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First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. |
| Description |
viii, 352 pages ; 24 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| 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--from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow, which pitted the famous detective against Jack the Ripper, to a series of short stories for the Strand Magazine, whose predecessor published the very first Sherlock Holmes short story in 1891. Faye's best Holmes tales, including two new works, are brought together in The Whole Art of Detection, 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, The Whole Art of Detection is a must-read for Sherlockians and any fan of historical crime fiction with a modern sensibility. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references (page [351]-352). |
| Contents |
Before Baker Street. The case of Colonel Warburton&#x;s madness ; The adventure of the magical menagerie ; The adventure of the vintner&#x;s codex &#x; The early years. The adventure of the honest wife ; The adventure of the beggar&#x;s feast ; Memoranda upon the Gaskell blackmailing dilemma ; The Lowther Park mystery &#x; 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 &#x; 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. |
| Subject |
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Characters -- Fiction.
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Holmes, Sherlock -- Fiction.
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Watson, John H. (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.
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| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction.
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| Added Title |
Short stories. Selections
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| Related To |
Online version: Faye, Lyndsay, author. Whole art of detection First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. New York, NY : Mysterious Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2017 9780802189363 (DLC) 2016043759 |
| ISBN |
9780802125927 |
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0802125921 |
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