A If you are looking for a new Sherlock Holmes novel you are in luck. Approved by the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle this week the Sherlock Holmes novel will be written by author Anthony Horowitz. Horowitz has previously written a number of great books, including a series about teenage spy by the name of Alex Rider.
Conan Doyle has passed away now for 80 years, and the famous super sleuth has not appeared in a novel since 1927, in the short story The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.
Mr Horowitz stated that he “fell in love with the Sherlock Holmes stories when I was sixteen, and I’ve read them many times since."
“I simply couldn't resist this opportunity to write a brand new adventure for this iconic figure and my aim is to produce a first rate mystery for a modern audience while remaining absolutely true to the spirit of the original,” he added.
The new novel is reported to be published in September of this year. With the plot kept secret for now.
The first such time that the estate has given their endorsement for a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Setting aside the numerous film and TV adaptations of the famous Baker Street detective, Anthony Horowitz has returned to the original books to produce a brilliant mystery novel, stripped back to the original style of Conan Doyle.
The book, like the first of Conan Doyle's tales, is set in the 1890s but Horowitz said that writing in the 21st century he could "stray into areas Doyle couldn't have touched at his time".
