The House of Silk is the new Sherlock Holmes novel by bestselling
author and Holmes aficionado, Anthony Horowitz. It has been written with the full
endorsement of the Conan Doyle Estate
Some hundred years after the death
of Sherlock Holmes, a manuscript has been discovered in the vaults of Cox and
Co in Charing Cross. It recounts the events of a 'missing' Sherlock Holmes case,
a case written up by Dr Watson for the sake of completing the Holmes canon but
considered by him to be too monstrous and too shocking to be published in his
lifetime. Only now can the story be told.
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.
ANTHONY HOROWITZ
Anthony
Horowitz is a TV screen-writer. He is the creator and writer of 'Foyle's War',
'Midsomer Murders' and 'Collison', as well as adapting many of Agatha Christie's
Hercule Poirot novels for the ITV series. He was awarded a BAFTA for 'Foyle's
War' and Foyle was voted 'The People's Detective' in the ITV3 Crime Thriller Awards
2010, an award voted for by viewers. His new five-part drama series 'Injustice'
was shown on ITV1 in May. Anthony Horowitz is also the author of a string of bestselling
children's books, including the Alex Rider series, which has sold thirteen million
copies worldwide, and The Power of Five and The Diamond Brother series. He lives
in Clerkenwell, London.
This brand new story is being written with the
full endorsement of the Conan Doyle Estate; the first such time that they have
given their seal of approval for a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Setting aside the
numerous film and TV adaptations of the famous Baker Street detective, Anthony
Horowitz has returned to the original books to produce a brilliant mystery novel,
stripped back to the original style of Conan Doyle.
'The House
of Silk' is available now.
