The House of Silk
By
Anthony Horowitz
Anthony Horowitz
2009 • 294 pages

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With approval from the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a best-selling novelist and Sherlock Holmes expert brings the greatest detective in literary history back to life on Baker Street for the first time since 1930. 200,000 first printing.

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Horowitz's Holmes is a 4-book series with 2 primary works first released in 2009 with contributions by Anthony Horowitz.

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Steve Gross

The best Sherlock Holmes pastiche I have ever read.

October 11, 2014
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Karen

A pretty good non-Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes story.

December 1, 2016
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Kelly

Unfortunately WAY too believable given the Epstein news this week.

July 9, 2019

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Sherlock Holmes
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Inspector G. Lestrade
Alice Charpentier
Alice Charpentier
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