Problems involving a man with a twisted lip, a fabulous blue carbuncle and five orange pips tax Sherlock Holmes' intellect alongside some of his most famous cases, including A Scandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League.

Second in Laurie King's acclaimed Mary Russell mystery series: 'Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels!civilized, ingenious and engrossing' -- Literary Review

Features stories of Sherlock Holmes.

Latest in Laurie King's popular and much admired Mary Russell crime series: 'Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels! civilized, ingenious and engrossing' -- Literary Review

Accompanying Sherlock Holmes to an ill-omened house in south London, Dr Watson is startled to find a dead man whose face is contorted in a rictus of horror. There is no mark of violence on the body yet a single word is written on the wall in blood. Dr Watson is as baffled as the police, but Holmes soon uncovers a trail of murder and lost love.

Third in Laurie King's popular Mary Russell crime series: 'Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels!civilised, ingenious and engrossing' -- Literary Review

The latest in Laurie R King's hugely popular Mary Russell mystery series: 'Beguiling variation on Sherlock Holmes sequels! civilized, ingenious and engrossing' -- Literary Review

A collection of gripping cases that culminates in the most shocking of all - the notorious, fatal encounter between Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls

At first the interruption to the boredom of Sherlock Holmes seems to have little to do with crime. A governess, whose father vanished ten years ago and who has been receiving money each year, now needs an escort to meet her unknown benefactor. But before the night is over, murder has occurred.

Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes have been involved in numerous adventures and solved many mysteries. This book in the series sees Russell and Holmes in India where they meet Kipling's Kim as an adult.

In 1924, San Francisco is booming. The great fire and earthquake of 1906 cleared the ground for a modern city. but the closer Mary Russell comes to the place she used to call home, the more troubling her dreams.

At the invitation of the Conan Doyle Estate, the best-selling historical thriller writer, Caleb Carr, has created a new adventure for Holmes and Watson, set in the grandeur of Holyrood Palace in the twilight of Queen Victoria's reign.

When Holmes and Watson receive a cipher from one of Moriarty's henchmen warning of dark doings at a manor house, they find themselves on the trail of a murderer. Almost immediately, they are on their way to Sussex where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces. But all is not as it seems. For the origins of this case lie in America.

Brilliant novel by the much-acclaimed Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.

Includes stories which are illustrated from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive and who first equipped Holmes with his famous deerstalker hat.

Word count 9,680

In the fifty-six short stories and four novels, Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about his great detective, there are many passing references to successful cases that are never actually written about. These four stories imaginatively flesh out the cases behind those references to wonderful effect.

Kate Martinelli investigates the mysterious death of a Sherlock Holmes fanatic, whose collection includes a 'Holmes' manuscript which eerily foreshadows his own death. A Kate Martinelli mystery.