Sherlock
Holmes is back and better than ever with the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate's
authorization of the novel. London, 1890. 221B Baker Street. Dr. John Watson narrates
as he and Sherlock Holmes submerge into a new world in this action packed
adventure. An art dealer visits the famous duo — he is being terrorized by a
wanted criminal in a flat cap. Sure enough, his family is attacked and the
first murder occurs…
From
London to the streets of Boston, this newly discovered international criminal
conspiracy holds Watson and Holmes captive. They find themselves being drawn
ever deeper into a plot where they hear "the House of Silk" What is
it? Who is it?
I
greatly enjoyed reading The House ofSilk and thought Anthony Horowitz did a very creditable job of bringing
Holmes and Watson back to life! When I finished reading, I just wanted more.
Since it had been quite a while since I had read any of the original Holmes
stories, I downloaded several public domain eBooks and after re-reading
"The Redheaded League," "The Copper Beeches" and other
stories, was even more convinced that the portrayal of Holmes and Watson in The
House of Silk was well done, the plotting intriguing and the detection
convincing. It also held true to the “double mystery” that so many Sherlock
Holmes novels contain. The crime they uncover put me in mind of one of
contemporary writer Anne Perry's dark Victorian mysteries set in a London rife
with hypocrisy and exploitation.
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