Baker Street irregulars
Subtitle: thirteen authors with new takes on Sherlock Holmes
By: edited by Michael A. Ventrella & Jonathan Maberry
Edition: First Diversion Books edition.
Publisher: Diversion Books, a division of Diversion Publishing Corp.
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9781626818408
Subjects: Literary collections; Fiction
Description: Sherlock Holmes is one of the most iconic and lasting figures in literature. His feats of detection are legendary, and he continues to capture audiences today in stories, movies, and on TV. In this new anthology, Baker Street Irregulars, authors present the celebrated detective in more than a dozen wildly entertaining new ways. In Ryk Spoor's thrilling "The Adventures of a Reluctant Detective," Sherlock is a re-creation in a holodeck. In Hildy Silverman's mesmerizing "A Scandal in the Bloodline," Sherlock is a vampire. Heidi McLaughlin sends Sherlock back to college, while Beth Patterson, in the charming "Code Cracker," turns him into a parrot. The settings range from Russia in the near-future to a reality show, from a dystopian world to an orchestra. Without losing the very qualities that make Sherlock so illustrious a character, these authors spin new webs of mystery around their own singular riff on one of fiction's truly singular characters.
Table of contents: title: Locked  -- by Mike Strauss; title: Identity  -- by Keith R.A. DeCandido; title: The scent of truth  -- by Jody Lynn Nye; title: The adventure of the reluctant detective  -- by Ryk Spoor; title: A scandal in the bloodline  -- by Hildy Silverman; title: The fabulous marble  -- by David Gerrold; title: The scarlet study  -- by Jim Avelli; title: Delta Phi  -- by Heidi McLaughlin; title: Beethoven's baton  -- by Austin Farmer; title: The adventure of the melted saint  -- by Gail Z. Martin; title: Automatic Sherlock  -- by Martin Rose; title: The hammer of God  -- by Jonathan Mayberry; title: Code cracker -- by Beth W. Patterson.