The House at Baker Street
25 February 2016
Imprint: Macmillan
Synopsis
Behind every detective stands a great woman . . .
When Sherlock Holmes turns down the case of persecuted Laura Shirley, Mrs Hudson - the landlady of Baker Street - and Mary Watson - the wife of Dr Watson - resolve to take on the investigation themselves. From the kitchen of 221b, the two women begin their inquiries and enlist the...
Details
25 February 2016
352 pages
9781509807208
Imprint: Macmillan
Reviews
'I loved The House at Baker Street. This is the perfect post-Sherlock book: warm, compassionate, intelligent, with plot and language crafted in the style of the Master Conan Doyle himself. Martha Hudson and Mary Watson step off the page, finally given the life they always needed. It's the kind of book any of us would be proud to have written, but to have done so as a debut is little short of exceptional. Michelle Birkby is a name to watch as she rises to literary stardom - and I can already feel the television adaptation on the way'Manda Scott, author of the Rome and Boudica series
Cleverly incorporating much-loved elements of the original Conan Doyle novels, this is a witty feminist take on the crime classicThe Lady