The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
It has been a long wait, but Sherlock Holmes has returned. The House of Silk is the first sanctioned Sherlock Holmes story by the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate. And they could not have chosen a better writer to tackle the style and tone of Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories. Anthony Horowitz is a meticulous wordsmith, having penned a series of very successful novels, known as the Alex Rider series, but he was also the writer and creator of the BBC series, Foyle's War.
Horowitz also is a Sherlock Holmes expert, and it definitely shows in this intricately woven tale of three interrelated mysteries. Holmes is still in top form using his powers of observation and deductive reasoning as he alone connects the dots between three different mysteries. Horowitz gets everything right-the familiar narrative voice, brilliant deductions, a very active role for Watson, and a perplexing and disturbing series of puzzles to unravel. As a student of 19th Century literature, Horowitz stays true to the master himself, Conan Doyle, in terms of authenticity of plot, language, and characters.
Speaking of characters, they are all here...from Dr. Watson, Inspector Lastrade, Mrs. Hudson, brother Mycroft, and Sherlock's crew known as the Baker Street Irregulars. The story begins, as most Sherlock Holmes stories do, with a visit from a potential client to 221B Baker Street. This client is a fine arts dealer who is seeking Holmes' help, because he is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap - a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. 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 more. I mustn't give anymore away. So come Watson...the Game's afoot!
I know I will be and I am sure other devoted Sherlockians will be hoping for Horowitz to convince Watson to reveal other Sherlock Holmes cases, which he was unable to publish before.
Speaking of characters, they are all here...from Dr. Watson, Inspector Lastrade, Mrs. Hudson, brother Mycroft, and Sherlock's crew known as the Baker Street Irregulars. The story begins, as most Sherlock Holmes stories do, with a visit from a potential client to 221B Baker Street. This client is a fine arts dealer who is seeking Holmes' help, because he is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap - a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. 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 more. I mustn't give anymore away. So come Watson...the Game's afoot!
I know I will be and I am sure other devoted Sherlockians will be hoping for Horowitz to convince Watson to reveal other Sherlock Holmes cases, which he was unable to publish before.
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