NOVELS

Arthur Conan Doyle created Sherlock Holmes-the world's first consulting detective in 1887. At one point in his career Doyle got so tired of his famous character that he actually killed him off. But such was the outcry that he found a way to resurrect Holmes. Even Doyle's passing was not enough to bring the great detective's career to an end. No character in all of literature has been the subject of so many homages, parodies & pastiches. Here are but a few:

Val Andrews
Sherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Murder. Gaslight, 2006.
Dr. Watson lures Sherlock Holmes out of retirement to investigate the disappearance of a young woman and a murder in Brighton, where he has gone to manage another doctor's practice.

Lloyd Biggle Jr.
The Glendower Conspiracy: A Memoir of Sherlock Holmes from the Papers of Edward Porter Jones, His Late Assistant. Council Oak, 1990.
Two men appeal to Holmes to help solve the murder of a Welsh landowner-a killing that seems suspiciously linked to the secretive Robert Owen Study League. By the same author: The Quallsford Inheritance (St. M., 1986).

Caleb Carr
The Italian Secretary: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. C&G, 2005.
The author who brought us The Alienist has the famed detective and his loyal side-kick Watson investigating a pair of murders at Holyrood House, the royal palace in Edinburgh, perpetrated by someone with high connections...very high connections.

Mitch Cullin
A Slight Trick of the Mind. Talese, 2005.
In 1947, Sherlock Holmes is 93 and is living out his retirement in a remote Sussex farmhouse with a housekeeper and her young son, Roger, who stumbles upon information about Holmes's secret past.

Michael Dibdin
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story. Pantheon, 1978.
When London is stunned by the Whitechapel murders, Sherlock Holmes takes an interest in the case, convinced that he alone is capable of cutting through the cunning killer's webs of deception to reveal the unholy genius at the heart of it all.

Paul D. Gilbert
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra. R. Hale. 2010.
While pondering the fate of a seemingly abandoned clipper ship found with only crew member--a dying young cabin boy--aboard, Holmes also looks into the matter of the disappearance of a famous archaeologist.

Barry Grant
The Strange Return of Sherlock Holmes. Severn, 2010.
After finishing a tour in Afghanistan as an embedded journalist, James Wilson (hmmm...initials "JW") retires to Herefordshire where his new roommate, a somewhat eccentric fellow named Cedric Coombes, possesses magnificent deductive powers that remind him of a certain erstwhile detective. But it's the 21st century, so how can it be? Followed by: Sherlock Holmes & the Shakespeare Letter (2010).

Robert Lee Hall
Exit Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective's Final Days. Scribner, 1977.
Where did Sherlock Holmes acquire his many skills as a fencer, violinist, scientist and detective? Why did he tell Watson so little about his brother? And what was the actual relationship between Holmes and his arch nemesis, Moriarty? This "recently discovered" account answers all these questions and more.

Edward B. Hanna
The Whitechapel Horrors. Carroll & Graf, 1992.
Holmes is faced with a crisis of conscience when confronted with disclosing the identity of Jack the Ripper.

Michael Hardwick
Sherlock Holmes, My Life & Crimes. Doubleday, 1984.
Sherlock Holmes relates his own life story. By the same author: Revenge of the Hound (1987)..

Anita Janda
The Secret Diary of Dr. Watson: Death at the Reichenbach Fall. A&B, 2001.
With Dr. Watson's attempts to chronicle the adventures of his friend Holmes constantly thwarted by both his editor at The Strand and by Holmes himself, Watson begins a secret journal in which he tells the real story-behind-the-legend.

L. Frank James
An Opened Grave: Sherlock Holmes Investigates His Ultimate Case. Salt Works, 2006.
And now for something completely different...After an apparent miracle saves his life and causes him to begin to question his own world-view, Holmes, with Watson in tow, borrows a time machine. The two find themselves in Jerusalem on the day of Christ's crucifixion to investigate one of the greatest mysteries of all.

John R. King
The Shadow of Reichenbach Falls. Forge, 2008.
Two picnickers to Reichenbach Falls witness a fight between two men and rush to help when one of them falls to his apparent death. They find the man alive but suffering from amnesia. What will happen to the great detective when his nemesis Moriarty learns he is still alive?

Faye Lyndsay
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings. S&S, 2009.
Holmes sets out to capture the killer responsible for terrifying London's East End. But when he himself is wounded during an attempt to catch the savage monster, the popular press begins questioning the great detective's role in the very crimes he is so fervently struggling to prevent.

Sena Jeter Naslund
Sherlock in Love. Godine, 1993.
While writing a biography of his late friend, Dr. Watson finds himself the target of death threats from someone determined that certain aspects of Holmes' private life remain just that.

Jamyang Norbu
Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years. Bloomsbury, 1999.
Where was Sherlock Holmes during those two years after he reportedly perished at the Richenbach Falls? According to this recently uncovered account, he was battling the forces of evil in India and Tibet.

David Pirie
The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes. Minotaur, 2002, 2001.
Puzzled by a traumatized patient with visions of a menacing figure on a bicycle, young Dr. Arthur Conan Doyle calls on his mentor, the charismatic Dr. Joseph Bell (said to be the inspiration for Sherlock Holmes) for advice.

Nick Rennison
Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography. Atlantic Monthly, 2005.
A fictional biography of the life and times of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes, covering his lonely childhood, his "missing years," and the story behind his cocaine addiction.

Theodore Riccardi
The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes. RH, 2003.
After his supposed death after battling his nemesis, Professor Moriarty, Holmes travels far and wide taking on a variety of master criminals from Sumatra to Tibet. Followed by: Between the Thames & the Tiber (2011).

Fred Saberhagen
Séance for a Vampire. TOR , 1994.
When a séance leaves a spiritualist dead and Holmes missing, Dr. Watson calls upon Holmes's cousin, Prince Dracula, for assistance.

Donald Thomas
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice from the Crypt. C&G, 2002, 2001.
Fact and fiction combine in these six tales in which Holmes becomes involved in true crimes, such as the infamous Dr. Crippen. A sequel to The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes (1998). By the same author: The Execution of Sherlock Holmes (2008, 07) and Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil (2009).

June Thomson
Holmes and Watson. C&G, 2001, 1995.
A fictional dual biography of the brilliant, inscrutable sleuth and his loyal friend & companion.

Alan Vanneman
Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra. C&G, 2003, 2002.
In a story that seems more H. G. Wells than Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes investigates a couple of mysterious deaths in a journey that takes him from Egypt to India to Singapore. Followed by: Sherlock Holmes and the Hapsburg Tiara (2004).

Gerard Williams
Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery. T. Dunne, 2001.
When Dr. James Mortimer, the man who brought the case of the Hound of the Baskervilles to the attention of Sherlock Holmes, agrees to fill in for another doctor in an emergency, he finds himself embroiled in a dark and tangled mystery. Read also: Dr. Mortimer and the Barking Man (2001).

Mysteries Series

Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, by Carole Buggé

Holmes and Watson ride again, so to speak, in this very Doyle-like series.

The Star of India. St. Martin's, 1998.
The Haunting of Torre Abbey. St. Martin's, 2000.

Sherlock Holmes Mysteries, by L. B. Greenwood

Greenwood faithfully recreates the elegant writing style of Arthur Conan Doyle in these new adventures of England's most famous detective and his trusty partner.

Sherlock Holmes and Case of the Raleigh Legacy. Atheneum, 1986.
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sabina Hall. S&S, 1988.
Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland. S&S, 1989.

From the American Chronicles of John H. Watson, by Larry Millett

These "unearthed" manuscripts describe the cases tackled by Holmes & Watson in Minnesota, ably assisted by barkeep Shadwell Rafferty.

Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon. Viking, 1996.
Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders. Viking, 1998.
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery. Viking, 1999.
Sherlock Homes and the Secret Alliance. Viking, 2001.
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes. Viking, 2002.
The Magic Bullet. Univ. of MN, 2011.

From the Memoirs of John H. Watson, by Nicholas Meyer

Holmes is aided by Dr. Sigmund Freud in finding the source of his obsessive pursuit of Prof. Moriarty, solves the riddle of Jack the Ripper, and takes on the Phantom of the Opera.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution. Dutton, 1974.
The West End Horror. Dutton, 1976.
The Canary Trainer. Norton, 1993.

"Sherlock Holmes and the"...series, by Barrie Roberts

Holmes is called out of retirement (with Watson along for the ride) to combat more evil villains and nefarious criminals.

Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac. Constable, 1994.
Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail. Constable, 1995.
Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell. Constable, 1997.
Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush. Constable, 1998.
Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest of Death. Constable, 1999.
Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder. C & G, 2002.
Sherlock Holmes and the Rule of Nine. Severn, 2004.
Sherlock Holmes and the King's Governess. Severn, 2005.
Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels. Severn, 2007.

Inspector Sholto Lestrade Series, by M. J. Trow

In his revisionist re-telling of the Sherlock Holmes legend, it is Lestrade who is the true sleuthing brain, the intelligent and intuitive bright light of law and order in Victoria's England.

The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade. Regnery, 1998, 1985.
Brigade: Further Adventures of Lestrade. Regnery, 1998, 1986.
Lestrade and the Hallowed House. Regnery, 1999, 1987.
Lestrade and the Leviathan. Regnery, 1999, 1988.
Lestrade and the Brother of Death. Regnery, 1999, 1988.
Lestrade and the Ripper. Regnery, 1999, 1988.
Lestrade and the Guardian Angel. Regnery, 1999, 1990.
Lestrade and the Deadly Game. Regnery, 1999, 1990.
Lestrade and the Gift of the Prince. Regnery, 2000, 1991.
Lestrade and the Magpie. Regnery, 2000.
Lestrade and the Dead Man's Hand. Regnery, 2000.
Lestrade and the Sign of Nine. Regnery, 2000.
Lestrade and the Sawdust Ring. Regnery, 2000.
Lestrade and the Mirror of Murder. Regnery, 2001.
Lestrade and the Kiss of Horus. Regnery, 2001.
Lestrade and the Devil's Own. Regnery, 2001.

Irene Adler Series, by Carole Nelson Douglas

Irene Adler, the beautiful opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, uses her own brilliant reasoning powers to solve crime in Victorian London.

Good Night, Mr. Holmes. TOR, 1990.
Good Morning, Irene. TOR, 1990.
Irene at Large. TOR, 1992.
Irene's Last Waltz. TOR, 1993.
Chapel Noir. Forge, 2001.
Castle Rouge. Forge, 2002.
Femme Fatale. Forge, 2003.
Spider Dance. Forge, 2004.

Mary Russell Series by Laurie R. King

15-year old Mary Russell make the acquaintance of Sherlock Holmes in Sussex, where he has retired to study the behavior of honeybees. To his surprise, Mary proves herself to be his intellectual equal despite her age and she becomes his protégé.

The Beekeeper's Apprentice, Or On the Segregation of the Queen. St. Martin's, 1994.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women. St. Martin's, 1995.
A Letter of Mary. St. Martin's, 1996.
The Moor. St. Martin's, 1998.
O Jerusalem! Bantam, 1999.
Justice Hall. Bantam, 2002.
The Game. Bantam, 2004.
Locked Rooms. Bantam, 2005.
The Language of Bees. Bantam, 2009
The God of the Hive. Bantam, 2010
Pirate King. Bantam, 2011

Mycroft Holmes Series, by Quinn Fawcett

It was only a matter of time before Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock's brother, got into the act with his own series of diabolical crimes to solves.

Against the Brotherhood. Forge, 1997
Embassy Row. Forge, 1998
The Flying Scotsman. Forge, 1999
The Scottish Ploy. Forge, 2001.

Mrs. Hudson Series, by Sydney Hosier

Emma Hudson, the longtime, ever-diligent housekeeper of that famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, proves she knows a thing or two about crime solving, aided by her dear companion Violet Warner.

Elementary, Mrs. Hudson. Avon, 1996
Murder, Mrs. Hudson. Avon, 1997
Most Baffling, Mrs. Hudson. Avon, 1998
The Game's Afoot, Mrs. Hudson. Avon, 1998

*Can't get enough of Mrs. Hudson? Try Mrs. Hudson and the Spirits' Curse (BPC, 2004) and Mrs. Hudson and the Malabar Rose (BPC, 2005), by Martin Davies.

The Journals of Dr. John Watson, by Wayne Worcester

The Monster of St. Marylebone. Signet, 1999.
A brutal madman is on the loose in one of London's toniest neighborhoods and Scotland Yard is at a loss for clues. They have no choice but to turn to Sherlock Holmes for help. Followed by: The Jewel of Covent Garden (Signet, 2000).

Short Stories

The Confidential Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, ed. by Marvin Kaye. St. Martin's, 1998.
The Game is Afoot: Parodies, Pastiches and Ponderings of Sherlock Holmes, ed. by Marvin Kaye. St. Martin's, 1994.
Ghosts in Baker Street, ed. by Martin H. Greenberg et al. C&G, 2006.
Holmes for the Holidays, ed. by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh. Berkley Prime Crime, 1996.
The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based on the Original Radio Plays by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher, by Ken Greenwald. Barnes & Noble, 1993, 1989.
The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures, ed. by Mike Ashley. Carroll & Graf, 1997.
More Holmes for the Holidays, ed. by Martin H. Greenberg, Jon L. Lellenberg & Carol-Lynn Waugh. Berkley Prime Crime, 1999.
Murder in Baker Street: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes, ed. by Martin H. Greenberg, et al. Carroll & Graf, 2002.
Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes, ed. by Martin H. Greenberg, et al. Carroll & Graf, 2002.
My Sherlock Holmes: Untold Stories of the Great Detective, ed. by Michael Kurland. St. Martin's, 2003.
Shadows Over Baker Street, ed. by Michael Reaves & John Pelan. Ballantine, 2003.
Sherlock Holmes: The Hidden Years, ed. by Michael Kurland. Minotaur, 2004.
Sherlock Holmes: The American years, ed. by Michael Kurland. Minotaur, 2010.
Sherlock Holmes in America, ed. by Martin H. Greenberg. Skyhorse, 2009.

Arthur Conan Doyle--A Man of "Character"

Conrad Allen
Murder on the Celtic. Minotaur, 2007.
Ships detectives (and secretly married) George Porter Dillman and Genevieve Masefield track on onboard murderer with some enthusiastic assistance (whether they want it or not) from First-class passenger Arthur Conan Doyle

Julian Barnes
Arthur and George. Knopf, 2006.
Chronicles the lives of two boys--George, the son of a Midlands vicar, and Arthur, growing up in Edinburgh--one who is forgotten by history, and one who becomes the creator of the world's most famous detective, as they pursue their separate destinies until they meet in a remarkable alliance. (Not a mystery)

Gyles Brandreth
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance. Touchstone, 2008, 2007.
When a young artist's model is been murdered, Oscar Wilde, who had befriended the boy, enlists his friends Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Sherard to help him investigate. Followed by: Oscar Wilde and a Game Called Murder (2008).

Gabriel Brownstein
The Man from Beyond. Norton, 2005.
Doyle is a champion of spiritualism, while famed magician Harry Houdini dismisses it as a lot of smoke and mirrors. In 1922 New York, the two men finds themselves at odds over the mysterious Margery, one of the most famous mediums of the day, while 22-year-old Molly Goodman, a young New York reporter, follows their on-going debate.

Debis Burges
Graves Gate. C&G, 2003.
Doyle receives a letter from dead psychiatrist, Dr. Bernard Gussmann, who promises the aged author proof of communication with the dead if he will bring one of three people into the presence of a woman in prison and about to be hanged. Doyle recruits former American spy Charles Baker to help him unravel the mystery of the letter.

Howard Engel
Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell: A Victorian Mystery. Overloook, 2003, 1997.
In 1879 Edinburgh, when a man is sentenced to hang for murder celebrated anatomy professor Dr. Bell is prevailed upon to uncover the true murderer and sets out to crack the case with help of his young student, Arthur Conan Doyle.

Sam McCarver
The Case of the 2nd Seance. Signet, 2000.
When the daughter of Prime Minister David Lloyd George mysteriously vanishes during a seance, one of the attendees, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who believes the spirit world is responsible calls in his old friend, paranormal detective Professor John Darnell (in other mysteries he collaborates with George Bernard Shaw and Agatha Christie), to investigate.

Barbara Michaels
Other Worlds. Harper, 2000, 1999..
Four Masters of mystery--Harry Houdini, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, psychoanalyst Nandor Fodor, and a writer who rivals them all with her sleuthing talent--.

David Pirie
The Patient's Eyes: The Dark Beginnings of Sherlock Holmes. Minotaur, 2001.
Young medical student Arthur Conan Doyle teams up with his mentor, renowned forensic scientist Dr. Joseph Bell, in aiding a young woman with unusual who survived the attack of a lunatic who slaughtered her parents, and who now claims she is being stalked by an ominous, disappearing figure on a bicycle. Followed by: The Night Calls (2002) and The Dark Water (2005).

William Shatner and Michael Tobias
Believe. Berkley, 1992.
In 1923 Scientific American sponsors a contest to determine whether there is life after death, with Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as the judges. (Not a mystery).

Roberta Rogow
The Problem of the Missing Miss. St. Martins, 1998.
While in Brighton on his honeymoon, Arthur Conan Doyle meets Oxford Don Charles Dodgson (aka Lewis Carroll) and assists him in saving the kidnapped daughter of Lord Richard Marbury, a liberal stalwart in Parliament who was Dodgson's former student. Doyle and Dodgson team up again in: The Problem of the Spiteful Spiritualist (1999), The Problem of the Evil Editor (2000), & The Problem of the Surly Servent (2001).

Walter Shatterhwait
Escapade. St. Martin's, 1995.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Harry Houdini, and Pinkerton operative Phil Beaumont work together to solve a baffling crime when they are weekend guests at a manor house where their host is found murdered in a locked room.

Thomas Wheeler
The Arcanum. Bantam, 2004.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his fellow members of a secret society known as the Arcanum--including magician Harry Houdini, horror writer H. P. Lovecraft and voodoo priestess Marie Laveau--investigate a gruesome murder in 1919 New York City.

Books About Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle, by Russell Miller. T. Dunne, 2008. [B 823.8 Doyle M]
The Adventures of Conan Doyle: The Life of the Creator of Sherlock Holmes, by Charles Higham. Norton, 1976. [B Doyle H]
Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life in Letters, ed. by Jon Lellenberg, Daniel Stashower & Charles Foley. Penguin, 2007. [823 Doyle D]
Conan Doyle, A Biographical Solution, by St. Martin's, 1977. [B Doyle P]
Conan Doyle: His Life & Art, by Hesketh Pearson. Taplinger, 1977. [B 823.8 Doyle P]
Conan Doyle, Detective: True Crimes Investigated by the Creator of Sherlock Holmes, by Peter Costello. C&G, 2006. [823.91209 Costello]
The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, by John Dickson Carr. Vintage, 1975, 1949. [B Doyle C]
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes: The Life & Times of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, by Andrew Lycett. Free, 2007. [823 Doyle L]
Memories and Adventures, by Arthur Conan Doyle. Oxford, 1989. [B Doyle D].
Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle, by Daniel Stashower. Holt, 1999. [B 823.8 Doyle S

Miscellaneous

Naked is the Best Disguise: The Death & Resurrection of Sherlock Holmes, by Sam Rosenberg. B-M, 1974. [823.912 Doyle R]
Dr. Joseph Bell: Model for Sherlock Holmes, by Ely Liebow. Pop. Press, 1982. [B 823.8 Bell]
The Pictorial History of Sherlock Holmes, by Michael Pointer. Mallard, 1971. [791.437 Pointer]
The Sherlock Holmes File, by Michael Pointer. Potter, 1976. [823.912 P]
Sherlock Holmes in America, by Bill Blackbeard. Abrams, 1981. [823.8 Doyle]
Sherlock Holmes in His Own Words & in the Words of Those Who Knew Him, ed. by Barry Bayard. Taylor, 2003. [823.8 Sherlock]
Sherlock Holmes, the Man & His World, by H.R.F. Keating. Scribner, 1979. [823.8 Doyle]
Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: The Life of the World's First Consulting Detective, by William Baring-Gould. Potter, 1962 [823.912 Baring-Gould]
Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong: Reopening the Case of the Hound of the Baskervilles, by Pierre Bayard. Bloomsbury, 2008. [823.912 Bayard]
Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on the Screen, by David Stuart Davies. Titan, 1007. [791.43651 Davies]

Other Books You Might Enjoy

Steve Hockensmith
Holmes on the Range. Minotaur, 2006.
In 1893, inspired by their hero, Sherlock Holmes, two cowboys named Big Red and Old Red Amlingmeyer, try their own hands at detecting to uncover the truth about the murder of a ranch-hand on their Montana cattle ranch. Followed by: On the Wrong Track (2007), The Black Dove (2008), and Crack in the Lens (2009).

Michael Robertson
The Baker Street Letters. Minotaur, 2009.
In this non-Sherlock Holmes novel, leasing office space for their law practice in the building that was once occupied by Sherlock Holmes, comes with a hitch for brothers Reggie and Nigel Heath: they are required to read letters sent to the famous fictional detective. This duty seems innocuous enough, but the arrangement that turns dangerous when Nigel disappears. Followed by: The Brothers of Baker Street (2011).

Will Thomas
Some Danger Involved. S&S, 2004.
Young Thomas Llewelyn, a young man with a murky past, answers an advertisement for a steady job with "some danger involved." He is hired by private enquiry (don't dare call him a detective) Cyrus Barker, a man with a Holmesian intellect and more than a few pugilistic skills to aide him in his battle against the darker elements of Victorian London. Followed by: To Kingdom Come (2005), The Limehouse Text (2007), and The Hellfire Conspiracy (2007), and The Black Hand (2008).

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