The London of the late 19th Century is awash with would be criminal masterminds who must be contained. It’s a great look at the London of Holmes and the threats that emerge from an active criminal underground.” -Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, author of Mycroft Holmes

“ The Whole Art of Detection is a meticulous depiction of the Victorian world and the criminal goings on that gave us Sherlock. Klinger, editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes For those who despair that Arthur Conan Doyle only gave us 60 stories of Holmes, rejoice! Here are 15 more treasures!” -Leslie S.

Fortunately, Lyndsay Faye has plenty of both gifts, as she already proved in her near-perfect Dust and Shadow. “A great pastiche requires an uncanny ear for Watson’s voice as well as a talent for a compelling story. It is absolutely essential reading for any-and every-aficionado who cherishes the real thing.” -Nicholas Meyer, author of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution Author Faye has captured the language, locutions and inventiveness of the original tales as well or better than any author I can think of. “ The Whole Art of Detection belongs on the top shelf with the very best of Doyle’s Holmes stories. With Holmes and Watson encountering all manner of ungrateful relatives, phony psychologists, wronged wives, plaid-garbed villains, and even a peculiar species of deadly red leech, The Whole Art of Detection is a must-read for Sherlockians and any fan of historical crime fiction with a modern sensibility. “The Adventure of the Thames Tunnel” brings Holmes’s attention to the baffling murder of a jewel thief in the middle of an underground railway passage.

In “The Lowther Park Mystery,” the unsociable Holmes is forced to attend a garden party at the request of his politician brother and improvises a bit of theater to foil a conspiracy against the government. John Watson, and later, began spinning these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction-from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow, which pits the famous detective against Jack the Ripper, to a series of short stories for the Strand Magazine, whose predecessor published the very first Sherlock Holmes short story in 1891.įaye’s best Holmes tales, including two new works, are brought together in The Whole Art of Detection, a fascinating collection that spans Holmes’s career, from self-taught young upstart to lauded detective, both before and after his faked death over a Swiss waterfall in 1894. Internationally bestselling author Lyndsay Faye was introduced to the Sherlock Holmes mysteries when she was ten years old and her dad suggested she read Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band.” She immediately became enamored with tales of Holmes and his esteemed biographer Dr.

Dust and shadow by lyndsay faye