Related and derivative writings Sherlock Holmes

in addition holmes canon, conan doyle s 1898 lost special features unnamed amateur reasoner intended identified holmes readers. author s explanation of baffling disappearance argued in holmesian style, pokes fun @ own creation. similar conan doyle short stories field bazaar , man watches , , 1924 s how watson learned trick , parody of watson–holmes breakfast-table scenes. author wrote other material, plays, featuring holmes. of appears in sherlock holmes: published apocrypha, edited jack tracy; final adventures of sherlock holmes, edited peter haining, , uncollected sherlock holmes, compiled richard lancelyn green.

in terms of writers other doyle, authors diverse anthony burgess, neil gaiman, dorothy b. hughes, stephen king, tanith lee, a. a. milne, , p. g. wodehouse have written sherlock holmes pastiches. notably, famed american mystery writer john dickson carr collaborated arthur conan doyle s son, adrian conan doyle, on exploits of sherlock holmes, pastiche collection 1954. in 2011, anthony horowitz published sherlock holmes novel, house of silk, presented continuation of conan doyle s work , approval of conan doyle estate. in 2014, sequel, moriarty, announced , published.

some authors have written tales centred on characters canon other holmes. m. j. trow has written series of seventeen books using inspector lestrade central character, beginning adventures of inspector lestrade in 1985. carole nelson douglas irene adler series based on woman scandal in bohemia , first book (1990 s night, mr. holmes) retelling story adler s point of view. martin davies has written 3 novels baker street housekeeper mrs. hudson protagonist. mycroft holmes has been subject of several efforts: enter lion michael p. hodel , sean m. wright (1979), four-book series quinn fawcett, , 2015 s mycroft, former nba star kareem abdul-jabbar. john gardner, michael kurland, , kim newman, amongst many others, have written tales in holmes s nemesis professor moriarty main character. anthologies edited michael kurland , george mann entirely devoted stories told perspective of characters other holmes , watson.

in 1980 italian novel name of rose umberto eco, central character william of baskerville alludes hound of baskervilles, , description in beginning of book tribute dr. watson s description of sherlock holmes when first makes acquaintance in study in scarlet.

laurie r. king recreated holmes in mary russell series (beginning 1994 s beekeeper s apprentice), set during first world war , 1920s. holmes, semi-retired in sussex, stumbled upon teenaged american girl. recognising kindred spirit, trains apprentice , subsequently marries her. of 2016, series includes fourteen novels , novella tied book king s kate martinelli series (the art of detection).

the final solution, 2004 novella michael chabon, concerns unnamed long-retired detective interested in beekeeping tackles case of missing parrot belonging jewish refugee boy. mitch cullin s novel slight trick of mind (2005) takes place 2 years after end of second world war, , explores old , frail sherlock holmes (now 93) comes terms life spent in emotionless logic; adapted film, 2015 s mr. holmes.