combination of mystery – you don’t know which story you are following the most – it seems they cannot be connected at all. But Horowitz does a …
Wonderful Sherlock Holmes pastiche. Mr. Horowitz does a great job of adopting ACD’s style, but creates an original story with all the twists and turns we love.
I made a mistake about hesitating and procrastinating reading this Sherlock Holmes. Horowitz masterfully captures Sir Arthur’s style and portrays Sherlock, Watson, Mycroft, and Moriarty as they were originally created.
With Dr. Watson retrospectively recounting this particular case, readers are treated to both a narrative of events and the …