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Author:

Faye, Lyndsay, author.

Title:

The whole art of detection : lost mysteries of Sherlock Holmes / Lyndsay Faye.

Edition:

Large print edition.

Publisher:

Thorndike Pressa part of Gale, Cengage Learning,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

609 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Doyle, Arthur Conan,--1859-1930--Characters--Fiction.
Holmes, Sherlock--Fiction.
Watson, John H.--(Fictitious character)--Fiction.
Murder--Investigation--Fiction.
Large type books.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Short stories.

Other Titles:

Short stories. Selections

Notes:

Unabridged. Includes bibliographical references (pages 605-607).

Contents:

The later years. Notes upon the Diadem Club affair. The adventure of the magical menagerie ; The adventure of the vintner's codex -- The early years. The adventure of the honest wife ; The adventure of the beggar's feast ; Memoranda upon the Gaskell blackmailing dilemma ; The Lowther Park mystery -- The return. An empty house ; The adventure of the memento Mori ; Notes regarding the disappearance of Mr. James Phillimore ; The adventure of the willow basket -- The later years. The adventure of the lightless maiden ; The adventure of the Thames Tunnel ; The adventure of the mad baritone ; Notes upon the Diadem Club affair.

Summary:

"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. John Watson, and later, began spinning these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction ... Faye's best Holmes tales, including two new works, are brought together in [this book], a stunning collection that spans Holmes's career, from self-taught young upstart to publicly lauded detective, both before and after his faked death over a Swiss waterfall in 1894. 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. "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. 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, [this book] is a must-read for Sherlockians and any fan of historical crime fiction with a modern sensibility."--Amazon.com.

Series:

Thorndike Press large print mystery

ISBN:

1432841858
9781432841850

OCLC:

(OCoLC)981761721

LCCN:

2017015750

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)