The Kentish Manor Murders

The Kentish Manor Murders is a 1988 mystery detective novel by the British writer Julian Symons. A pastiche of the traditional Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, it is a sequel to the 1975 novel A Three-Pipe Problem.[1]

The Kentish Manor Murders
First edition
AuthorJulian Symons
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective
PublisherMacmillan
Publication date
1988
Media typePrint
Pages191
ISBN0140108726
Preceded byA Three-Pipe Problem 

Plot

Sheridan Haynes, now famous for playing Holmes in a series of television adaptations, is invited to Castle Baskerville by Warren Waymark to perform some scenes in character. The eccentric millionaire Waymark, a fanatical Sherlockian, is a collector of anything related to the detective. Before his visit, Haynes is approached by a man claiming to have a genuine copy of previously unknown original Doyle story which he wants to sell to Waymark.

References

  1. Mason, Bill. A Holmes by Any Other Name. Wildside Press, 2019. p. 96. ASIN B07L63CJ71. ISBN 1479441058

Bibliography

  • Reilly, John M. Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Springer, 2015. p. 300. ISBN 0312824181. OL 4437992M.</ref>
  • Watt, Peter Ridgway; Green, Joseph (2017) [2003]. The Alternative Sherlock Holmes: Pastiches, Parodies and Copies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0754608820.
  • Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.


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