The House of Silk
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294 pages · Released Nov 1, 2011 · Mulholland Books
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This is an authorized Sherlock Holmes novel set in Victorian London that maintains the detective's classic appeal while exploring darker themes than some traditional adaptations. The mystery involves crime, murder, and hints at human trafficking, making it more suitable for older middle-grade and teen readers. While Holmes and Watson model good detective work and moral reasoning, the subject matter and tone are notably mature for the series.
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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 followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family i... 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 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. THE HOUSE OF SILK bring 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. ([source][1]) [1]: https://www.anthonyhorowitz.com/books/title/the-house-of-silk-a-sherlock-holmes-novel
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- Private investigators
- Fiction
- Mystery fiction
- Fiction, mystery & detective, historical
- Watson, john h. (fictitious character), fiction
- London (england), fiction
- Private investigators, fiction
- John H. Watson (Fictitious character)
- Detective and mystery stories
- Chang pian xiao shuo
- Fiction, mystery & detective, general
- Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character)
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