A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon [REPOST]

What would happen if you asked eighteen top writers who don't normally write about Sherlock Holmes to write about Sherlock Holmes? What if you wrote to them, saying:

In 19th century England, a new kind of hero–a consulting detective–blossomed in the mind of an underemployed doctor and ignited the world's imagination. In the thirteen decades since A Study in Scarlet first appeared, countless variations on that theme have been played, from Mary Russell to Greg House, from 'Basil of Baker Street' to the new BBC Holmes-in-the-internet-age.

We suspect that you have in the back of your mind a story that plays a variation on the Holmes theme…

And what if these great writers read that proposal and decided that yes, they did have that kind of tale in the back of their minds?

The result is A Study in Sherlock, Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon, with stories by Alan Bradley, Tony Broadbent, Jan Burke, Lionel Chetwynd, Lee Child, Colin Cotterill, Neil Gaiman, Laura Lippman, Gayle Lynds and John Sheldon, Phillip and Jerry Margolin, Margaret Maron, Thomas Perry, S.J. Rozan, Dana Stabenow, Charles Todd, and Jacqueline Winspear.

index:

AN INTRODUCTION
Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger

YOU’D BETTER GO IN DISGUISE
Alan Bradley

AS TO “AN EXACT KNOWLEDGE OF LONDON”
Tony Broadbent

THE MEN WITH THE TWISTED LIPS
S. J. Rozan

THE ADVENTURE OF THE PURLOINED PAGET
Phillip Margolin and Jerry Margolin

THE BONE-HEADED LEAGUE
Lee Child

THE STARTLING EVENTS IN THE ELECTRIFIED CITY
Thomas Perry

THE CASE OF DEATH AND HONEY
Neil Gaiman

A TRIUMPH OF LOGIC
Gayle Lynds and John Sheldon

THE LAST OF SHEILA-LOCKE HOLMES
Laura Lippman

THE ADVENTURE OF THE CONCERT PIANIST
Margaret Maron

THE SHADOW NOT CAST
Lionel Chetwynd

THE EYAK INTERPRETER
Dana Stabenow

THE CASE THAT HOLMES LOST
Charles Todd

THE IMITATOR
Jan Burke

A SPOT OF DETECTION
Jacqueline Winspear

A STUDY IN SHERLOCK: AFTERWORD
A Leslie S. Klinger/Mary Russell Twinterview (with Laurie R. King)