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Lyndsay Faye compiles a striking collection of original Sherlock Holmes tales, spanning the detective’s career from his formative years to the famed faked death over a Swiss waterfall in 1894. The anthology includes stories such as “The Lowther Park Mystery,” where Holmes infiltrates a political garden party to unravel a conspiracy, and “The Adventure of the Thames Tunnel,” featuring the perplexing murder of a jewel thief in an underground railway passage. Faye’s writing brings the iconic characters of Holmes and Dr. John Watson into contemporary settings while maintaining the deductive sharpness and atmospheric suspense that define classic detective fiction.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Lyndsay Faye
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