Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories

Sherlock Holmes: The Persian Slipper and Other Stories is a collection by Brenda Seabrooke. It is presented as a set of eight traditional Sherlock Holmes pastiches, with occasional touches of fantasy.

Key details

• Author: Brenda Seabrooke
• Editors: David Marcum, Derrick Belanger and Brian Belanger
• ISBN: 9781787059856
• 302 pages
• Publication date: 26th September

Synopsis

This volume has Dr John Watson offering answers to long-standing questions, including the origin of the Persian slipper Holmes uses for his shag tobacco, whether Holmes and Watson met before St Barts, and what Holmes truly thought about curses. Alongside these reflections, the collection presents further cases featuring the putative Naval Man, a night spent at a gentlemen’s club, a second marriage proposal, a movable tree, and a wedding with an unexpected ending.

The eight stories have appeared in Holmes anthologies from Belanger Books in the US and MX Publishing in the UK, bringing together classic-style pastiche with a light fantastical edge for readers who enjoy Sherlock Holmes-inspired fiction.

About the author

Brenda Seabrooke is the author of 22 books, mostly mysteries for young readers, and has published stories in anthologies and literary journals. She has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, won the Robie Macauley Award from Emerson College, and was a finalist for the Edgar Allan Poe Award at Mystery Writers of America.

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