Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing
by Nicholas Meyer
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Pub Date Aug 26 2025 | Archive Date Jul 31 2025
Penzler Publishers | Mysterious Press
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Description
What arrives is not promising: a landlady who complains her artist tenant is behind on rent. Not exactly the miracle for which Holmes was hoping. But, next thing you know, there are several corpses and Sherlock Holmes and his biographer, John H. Watson, MD, find themselves drawn into one of the most bizarre cases of the great detective’s career. And into the cutthroat big business of Art, where chicanery and mendacity (and cut throats) proliferate.
What makes a work of art worth killing for? Is it the artist, his mistress, his dealer, or his blackmailer? The cast of characters is large. But are they perpetrators, accomplices, or victims? And just who is Juliet Packwood, with whom Watson has become infatuated?
Oh, and there’s one other problem: Is this a genuine Holmes case or a clever forgery? Is this the real thing?
If you can’t tell the difference, what is the difference?
Advance Praise
"In the wide world of Sherlockiana, no living author looms as large as Nicholas Meyer. By some splendid alchemy he channels the very spirit of Conan Doyle, creating utterly thrilling and boundlessly inventive new adventures for Baker Street's finest. Sherlock Holmes and the Real Thing is a joy from start to finish, plotted and written with astonishing verve. I'm in awe; it's brilliant." -Tom Mead, author of the Joseph Spector Locked Room Mysteries
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781613166567 |
| PRICE | $26.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 264 |
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Featured Reviews
Andrea C, Librarian
What a delight! Right from the set up of how this latest Watson manuscript was found, we're invited on another rollicking Sherlockian adventure. Meyer has so thoroughly captured Watson's voice that it's like putting on a comfortable old sweater. Great plot, great characters, and great pacing make for another successful homage. Loved it!
Bethany S, Reviewer
During a frozen winter in the 1890s, Sherlock Holmes is desperate for a case. A landlady’s complaint about her artist tenant plunges Holmes and Watson into the shadowy world of the art market, where deceit, ambition, and greed prove as deadly as any weapon. As bodies pile up and suspects multiply, Watson becomes entangled with the mysterious Juliet Packwood, even as he and Holmes race to uncover who among the artists, dealers, and lovers is truly capable of murder.
This was a fun adventure! It felt like I was reading one of the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories. Holmes and Watson are as I remember them, down to the good doctor being charmed by a pretty woman, and I enjoyed following them on this adventure.
The details of art forgery were interesting and well-researched. I enjoyed the pacing of the mystery. Each detail was revealed at just the right time and then put together in the end in a satisfying way. I am always happy when I can guess the solution, and this time I was half right.
Overall, this is a great read for anyone who enjoys Sherlock Holmes adventures.
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