The House of Silk

by Anthony Horowitz, Mihail Zagot (Translator)

Overview

V literaturnom i kinematograficheskom mire net bolee populyarnogo geroya, chem SHerlok Holms. Eto imya stalo sensaciey v 1890-h blagodarya publikaciyam v zhurnale «Strend», tirazhi kotorogo srazu vyrosli na tret'. Po chislu ekranizaciy istoriya o detektive s Beyker-strit popala v Knigu rekordov Ginnessa. O kolichestve literaturnyh pastishey i govorit' nechego, no oficial'noe odobrenie Fonda naslediya Konan Doyla poluchil tol'ko Entoni Gorovic za svoy roman «Dom shelka». V kar'ere velikogo syshchika bylo delo, svyazannoe s takimi chudovishchnymi i skandal'nymi sobytiyami, chto napisat' o nem Vatson, neizmennyy rasskazchik uvlekatel'neyshih istoriy o svoem genial'nom druge, reshilsya ne skoro. On tshchatel'no upakoval eti zapiski, otpravil na hranenie v nadezhnoe mesto i zaveshchal otkryt' paket ne ranee chem cherez sto let, potomu chto spryatannaya v nem tayna pod nazvaniem «Dom shelka» ugrozhala podorvat' vse ustoi obshchestva...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9785389235595
Publisher:	Azbooka
Publication date:	07/18/2023
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	329,559
File size:	631 KB
Age Range:	16 Years
Language:	Russian

About the Author

Энтони Горовиц — английский писатель, журналист, телевизионный продюсер и сценарист, пишущий в жанрах мистики и триллера. Автор детективного романа «Сороки-убийцы» и его продолжения «Совы охотятся ночью». Библиография Энтони насчитывает больше 40 книг, среди них популярная серия подростковых шпионских детективов «Алекс Райдер», экранизированная в 2006 г., цикл книг «Сила пяти» (или «Привратники»). Не менее известен Горовиц и как автор детективов, для издательства Orion Books и Conan Doyle Estate написал две новые книги о Шерлоке Холмсе. «Дом шелка» вышел в 2011 г., а продолжение «Мориарти» в 2014 г. В 2015 г. Энтони Горовиц опубликовал новые книги о Джеймсе Бонде — Trigger Mortis, Forever and a Day и готовящийся к публикации роман With a Mind to Kill. В 2021 г. появились новости о том, что Горовиц подготовит еще три новых рассказа о Шерлоке для сервиса Storytel Original. Не меньше времени Энтони Горовиц посвятил созданию популярных британских телесериалов — работал над семью эпизодами «Чисто английского убийства». Написал сценарий для телесериала «Война Фойла», получившего премию зрительских симпатий от BAFTA, пятисерийные драмы «Авария», «Несправедливость» и «Свежая кровь».

Editorial Reviews

The hype surrounding what’s being billed as the first pastiche ever officially approved by the Conan Doyle estate is amply justified in this authentic, if melancholy, recreation of the beloved Baker Street characters by the creator of the acclaimed Foyle’s War TV series. A year after Sherlock Holmes’s death (from natural causes), Watson takes up his pen one last time to recount a case they shared in 1890 that was “too monstrous, too shocking” to appear in print. The opening is prosaic enough. London art dealer Edmund Carstairs asks for the detective’s help after a shadowy figure in a flat cap, apparently an Irish-American thug bent on revenge, surfaces near Carstairs’s Wimbledon home. When a murder follows Holmes getting involved, the trail leads him and the good doctor to a powerful secret society known as the House of Silk. Horowitz gets everything right—the familiar narrative voice, brilliant deductions, a very active role for Watson, and a perplexing and disturbing series of puzzles to unravel—and the legion of fans of the originals will surely be begging for Horowitz to again dip into Watson’s trove of untold tales. Author tour. (One-day laydown: Nov. 1)

Publishers Weekly

Great news, Sherlock Holmes fans! For the first time ever, the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has authorized a new Holmes story. In fact, the estate approached Horowitz, author of the top New York Times best-selling Alex Rider series. A Holmes expert, Horowitz says he's steeped in 19th-century literature and will aim for authenticity in plot, language, and character. At the same time, he knows he's writing for a contemporary audience, and so he "took care to make the plot completely gripping and fast-paced." No word on the content yet—the publisher will reveal clues with tantalizing slowness, as in a good (ahem) mystery. Okay, so other authors have used Holmes as a character; this situation is different, and it's exciting however it turns out. All mystery fans will want.

Library Journal