The Great Detective Universe

In this book, a range of contemporary authors explore 'what happens next' when the Great Detective confronts mysteries which question reason. A summons from Irene Adler’s daughter; a chance encounter with one of Houdini’s fraud investigators; the enigma of Dr John Silence. Mysterious events at Mary Morstan’s old school, and a threat to Queen Victoria. The return of the German agent Von Bork, somewhat changed, and a desperate hunt for a killer through the alleys of London with none other than Professor Van Helsing.

As Carnacki the Ghost Finder, the famous literary occult detective, once said: “I view all reported ‘hauntings’ as unproven until I have examined into them, and I am bound to admit that ninety-nine cases out of a hundred turn out to be sheer bosh and fancy.” In this book, a range of contemporary authors explore 'what happens next' when the Great Detective confronts mysteries which question reason.

Sherlock Holmes —the name immediately brings to mind an image of the great detective sitting in his rooms in 221B Baker street, his fingers steepled before his hawkish nose, his sharp grey eyes focused on the client who has brought a little puzzle for him to solve. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said when one reads the names of the other literary detectives of the time period, sometimes referred to as the rivals of Sherlock Holmes.

SHERLOCK HOLMES WORKS BESIDE THE GREAT LADY DETECTIVES OF THE VICTORIAN ERA! There was a rich plethora of female sleuths in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, solving mysteries throughout the world at the same time as Sherlock Holmes. Imagine if these sleuths worked together to fight crime and stop master criminals! See Sherlock Holmes partner with Loveday Brooke, Judith Lee, Kitty Winters, Lois Cayley, Ruth the Betrayer and many, many more in FOURTEEN ALL-NEW ADVENTURES!! Edited and with an introduction by Derrick Belanger, BSI.