The Kentish Manor Murders

The Kentish Manor Murders

First edition
Author	Julian Symons
Language	English
Genre	Detective
Publisher	Macmillan
Publication date	1988
Publication place	United Kingdom
Media type	Print
Pages	191
ISBN	0140108726
Preceded by	A Three-Pipe Problem

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]

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 .
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• Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.