Sherlock Holmes in America

Description

Just in time for Sherlock Holmes, the major motion picture starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jude Law: the world's greatest fictional detective and his famous sidekick Dr. Watson are on their first trip across the Atlantic as they solve crimes all over nineteenth-century America-from the bustling neighborhoods of New York, Boston, and D.C. to fog-shrouded San Francisco. The world's best-loved British sleuth faces some of the most cunning criminals America has to offer and meets some of America's most famous figures along the way. This exciting new anthology features over a dozen original short stories by award-winning and prominent writers, each in the extraordinary tradition of Conan Doyle, and each with a unique American twist. Featuring new stories by: Edgar Award-winner Daniel Stashower Edgar Award-winner Jon L. Breen Shamus Award-winner Loren Estleman Derringer Award-winner Steve Hockensmith Anthony Award-winner Bill Crider And many more!

Martin H. Greenberg has been called "the best anthologist since Ellery Queen." He's the most prolific anthologist in publishing history and recipient of the Ellery Queen Award for life achievement in editing from the Mystery Guild of America. He is also one of the editors of Vampire Stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. He lives in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Jon L. Lellenberg is the US agent for the Conan Doyle estate and the editor of The Baker Street Irregulars archival history series. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. Daniel Stashower is an award-winning mystery novelist and the author of A Teller of Tales: The Life of Arthur Conan Doyle. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.

Fans of Sherlock Holmes will welcome the fourteen new stories in this solid anthology. Showcasing 14 never-before-published offerings from a slew of mystery writers, Sherlock Holmes in America transports the detecting duo across the Atlantic to solve an array of quandaries set in the United States. Diverse in tone, the stories are consistently entertaining.