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I have two copies of The House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz, and I’m not sure where I got either of them.
At the end of his life, Dr Watson decides he can share some of the more precarious and scandalous cases he worked on with Sherlock Holmes. The House of Silk might be the most violent and scandalous of them all.
Like I said, I’m not sure where I got this book or when it first showed up on my radar. I don’t even remember what compelled me to pick it up when I did. I do know that I love Sherlock Holmes and Holmes stories. This one was officially endorsed by the Arther Conan Doyle estate and I had seen a few other books by the writer, so I was excited to read it. There were things I really liked about this book and things that I really didn’t enjoy. I made a full review (spoiler free) over at my booktube channel. The most striking thing about this book was how much and how well Horowitz emulated Conan Doyle’s writing style in prose. But another striking thing was how much it is different in plot than the original stories. This book was a weird mix of classically holmsian and distinctly too modern to be a true Holmes novel. Overall I really enjoyed it but there were a lot of tough subject matters brought up that made it not the most fun read. I would not recommend this book to those that do not want to read about violence, trauma, rape, and child abuse. But I would recommend this book to readers who like Holmes variations, mystery lovers, and books where the writer copies the style of another writer.
Are you a fan of Sherlock Holmes? If so, how do you feel about Holmes variations?
The House of Silk was mentioned in my October Reading Wrap Up and in my first Stand Alone Review.