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2017 Sherlock Holmes book by Lyndsay Faye
The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
First edition
AuthorLyndsay Faye
GenreMystery novels
PublisherMysterious Press
Publication date2017
Media typePrint (Hardback)
ISBN978-0802125927 (first edition, hardback)

The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is an anthology of Sherlock Holmes pastiche short stories by Lyndsay Faye. All but two of the stories have been previously published with 10 of the 15 stories were originally published in The Strand Magazine in slightly different form. The stories are divided chronologically into four sections: pre-Baker Street, the early adventures of Holmes and Watson, adventures during the "great hiatus", and the retirement years. Many of the stories are based on references in the Canon of Sherlock Holmes such as "Colonel Warburton’s Madness", a reference made in "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb".

Audio book

An audio book version was released read by Simon Vance.

Reception

Nicholas Meyer, author of the Sherlock Holmes pastiche The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, said the book was worthy of sitting alongside Doyle's original stories and "is absolutely essential reading for any aficionado who cherishes the real thing." Kirkus Reviews said the stories were built on strong foundations with good use of Holmes' deductive powers towards a progressive use of the character. The Strand Magazine praised the stories saying "Faye celebrates the classic aspects of the stories, without feeling the need to change or rearrange certain character traits or habits, add new perspectives, or inflate certain plot points out of all proportion." Leslie S. Klinger, editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes praised the book saying "For those who despair that Arthur Conan Doyle only gave us 60 stories of Holmes, rejoice! Here are 15 more treasures!"

References

  1. "Audio Book - The Whole Art of Detection: Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  2. The Whole Art of Detection. Kirkus Reviews. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2018.
  3. The Whole Art of Detection Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes. Grove Atlantic. Retrieved December 1, 2018.

External links

Literary pastiches of Sherlock Holmes
The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
by Adrian Conan Doyle
and John Dickson Carr
by Nicholas Meyer
by Loren D. Estleman
by Michael Hardwick
by David Stuart Davies
by Barrie Roberts
Mary Russell series
by Laurie R. King
by Donald Serrell Thomas
  • The Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes (1997)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Running Noose (2001)
  • The Execution of Sherlock Holmes (2007)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil (2009)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly (2010)
  • The Lost Casebooks of Sherlock Holmes (2012)
  • Death on a Pale Horse: Sherlock Holmes on Her Majesty's Secret Service (2013)
by Lyndsay Faye
Young Sherlock Holmes
by Andy Lane
by Guy Adams
by Anthony Horowitz
by Kim Newman
by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
and Anna Waterhouse
by James Lovegrove
by Cavan Scott
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Patchwork Devil (2016)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Cry of the Innocents (2017)
The Lady Sherlock Series
by Sherry Thomas
  • A Study in Scarlet Women (2016)
  • A Conspiracy in Belgravia (2017)
  • The Hollow of Fear (2018)
  • The Art of Theft (2019)
  • Murder on Cold Street (2020)
  • Miss Moriarty, I Presume? (2021)
  • A Tempest at Sea (2023)
  • A Ruse of Shadows (2024)
Sherlock Holmes in Minnesota
by Larry Millett
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (1996)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Ice Palace Murders (1998)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery (1999)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Alliance (2001)
  • The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes (2012)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Eisendorf Enigma (2017)
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