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The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The game is afoot! This satisfying collection of original stories by sixteen top mystery writers is a tribute to the creator of Sherlock Holmes. These new adventures are the only ones to be specially authorised by Dame Jean Conan Doyle, celebrating the centennial of Holmes' first appearance in print.

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Greeted with unanimous acclaim, the traditionally crafted stories feature dazzling encounters with Holmes rising to new challenges and revealing new feats of brilliant, deductive logic ... culminating in a mental duel of frightening intensity with the master criminal Moriarty. And Watson - God bless him - has his share of the spotlight too.

Setting
1980sEngland
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 345 pages

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