'Horowitz has captured Holmes Heaven'THE TIMES THE HOUSE OF SILK was the first official new Sherlock Holmes mystery and a SUNDAY TIMES bestseller from the author of MAGPIE MURDERSTHE GAME'S AFOOT . . .It is November 1890 and London is gripped by a merciless winter. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are enjoying tea by the fire when an agitated gentleman arrives unannounced at 221b Baker Street. He begs Holmes for help,telling the unnerving story of a scar-faced man with piercing eyes who has stalked him in recent weeks. Intrigued,Holmes and Watson find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events,stretching from the gas-lit streets of London to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston and the mysterious'House of Silk'. . .
Publisher: Orion Publishing CoISBN: 9781409182771Number of pages: 400Weight: 279 gDimensions: 196 x 128 x 26 mm
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Enthusiastically replicating the spirit,style,suspense and atmosphere of Conan Doyle's stories,this skilfully crafted homage is an irresistible read.Horowitz has captured Holmes HeavenAn exciting,well-crafted novelBravo,then,Mr Horowitz. Let us hope that the famous dispatch box contains manymore cases for him to unearthA lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan,Anthony Horowitz is the perfect choice to penthe first new official mystery and what a triumph it is. While retainingfaithfully the style of the originals,Horowitz's lively prose makes thisexciting story just right for a new generation of fansA brilliant new Sherlock Holmes novel. The tone of voice is pitch perfect,thesend of place and time spot on. I don't want to give too much away about theplot but there are clever twist and plenty of trademark Holmesian moments. Ithoroughly enjoyed thisHorowitz plays a perfectly straight bat. This is a no-shit SherlockBrimming with informed enthusiasm,this skilfully crafted homage to Conan Doyleis so enjoyable that you're sorry when it fades away to the strains of Holmesplaying his StradivariusAnthony Horowitz's new Sherlock Holmes novel The House of Silk is superb -indeed,I would say it is better than any of Conan Doyle's own Holmes novels,which always feel padded out in comparison with the gripping short storiesYet another Sherlock Holmes imitation The field is crowded but with one boundHorowitz - well known for his children's books and TV scripts - takes the lead,with his perfect mimicry of Conan Doyle's style and Dr Watson's tone of voice.There is a suitably baffling mystery and the great detective is on top form.It's very good; dare I say as good as the originalIt seems improbable,if not impossible,but it's true! Holmes is back at hisbestPerfectly paced,entirely unpredictable,edge-of-seat exciting and a total joyfrom start to finish. The more of it I read,the more I looked forward tobasking in Holmes's deductive brilliance at the end: the solutions that areobvious once you know them but completely unguessable until you do. I am happyto report that all the required ingredients had been added; neither Holmes norHorowitz let me downHorowitz infuses the novel with a superb eye for the detail of Victorian Londonbut also a touching sense of melancholy,the book functioning as a subtle finalcoda to Holmes's adventures. Crucially,it also has a cracking plot and is alabyrinthine but eminently lucid page-turner"As an exercise in literary pastiche the book is deeply impressive... He (Horowitz) also managed to produce an intricate and satisfying plot of which Conan Doyle would be proud and a book that drips with authentic period details.""Holmes fans - and indeed,anyone who enjoys a moody,atmospheric detective story that plumbs the darkest depths of Victorian London - will love it."Brilliantly capturing the spirit and tone of Conan Doyle's original stories while devising a new mystery for modern readers is no mean feat,but Horowitz has risen to the challenge with absolute aplomb.
Anthony Horowitz
One of Britain's bestselling novelists,Anthony Horowitz's best-known work includes: the Alex Rider teen spy series,the new Sherlock Holmes novels House of Silk and Moriarty,the new James Bond series novel Trigger Mortis and Forever and a Day,The Word is Murder and The Magpie Murders.
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