This follow-up to the national bestseller A Study in Sherlock is a stunning new volume of original stories compiled by award-winning Sherlockians Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger.The Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle were recently voted the top mystery series of all time, and they have enthralled generations of readers–and writers.Now, Laurie R. King, author of the New York Times bestselling Mary Russell series in which Holmes plays a costarring role, and Leslie S. Klinger, Edgar Award-winning editor of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, have assembled a stellar group of contemporary authors from a variety of genres and asked them to create new stories inspired by that canon. Authors included here are Michael Connelly, Jeffery Deaver, Michael Dirda, Harlan Ellison, Denise Hamilton, Nancy Holder, John Lescroart, Sara Paretsky, Michael Sims, and more.Inside you’ll find Holmes in times and places previously unimagined, as well as characters who have themselves been affected by the tales of Sherlock Holmes. The game is afoot–again!Stories include: The Crooked Man by Michael Connelly The Curious Affair of the Italian Art Dealer by Sara Paretsky The Memoirs of Silver Blaze by Michael Sims Dr. Watson’s Casebook by Andrew Grant The Adventure of the Laughing Fisherman by Jeffery Deaver Art in the Blood by Laura Caldwell Dunkirk by John Lescroart The Problem of the Empty Slipper by Leah Moore and John Reppion Lost Boys by Cornelia Funke The Thinking Machine by Denise Hamilton By Any Other Name by Michael Dirda He Who Grew Up Reading Sherlock Holmes by Harlan Ellison The Adventure of My Ignoble Ancestress by Nancy Holder The Closing by Leslie S. Klinger How I Came to Meet Sherlock Holmes by Gahan Wilson