In League with Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon

Leslie S, Klinger · Laurie R. King

Dec 2020 · Sold by Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger’s popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle’s most acclaimed detective.

Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective’s genius, mastery, and heroism became the standard by which other creators measured their creations, and the friendship between Holmes and Dr. Watson served as a brilliant model for those who followed Doyle. Not only did the Holmes tales influence the mystery genre but also tales of science-fiction, adventure, and the supernatural. It is little wonder, then, that when the renowned Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger invited their writer-friends and colleagues to be inspired by the Holmes canon, a cornucopia of stories sprang forth, with more than sixty of the greatest modern writers participating in four acclaimed anthologies.

Now, King and Klinger have invited another fifteen masters to become In League with Sherlock Holmes. The contributors to the pair’s next volume, due out in December 2020, include award-winning authors of horror, thrillers, mysteries, westerns, and science-fiction, all bound together in admiration and affection for the original stories. Past tales have spanned the Victorian era, World War I, World War II, the post-war era, and contemporary America and England. They have featured familiar figures from literature and history, children, master sleuths, official police, unassuming amateurs, unlikely protagonists, even ghosts and robots. Some were new tales about Holmes and Watson; others were about people from Holmes’s world or admirers of Holmes and his methods. The resulting stories are funny, haunting, thrilling, and surprising. All are unforgettable. The new collection promises more of the same!

Ratings and reviews

Mrs. King is my favorite writer on the most astute, intelligent, and delightful companion for Authur Conan Dolye's unexpected, yet needed sidekick (and adorable, eventual wife) for the brilliant, erasable, and almost elderly Great Detective. I have read all of Mrs. King's novels (long and short) at least three+ times. So, I look forward with at least three more turns in her Sherlockian London and in the broad world that she has given to us. Asia was never as expected at her's is. I hope to follow in more of the Holmes & Russell duo for much of the next dozen+ years, unlil God calls me home. I believe that Mrs. King's treasure trove is the most excellent companion series to Mr. Conan Doyle's masterpiece!! You will not be disappointed, no matter your age. I began at age eleven, red haired pigtales, freckles, and already a long veteran of tree climbing, or fense walking with a book in hand. There is so much adventure just waiting out there for us!! Happy hunting. 🥰😁🤩😘 Ms. Irony

About the author

Leslie S. Klinger is one of the world’s foremost authorities on Sherlock Holmes. He is the editor of the three-volume The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes. The first two volumes, The Complete Short Stories, won the Edgar for “Best Critical/Biographical” work. Klinger is a member of the Baker Street Irregulars and lives in Malibu, California.

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.