The Revenge of the Hound

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 Revenge of the Hound
AuthorMichael Hardwick
LanguageEnglish
GenreMystery novels
PublisherVillard Books
Publication date
1987
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)

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]

References
  1. Bunson, Matthew (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana. Simon & Schuster. p. 214. ISBN 0-02-861679-0.
  2. Bunson, Matthew (1997). Encyclopedia Sherlockiana. Simon & Schuster. p. 199. ISBN 0-02-861679-0.
  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.
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