This story has a real sense of foreboding and danger. This has plenty of references and tie-ins with other Holmes stories and key events proving that Horowitz was the right man for the job. Horowitz’s love and knowledge of Conan Doyle’s consulting detective is clear in his writing. This has a far more introspective and reflective Watson. Holmes and Watson must investigate some terrible crimes and will be tested like never before. Set in November of 1890 this adventure concerns a scar-faced man wearing a flat cap stalking an English gentleman, a gang from Boston becoming entwined with the art world and mention of the ‘House of Silk’ which could threaten Victorian society itself. Here we learn that Holmes is dead and Watson has allowed this particular case to see the light of day after a period of one hundred years such was the scandal, corruption and sensation involved. Endorsed by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ‘The House of Silk’ has a fine pedigree with renowned author Anthony Horowitz taking on the world’s most famous detective: Sherlock Holmes.
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