In the Company of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

King, Laurie R.; Klinger, Leslie S.

ISBN 10: 1483026701 ISBN 13: 9781483026701

Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB, 2014

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This follow-up to the national bestseller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were recently voted the top mystery series of all time, and they have enthralled generations of readers--and writers.Now, Laurie R. King, author of the New York Times bestselling Mary Russell series in which Holmes plays a costarring role, and Leslie S. Klinger, Edgar Award-winning editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, have assembled a stellar group of contemporary authors from a variety of genres and asked them to create new stories inspired by that canon. Authors included here are Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Dirda, Harlan Ellison, Denise Hamilton, Nancy Holder, John Lescroart, Sara Paretsky, Michael Sims, and more.Inside you'll find Holmes in times and places previously unimagined, as well as characters who have themselves been affected by the tales of Sherlock Holmes. The game is afoot--again!Stories include: "The Crooked Man" by Michael Connelly"The Curious Affair of the Italian Art Dealer" by Sara Paretsky"The Memoirs of Silver Blaze" by Michael Sims"Dr. Watson's Casebook" by Andrew Grant"The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman" by Jeffery Deaver"Art in the Blood" by Laura Caldwell"Dunkirk" by John Lescroart"The Problem of the Empty Slipper" by Leah Moore and John Reppion"Lost Boys" by Cornelia Funke"The Thinking Machine" by Denise Hamilton"By Any Other Name" by Michael Dirda"He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes" by Harlan Ellison"The Adventure of My Ignoble Ancestress" by Nancy Holder"The Closing" by Leslie S. Klinger"How I Came to Meet Sherlock Holmes" by Gahan Wilson

Biografía del autor

Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books, including the Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes stories. She has been nominated for a multitude of prizes, and her fiction has won the Edgar, Creasy, Nero, Macavity, and Lambda Awards. She has been guest of honor at several crime conventions and is probably the only writer to have both an Edgar Award and an honorary doctorate in theology. She was inducted into the Baker Street Irregulars in 2010.

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• Verlag: BLACKSTONE PUB
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1483026701
• ISBN 13: 9781483026701
• Einband: CD MP3