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A Softened Holmes
Apr 2012
The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz - Orion Books, 2011
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This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel officially sanctioned by Conan Doyle's estate, and my response was similar to that of the official sequel to Peter Pan. It is a perfectly decent novel that tells a new story with the characters and locations of the original. There is nothing wrong with it - and that is really its problem.
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The House of Silk - Anthony Horowitz - Orion Books, 2011
* * *
This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel officially sanctioned by Conan Doyle's estate, and my response was similar to that of the official sequel to Peter Pan. It is a perfectly decent novel that tells a new story with the characters and locations of the original. There is nothing wrong with it - and that is really its problem.
( Read more... )