The Revenge of the Hound

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The Revenge of the Hound
Author Michael Hardwick
LanguageEnglish
Genre Mystery novels
Publisher Villard Books
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

The Revenge of the Hound is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Michael Hardwick, originally published in 1987. [1] It is Hardwick's second Holmes novel after 1979's The Prisoner of the Devil . [2]

The acclaimed novel, [3] a semi-sequel to The Hound of the Baskervilles , was authorized by the Conan Doyle estate. [3]

Reception

Kirkus Reviews called the book "the most authentic and convincing post-Conan Doyle Holmes adventure to date." [3] Publishers Weekly felt that "while it faithfully echoes a Holmesian novel in tone and design, this latest effort seems to lack any life of its own." [4] The Los Angeles Times called Hardwick's detail "predictably perfect" and predicted that Sherlockians "should take to the book as to comfortable old slippers." [5] January Magazine called it "a fine and faithful extension of The Hound of the Baskervilles. [6]

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References

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  2. Bunson, Matthew (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana. Simon & Schuster. p. 199. ISBN   0-02-861679-0.
  3. 1 2 3 "The Revenge of the Hound". Kirkus Reviews . 28 October 1987. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. "Revenge of the Hound". Publishers Weekly . 30 September 1987. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. Champlin, Charles (1 November 1987). "The Centennial Sherlock Holmes". The Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  6. Pierce, J. Kingston (January 1999). "Eternally, My Dear Watson". January Magazine . Retrieved 20 December 2019.