Sherlock Holmes Returns

The great detective has inspired a number of sequels and companion novels by other authors. This selection of works includes books that feature Holmes himself and others that feature major and minor characters from the Holmes stories (e.g. Watson & Mycroft). Based in part on the list compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list.

	Lloyd Biggle. The Quallsford Inheritance "The narrator is Edward Jones, 16, assistant to Holmes after Dr. Watson retires. Known by his middle name, Porter, the lad reports on an odd request for "pitapayas" in the London market, an invented word that alerts the detective to a possible crime. Emmeline Quallsford mentions "pitapayas" when she asks Holmes to investigate her brother Edmund's death at their seaside estate. Porter and the detective find no motive for the man's supposed suicide, nor for murder. Townspeople had liked Edmund and depended on his small import business for their livelihood. It doesn't take long, however, for Holmes to turn up evidence of smuggling and other chicanery." - From Publisher's Weekly
	Colin Bruce. The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat The paradoxes which led to the great scientific upheavals of the last hundred years are encountered here in baffling crime stories. Solve these cases, and understand why the straightforward world picture of the Victorians had to give way to the strange truths of relativity and quantum theory. As you follow the great detective, you will discover why e=mc2, and just why long-range quantum effects are so eerie. By the time you realise you've learned something, it'll be too late!
	Michael Dibdin. Last Sherlock Holmes Story With the faithful Dr. Watson in attendance, Sherlock Holmes answers the call of Scotland Yard and seeks to uncover the identity of a brutal murderer of young women in London's East End, a killer known as Jack the Ripper.
	Carole Nelson Douglas. Good night, Mr. Holmes (Irene Adler series) "Irene Adler was the only woman that Sherlock Holmes admired. They met in Scandal in Bohemia --she outwitted the great detective and she was never heard from again. Who was she? What was her background? What happened to her? This fascinating book answers these questions and many more." - School Library Journal.  First in a series.
	Quinn Fawcett. Against the Brotherhood (Mycroft Holmes series) For the first time, Dame Jean Conan Doyle has authorized a series of Holmesian novels featuring Mycroft, Sherlock Holmes' older brother. These exciting adventures will entertain and enlighten both newcomers and devotees of the Canon.
	Edward B. Hannah. Whitechapel Horrors This novel brings back to life Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's great character in atmospheric Victorian London as he is faced with a crisis of conscience when confronted with disclosing the identity of Jack the Ripper.
	Michael Hardwick. Revenge of the Hound A badly mauled tramp and the footprints of a giant hound; the theft of Oliver Cromwell's bones a sinister murder on the channel ferry; an illustrious personage who fears blackmail....It is up to Sherlock Holmes and his brilliant powers of deduction to uncover the pattern connecting these bizzare events.
	William Hjortsberg. Nevermore In Roaring Twenties New York, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini investigate a manaical serial killer who murders in the precise manner of Edgar Allen Poe stories.
	Holmes for the Holidays A collection of fourteen original Holmes stories written by today's premier mystery writers. Each story features Holmes and Watson, festively solving the darkest of crimes in the brightest of seasons.
	Marvin Kaye. Confidential casebook of Sherlock Holmes In this long-awaited volume, fans of Baker Street are treated to 15 previously unreleased cases originally suppressed to avoid causing scandal and embarrassment. Finally, the truth is revealed about Holmes' exploits involving "Titanic, " his rematch with Irene Adler, and the childhoods of both Holmes and Watson.
	Marvin Kaye. The Game is Afoot A comprehensive collection of writings about the inimitable Sherlock Holmes offers parodies, essays, and pastiches on the world's greatest consulting detective by writers including Bret Harte, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, and Basil Rathbone.
	Marvin Kaye. The Resurrected Holmes A new collection of adventures and mystery stories featuring the inimitable sleuth Sherlock Holmes encompasses fifteen tales written by Morgan Llywelyn, Richard Lupoff, Mike Resnick, Craig Shaw Gardner, Edward D. Hoch, and others.
	Stephen Kendrick. Night Watch: a Long-lost Adventure in Which Sherlock Holmes Meets Father Brown This brilliant pastiche brings Sherlock Holmes and Father Brown together in an unprecedented collaboration on a singularly shocking murder case.
	Laurie R. King. The Beekeeper's Apprentice (Mary Russell series) In his retirement, the great detective Sherlock Holmes grooms a young woman to follow in his footsteps. 15-year-old Mary and the elderly beekeeper Holmes are led into a series of adventures which escalate in gravity until Holmes is in peril of his life. At the frightening climax, the maturing Mary proves herself a worthy partner and successor.
	Michael Kurland. Great Game: A Professor Moriarty Novel A conspiracy of high-level assassinations threatens to destabilize all of Europe in 1891, and only Professor Moriarty stands in the way. Using his agents around the world, Moriarty must outwit his most cunning opponent ever while the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
	Christopher Leppek. The Surrogate Assassin Edwin Booth, an actor and brother to assassin John Wilkes Booth, approaches Holmes to investigate attempts on his life.
	Larry Millett. Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (Sherlock Holmes series) American railroad magnate James J. Hill summons Sherlock Holmes to Minnesota to save the Great Northern Railroad and Hill's own person from the threats of someone calling himself the "Red Demon."
	Murder, My Dear Watson: New Tales of Sherlock Holmes Eccentric, coldly rational, brilliant, doughty, exacting, lazy--in full bohemian color the world's most famous literary detective and his loyal companion Dr. John Watson investigate a series of previously unrecorded cases in this new collection of original tales.
	Sena Jeter Naslund. Sherlock in Love How did Sherlock Homes come into possession of a true Stardivarius?  Who was the one true love of the great detective's life?  And what shattering disappointment left the detective with feelings of overwhelming melancholy?  As Holme's great friend, Dr. Watson, sets out to answer these questions and recount the thrilling "lost" adventure of Holmes's attempt to rescue the love of his life from a mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, his own life is threatened by a figure in a familiar Inverness coat and deerstalker cap.
	Jamyang Norbu. Sherlock Holmes: The Missing Years Two years after Sherlock Holmes was killed in a last deadly struggle with archcriminial Professor Moriarty, popular demand made Sir Conan Doyle resurrect the great detective. This new mystery by one of Tibet's foremost writers holds the key to a mystery and tells what happened to Holmes during those two missing years.
	David Pirie. The Patient's Eyes This compelling new Victorian mystery reveals the untold story behind the creation of the world's most celebrated detective: Sherlock Holmes.
	Fred Saberhagen. Seance for a Vampire Vladimir Kulakov returns from his hanging with a sore neck and an axe to grind, and when Sherlock Holmes vanishes, Dr. Watson suspects a connection and summons Holmes's cousin, the vampire Prince Dracula, to help.
	Sam Siciliano. The Angel of the Opera The legendary detective investigates the real secrets motivating the Phantom of the Opera, when the managers of the Paris Opera House seek help with their difficult tenant.
	Jo Soares. A Samba for Sherlock Set in Rio de Janeiro in 1886, this internationally acclaimed literary thriller begins with the theft of a Stradivarius violin. At the suggestion of Sarah Bernhardt, who is on a triumphant tour through South America, the great Sherlock Holmes is summoned from London to solve the case. But by the time he arrives, events have taken a turn for the worse, as a series of grisly murders shocks the city - the victims all beautiful young women.
	Donald Serrell Thomas. Secret Cases of Sherlock Holmes Accompanied as ever by the faithful Dr. Watson, the Great Detective conducts clandestine investigations into historical cases so delicate they endanger the national security and indeed, without the formidable ratiocinative powers of the eminent Holmes, could topple the monarchy or government.
	M. J. Trow. The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade (Lestrade series) It is 1891 and London is still reeling from the horror of the unsolved Jack the Ripper murders when Inspector Sholto Lestrade is sent to the Isle of Wight to investigate a strange corpse found walled up in Shanklin Cline.
	Alan Vanneman. Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra Sherlock Holmes travels the length of Asia to solve his most confounding case and thwart his most terrifying foe.
	Daniel Victor. The Seventh Bullet His retirement interrupted by the assassination of muckraker David Graham Phillips, Sherlock Holmes begins an investigation that leads him from England to New York's Gramercy Park to Washington, D.C.
	Gerard Williams. Dr. Mortimer and the Aldgate Mystery In a mystery as dark and sinister as the East End alleys of Victorian London, Dr. James Mortimer (of the Hound of the Baskervilles) meets the captivating Lavinia Nancarrow. The girl is being held a virtual prisoner by her guardian, and Mortimer must discover why.