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Horowitz plays a perfectly straight bat. This is a no-shit Sherlock -- Ian Sansom THE GUARDIAN Horowitz has captured Holmes Heaven -- Marcel Berlins THE TIMES For fans of the original tales, the game is afoot once more! -- Ruth Hunter, Bookseller's Choice THE BOOKSELLER A lifelong Sherlock Holmes fan, Anthony Horowitz is the perfect choice to pen the first new official mystery and what a triumph it is. While retaining faithfully the style of the originals, Horowitz's lively prose makes this exciting story just right for a new generation of fans -- Sarah Clarke, Bookseller's Choice THE BOOKSELLER Orion has pulled a winner out of the bag by inviting Anthony Horowitz to pen a Sherlock Holmes novel. It has the feel of a Conan Doyle tale and only the jealous will fault this superb thriller -- Patrick Neale, Bookseller's Choice THE BOOKSELLER Bravo, then, Mr Horowitz. Let us hope that the famous dispatch box contains many more cases for him to unearth -- Mark Gatiss FINANCIAL TIMES a brilliant new Sherlock Holmes novel. The tone of voice is pitch perfect, the send of place and time spot on. I don't want to give too much away about the plot but there are clever twist and plenty of trademark Holmesian moments. I thoroughly enjoyed this -- Sue Scholes, Bookseller's Choice THE BOOKSELLER a fantastic new Holmes mystery -- Emma Giacon, Bookseller's Choice THE BOOKSELLER As far as I can see, Anthony Horowitz has done a thoroughly professional job and reading the novel felt to me like being in the company of an old and distinguished friend - or should that be two old friends?' -- Mike Ripley SHOTS Brimming with informed enthusiasm, this skillfully crafted homage to Conan Doyle is so enjoyable that you're sorry when it fades away to the strains of Holmes playing his Stradivarius -- Peter Kemp SUNDAY TIMES an exciting, well-crafted novel -- Andrew Lycett SUNDAY TELEGRAPH Horowitz infuses the novel with a superb eye for the detail of Victorian London but also a touching sense of melancholy, the book functioning as a subtle final coda to Holmes's adventures. Crucially, it also has a cracking plot and is a labyrinthine but eminently lucid page-turner. It is ultimately a homage and you wouldn't want Horowitz to start churning Holmes novels out but as a stand-alone this is very satisfying METRO It's immediately clear how he got the full endorsement of the Conan Doyle estate. Horowitz's grasp of the creator's prose style and intricate plotting, coupled with his understanding of the dynamic between Holmes and Watson, is extraordinary -- Henry Sutton DAILY MIRROR - 4-star review Looks set to entertain Holmes traditionalists and Sherlock newcomers alike. November 1890 is the time, 221B Baker Street the place, and Holmes and his faithful companion Dr Watson receive an unannounced visit from an agitated gentleman. Let the fun - and there is plenty of it - begin SPORT Giving none of the twists away, this is one for Holmesians who aren't sated by the new film and series WE LOVE THIS BOOK Sherlock Holmes has popped his clogs (and so has Conan Doyle for that matter), but that doesn't mean there's not a hauntingly good new Sherlocky story to be told. This reworking gives old Dr Watson a chance to tell his side. Finally! THE SUN a fresh take on the Sherlock Holmes tales, swirling with all the suspense of the originals -- Must Read SUNDAY TIMES compulsive Conan Doyle tribute WOMAN & HOME Yet another Sherlock Holmes imitiation? The field is crowded but with one bound Horowitz - 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 original? -- Jessica Mann LITERARY REVIEW this deliciously aromatic three-pipe problem -- Christopher Bray DAILY EXPRESS The story speeds along like a hard-driven phaeton -- David Robinson THE SCOTSMAN Derek Jacobi reads Dr Watson's last story, said to have been hidden in the vaults of a London solicitor for a century because of the scandal within. Horowitz takes Holmes deeper into the capital's dark underbelly than Conan Doyle ever did -- Radio Choices THE TIMES It'll keep you guessing until the very end SHORTLIST It's a pacy read that delights in the world Arthur Conan Doyle created while adding a little something extra WORD Horowitz stays true not only to the Victorian turn of phrase, but embeds the story within the context of Conan Doyle's other tales - offering up plenty of knowing nods to Holmes aficionados, while luring in the novices too PSYCHOLOGIES Impressive -- Susan Jeffreys' Radio Week DAILY MAIL Sherlock Holmes if framed for murder by a dastardly secret society in Horowitz's inventive yarn, the first sequel ever to be endorsed by the Conan Doyle estate -- Jake Kerridge DAILY TELEGRAPH Perfectly paced, entirely unpredictable, edge-of-seat exciting and a total joy from start to finish. The more of it I read, the more I looked forward to basking in Holmes's deductive brilliance at the end: the solutions that are obvious once you know them but completely unguessable until you do. I am happy to report that all the required ingredients had been added; neither Holmes nor Horowitz let me down -- Sophie Hannah SUNDAY EXPRESS It seems improbable, if not impossible, but it's true! Holmes is back at his best THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 'Fans of Sherlock Holmes rejoice, for the game is afoot again' 5-stars -- Daneet Steffens TIME OUT a thoroughly first-rate job -- Nicholas Lezard THE SPECTATOR 20111117 He has added a truly diverting entry to the canon. -- Barry Forshaw THE INDEPENDENT 20111116
THE 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 by the man's tale, 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. As the pair delve deeper into the case, they stumble across a whispered phrase 'the House of Silk': a mysterious entity and foe more deadly than any Holmes has encountered, and a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society itself... With devilish plotting and excellent characterisation, bestselling author Anthony Horowitz delivers a first-rate Sherlock Holmes mystery for a modern readership whilst remaining utterly true to the spirit of the original Conan Doyle books. Sherlock Holmes is back with all the nuance, pace and powers of deduction that make him the world's greatest and most celebrated detective.
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