What's the best non-Conan-Doyle Sherlock Holmes story ?

Answer 1

I really liked, I believe it was called The Poison Belt--sequel to The Lost World, but related only by the characters.

ETA: Hang on, I read that wrong--I was putting up a Doyle story that wasn't Sherlock Holmes.

Hmm. In that case, try this lovely piece, out of the Shadows Over Baker Street collection: http://www.neilgaiman.com/exclusive/shortstories/emerald.pdf

Answer 2

A Michael Dibdin novel
The Last Sherlock Holmes Story

Answer 3

Graphic novels by Michael Reaves - Shadows Over Baker Street: New Tales of Terror! - excellent take on Sherlock Holmes, but doesnt compare with the original. There were a series of weird Sherlock Holmes adaptations in the late 30's and 40's where the character was used for a series of propoganda films during the war, such as Sherlock Holmes and the voice of terror / secret weapon and so on.

Micheal Dibdin and other authors have also tried to carry on where conan-doyle left of with offerings such as The Last Sherlock Holmes Story....

Answer 4

I just finished Laurie R. King's Mary Russell mystery series about a young woman detective who meets and is taught by and then later marries Sherlock Holmes. They're great books.

Mary Russell, a teen-age student of Sherlock Holmes, is featured in:

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice (1994)

A Monstrous Regiment of Women (1995)

A Letter of Mary (1996)

The Moor (1998)

O Jerusalem (1999)

Justice Hall (2002)

The Game (2004)

Locked Rooms (2005)

Answer 5

My own personal favourite is The Seven Per Cent Solution by Nicolas Meyer. Holmes gets treated for his Cocaine addiction by Sigmund Freud and prevents a war among other things. A good read.

Answer 6

the one on star trek with data as sherlock holmes and a "real" moriarty

Answer 7

"sherlock holmes of baker street"---william s. baring-gould
(bography of sh)

Answer 8

"The White Company" -- classic buckle and swash.

Answer 9

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