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The Whole Art of Detection by Lyndsay Faye

The Whole Art of Detection

Lost Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes

Lyndsay Faye

Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · March 16, 2018

An outstanding collection of fifteen stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, one of the most enduring characters in crime fiction, from the acclaimed author of the Sherlockian novel Dust and Shadow and the Timothy Wilde trilogy

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Who it’s for
A tidy way to get your Holmes fix, with the pleasant frisson of something “lost.”.
Genres
Mystery Anthologies, Historical Mystery, Short Stories (Single Author)
Published
Grove/Atlantic, March 16, 2018

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About this book

An outstanding collection of fifteen stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, one of the most enduring characters in crime fiction, from the acclaimed author of the Sherlockian novel Dust and Shadow and the Timothy Wilde trilogy

Holmes, Reframed

A tidy way to get your Holmes fix, with the pleasant frisson of something “lost.”.

Come here for

  • Holmes-adjacent short stories
  • Victorian-era sleuthing mood

Expect

  • Anthology pacing
  • Period-crime atmosphere

Where it sits

Mystery Anthologies67%
Short Stories (Single Author)67%
Historical Mystery62%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • British Mystery
  • Mystery Anthologies
  • Historical Mystery
Authors
Lyndsay Faye
Publisher
Grove/Atlantic
Published
March 16, 2018
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
British Mystery