Most Popular Books by Lyndsay Faye

A librarian is tormented by a lethal volume of black magic. When A. Davenport Lomax’s young daughter asks him whether spirits and faeries are real, the Edwardian librarian just pats the little darling on the head. But when a desperate man emerges from the winding passages of the library muttering about demonology, he gets Lomax’s attention. Theodore Grange is a member of the Brotherhood of Solomon, a secret society dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of black magic, and he believes he has found a book written by the Queen of Sheba herself. Said to hold the answers to one thousand demonic mysteries, the tome will poison any man who dares read it. The next time Lomax sees him, Grange is at death’s door. To uncover the truth about The Gospel of Sheba, Lomax agrees to accompany Grange to a meeting of the brotherhood, where he will encounter darkness that threatens his life, his family, and his soul. The Bibliomysteries are a series of short tales about deadly books, by top mystery authors.

The reimagining of Jane Eyre as a gutsy, heroic serial killer that The New York Times Book Review calls “wonderfully entertaining” and USA Today describes as “sheer mayhem meets Victorian propriety”—nominated for the 2017 Edgar Award for Best Novel. “Reader, I murdered him.” A sensitive orphan, Jane Steele suffers first at the hands of her spiteful aunt and predatory cousin, then at a grim school where she fights for her very life until escaping to London, leaving the corpses of her tormentors behind her. After years of hiding from the law while penning macabre “last confessions” of the recently hanged, Jane thrills at discovering an advertisement. Her aunt has died and her childhood home has a new master: Mr. Charles Thornfield, who seeks a governess. Burning to know whether she is in fact the rightful heir, Jane takes the position incognito and learns that Highgate House is full of marvelously strange new residents—the fascinating but caustic Mr. Thornfield, an army doctor returned from the Sikh Wars, and the gracious Sikh butler Mr. Sardar Singh, whose history with Mr. Thornfield appears far deeper and darker than they pretend. As Jane catches ominous glimpses of the pair’s violent history and falls in love with the gruffly tragic Mr. Thornfield, she faces a terrible dilemma: Can she possess him—body, soul, and secrets—without revealing her own murderous past? “A thrill ride of a novel. A must read for lovers of Jane Eyre, dark humor, and mystery.”—PopSugar.com

The final installment in Lyndsay Faye’s Timothy Wilde series, which Lee Child called “solid-gold” and Gillian Flynn declared “spectacular.” No one in 1840s New York likes fires, copper star Timothy Wilde least of all. After a blaze killed his parents and another left him with a terrible scar, he has avoided flames of all kinds. So when a seamstress turned arsonist threatens Robert Symmes, a corrupt tycoon high in the Tammany Hall ranks, Timothy isn’t thrilled that Symmes consults him. His dismay escalates when his audacious and charismatic older brother, Valentine, himself deeply politically entrenched, decides to run against the incumbent, who they suspect is guilty of assault and far darker crimes. Immediately after his brother’s courageous declaration, Timothy finds himself surrounded by powerful enemies who threaten to harm those he cares about most. Meanwhile, the love of Timothy’s life, Mercy Underhill, unexpectedly appears on his doorstep and takes under her wing a starving Irish orphan who may be the key to stopping the combustions threatening the city—if only they can make sense of her cryptic accounts. The closer they come to deciphering her wild tales of witches and angels, however, the closer Timothy comes to the fiery and shocking conclusion that forces him to face everything he fears most. A boisterous and suspenseful book from a master of historical adventure, The Fatal Flame is a tale for the ages.

This collection of short mysteries by the international-bestselling author of Dust and Shadow “belongs on the top shelf with the very best of Doyle’s” (Nicholas Meyer, author of The Seven-Per-Cent Solution). Inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, Edgar Award–finalist Lyndsay Faye has masterfully woven these quintessential characters into her own works of fiction—from her acclaimed debut novel, Dust and Shadow, to a series of short stories for the Strand Magazine, whose predecessor published the first Sherlock Holmes story in 1892. The best of Faye’s Sherlockian tales, including two new works, are brought together in a collection that spans the character’s career, from self-taught upstart to lauded detective, both before and after he faked his own death over a Swiss waterfall in 1894. In “The Lowther Park Mystery,” the unsociable Holmes is forced to attend a garden party at the request of his politician brother and improvises a bit of theater to foil a conspiracy against the government. “The Adventure of the Thames Tunnel” brings Holmes’s attention to the murder of a jewel thief in the middle of an underground railway passage. With Holmes and Watson encountering all manner of ungrateful relatives, phony psychologists, wronged wives, outright villains, and even a peculiar species of deadly red leech, The Whole Art of Detection is a must-read for any fan of historical crime fiction. “If Lyndsay Faye’s byline weren’t on the cover, readers might deduce that the Sherlock Holmes mysteries in The Whole Art of Detection actually came from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.” —David Martindale, Fort Worth Star-Telegram

One of Publishers Weekly''s Top Ten Mystery/Thrillers of the Year One of Kirkus Reviews'' Ten Best Crime Novels of the Year One of Gillian Flynn''s "Recommendations for the Season" on Today Edgar(R) Award Nominee for Best Novel ALA Reading List Award for Best Mystery 1845: New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two events will change New York City forever…. Timothy Wilde tends bar, saving every dollar in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams are destroyed by a fire that devastates downtown Manhattan, he is left with little choice but to accept a job in the newly minted New York City Police Department. Returning exhausted from his rounds one night, Tim collides with a girl no more than ten years old… covered in blood. She claims that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of Twenty-Third Street. Timothy isn’t sure whether to believe her, but as the image of a brutal killer is slowly revealed and anti-Irish rage infects the city, the reluctant copper star is engaged in a battle that may cost him everything…

One of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Mysteries of the Year “Amazing...This is a series for the ages, it’s so spectacular.”—Gillian Flynn, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Gone Girl 1846: In New York City, slave catching isn’t just legal—it’s law enforcement. Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, learns of the gruesome underworld of lies and corruption ruled by the “blackbirders,” who snatch free Northerners of color from their homes, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them South to toil as plantation property. When the beautiful and terrified Lucy Adams staggers into Timothy’s office to report a robbery and is asked what was stolen, her reply is, “My family.” Their search for her mixed-race sister and son will plunge Timothy and his feral brother, Valentine, into a world where police are complicit and politics savage, and where corpses appear in the most shocking of places…

A free preview of SEVEN FOR A SECRET by Lyndsay Faye including a special essy by the author. From Edgar-nominated author Lyndsay Faye comes the next book in what Gillian Flynn calls “a brilliant new mystery series.” Six months after the formation of the NYPD, its most reluctant and talented officer, Timothy Wilde, thinks himself well versed in his city’s dark practices—until he learns of the gruesome underworld of lies and corruption ruled by the “blackbirders,” who snatch free Northerners of color from their homes, masquerade them as slaves, and sell them South to toil as plantation property. The abolitionist Timothy is horrified by these traders in human flesh. But in 1846, slave catching isn’t just legal—it’s law enforcement. When the beautiful and terrified Lucy Adams staggers into Timothy’s office to report a robbery and is asked what was stolen, her reply is, “My family.” Their search for her mixed-race sister and son will plunge Timothy and his feral brother, Valentine, into a world where police are complicit and politics savage, and corpses appear in the most shocking of places. Timothy finds himself caught between power and principles, desperate to protect his only brother and to unravel the puzzle before all he cares for is lost.

In this lush, magical, queer, and feminist take on Hamlet in modern-day New York City, a neuro-atypical physicist, along with his best friend Horatio and artist ex-fiancé, Lia, are caught up in the otherworldly events surrounding the death of his father. Meet Ben Dane: brilliant, devastating, devoted, honest to a fault (truly, a fault). His Broadway theater baron father is dead—but on purpose or by accident? The question rips him apart. Unable to face alone his mother''s ghastly remarriage to his uncle, Ben turns to his dearest friend, Horatio Patel, whom he hasn''t seen since their relationship changed forever from platonic to something...other. Loyal to a fault (truly, a fault), Horatio is on the first flight to New York City when he finds himself next to a sly tailor who portends inevitable disaster. And who seems ominously like an architect of mayhem himself. Meanwhile, Ben''s ex-fiancé, Lia, sundered her from her loved ones thanks to her addiction recovery and torn from her art, has been drawn into the fold of three florists from New Orleans—seemingly ageless sisters who teach her the language of flowers, and whose magical bouquets hold both curses and cures. For a price. On one explosive night these kinetic forces will collide, and the only possible outcome is death. But in the masterly hands of Lyndsay Faye, the story we all know has abundant surprises in store. Impish, captivating, and achingly romantic, this is Hamlet as you''ve never seen it before.

A gun moll with a knack for disappearing flees from Prohibition-era Harlem to Portland''s Paragon Hotel. The year is 1921, and "Nobody" Alice James has just arrived in Oregon with a bullet wound, a lifetime''s experience battling the New York Mafia, and fifty thousand dollars in illicit cash. She befriends Max, a black Pullman porter who reminds her achingly of home and who saves Alice by leading her to the Paragon Hotel. But her unlikely sanctuary turns out to be an all-black hotel in a Jim Crow city, and its lodgers seem unduly terrified of a white woman on the premises. As she meets the churlish Dr. Pendleton, the stately Mavereen, and the club chanteuse Blossom Fontaine, she understands their dread. The Ku Klux Klan has arrived in Portland in fearful numbers--burning crosses, electing officials, infiltrating newspapers, and brutalizing blacks. And only Alice and her new Paragon "family" are searching for a missing mulatto child who has mysteriously vanished into the woods. To untangle the web of lies and misdeeds around her, Alice will have to answer for her own past, too. A richly imagined novel starring two indomitable heroines, The Paragon Hotel at once plumbs the darkest parts of America''s past and the most redemptive facets of humanity. From international-bestselling, multi-award-nominated writer Lyndsay Faye, it''s a masterwork of historical suspense.

In Dust and Shadow Sherlock Holmes hunts down Jack the Ripper with impeccably accurate historical detail, rooting the Whitechapel investigation in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and clinical psychology. This astonishing debut explores the terrifying prospect of hunting down one of the world''s first serial killers without the advantage of modern forensics or profiling. Sherlock''s desire to stop the killer who is terrifying the East End of London is unwavering from the start, and in an effort to do so he hires an "unfortuate" known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow streetwalker who was one of the Ripper''s earliest victims. However, when Holmes himself is wounded in Whitechapel attempting to catch the villain, and a series of articles in the popular press question his role in the crimes, he must use all his resources in a desperate race to find the man known as "The Knife" before it is too late. Penned as a pastiche by the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson, Dust and Shadow recalls the ideals evinced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle''s most beloved and world-renowned characters, while testing the limits of their strength in a fight to protect the women of London, Scotland Yard, and the peace of the city itself.

Da de første børnegrave åbnes, og nye grusomt tilredte børnelig dukker op, bryder helvede løs i Gotham.

Cloaked in gothic shadows, soaked in blood, darkness descends on the world of Sherlock Holmes. “I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart.” Vengeance from beyond, forbidden passions and sadistic cruelty draw the great detective and his faithful companions into storms of madness and otherworldly violence which threaten to cloud the clarity of logic. Facing the eldritch reach of ancient talismans and arcane science, from the streets of London and Paris to the loneliest of manor houses, the great detective battles the weird and uncanny. Can steadfast reason hold against unspeakable terror when Sherlock Holmes can no longer eliminate the impossible? Follow the great detective through ten new tales of terror as he doggedly pursues investigations leading him to the edge of reason and beyond! With contributions by: David Stuart Davies, Lyndsay Faye, Nancy Holder, Mark A. Latham, James Lovegrove, Mark Morris, Charles Prepolec, Josh Reynolds, Angela Slatter, Kevin P. Thornton, and Stephen Volk. About the Series: - Book 1: Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes - Book 2: Gaslight Grotesque: Nightmare Tales of Sherlock Holmes - Book 3: Gaslight Arcanum: Uncanny Tales of Sherlock Holmes - Book 4: Gaslight Gothic: Strange Tales of Sherlock Holmes These anthologies have received critical acclaim from prominent reviewers such as National Post, Library Journal, Booklist, Globe & Mail, etc.

Été 1845. Après des années de débats politiques, New York crée son département de police. Timothy Wilde intègre malgré lui ce fameux NYPD. Ancien barman, il a tout perdu dans un récent incendie : son bar, ses économies et une partie de son visage. La nuit du 21 août, pendant une ronde, Timothy est bousculé par une petite fille terrifiée. Elle porte une chemise de nuit couverte de sang. Au milieu d''un tissu de mensonges, elle finit par lui révéler qu''elle fuit un homme au capuchon noir qui découpe les enfants en morceaux. Le lendemain matin, le corps d''un petit Irlandais est retrouvé dans une poubelle, une large incision sur le thorax, les organes à nu. La fillette disait vrai, un fou s''en prend aux enfants, mais pas n''importe lesquels, les plus démunis, les immigrés. Timothy se lance dans une traque effrénée pour démasquer cet assassin et éviter que ses sinistres desseins ne mettent la ville de New York à feu et à sang...

Lyndsay Faye slog igenom med New Yorks gudar, en tät och rafflande kriminalhistoria från mitten av 1800-talet, som hyllades för sin inlevelsefulla och välresearchade skildring av miljonstaden. I Tiga är guld återvänder hon till den irländske polismannen Timothy Wilde och hans kamp för överlevnad i ett New York präglat av fattigdom och konflikter mellan olika invandrargrupper. Med två årtionden kvar till att slaveriet avskaffas blomstrar människohandeln. När en grupp slavhandlare kidnappar Lucy Adams familj dras Wilde och hans bror Valentine in i ett nät av intriger där människor satt i system att tjäna pengar på andras lidande.

Lorsque Sherlock Holmes et John H. Watson mènent leur enquête sur les meurtres de Jack l''Éventreur... Londres, automne 1888. Les atrocités commises sur deux prostituées assassinées dans le quartier de Whitechapel vont convaincre l''inspecteur Lestrade de solliciter le célèbre spécialiste des affaires criminelles. Qui mieux que Sherlock Holmes, aidé du Dr Watson, saurait traquer l''homme qui sème désormais la terreur parmi la population de l''East End ? Mais le grand détective ne sortira pas indemne de cette enquête. Pour démasquer son insaisissable adversaire, dont le nom, Jack l''Éventreur, restera longtemps gravé dans les mémoires, il devra enfreindre bien des règles, briser les codes, et tenter de sauver sa vie autant que sa réputation.

A new collection of Sherlock Holmes tales that shows the Great Detective and his partner, Dr Watson, as their acquaintances saw them.

New York, 1845. Een uitslaande brand verwoest een groot deel van de stad en laat velen dakloos achter. Tegelijkertijd gaat de aardappeloogst in Ierland verloren. Twee schijnbaar ongerelateerde historische feiten tot de Ierse migranten de schuld krijgen van de honger in Manhattan. Timothy Wilde is door zijn invloedrijke broer Valentine geronseld voor de kersverse politiemacht in New York. Hij krijgt de slechtste wijk van New York toegewezen en door de dagelijkse confrontatie met de misère daar overweegt hij zijn baan op te geven. Maar dan botst hij op een nacht tegen een jong meisje op. Bird is blootsvoets en gekleed in een met bloed doordrenkt nachthemd, maar weigert te vertellen wat haar is overkomen. In een opwelling besluit Timothy haar onder zijn hoede te nemen. Wanneer hij Bird eindelijk aan het praten krijgt, vertelt ze hem over een plek waar tientallen lichamen van Ierse kinderen zijn begraven. Timothy moet op zoek naar een brute seriemoordenaar die erop uit lijkt de anti-Ierse sentimenten nog eens aan te wakkeren. De strijd die losbarst zou hem wel eens zijn broer, zijn grote liefde en zijn leven kunnen kosten.

« Il dio di Gotham è un libro fantastico. Lyndsay Faye dimostra una padronanza dei materiali storici e una conoscenza della mente umana davvero ammirevoli. Mi sono immerso nel suo mondo già dalle prime pagine, e non ho piú potuto allontanarmene fino all''ultimo capitolo». Michael Connelly *** Un thriller storico che svela un passato ormai sepolto, e ha il sapore di un''autentica rivelazione. E cambia per sempre il nostro modo di pensare alla città di New York.

一八八八年，倫敦之秋 史上最恐怖、最黑暗的謎團，至今仍令人戰慄不已的連續謀殺案 全世界最偉大的偵探——福爾摩斯與史上最惡名昭彰的連續殺人犯——開膛手傑克的終極對決 華生醫師塵封至今、絕密記錄一次完整公開—— 刺激又生動得可怕——柯南道爾遺產管理有限公司/強力推薦 補上福爾摩斯正典中缺一角的英倫罪案拼圖——呂仁(推理作家)/專文導讀 做為一部仿作，《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》逼真地重現了華生筆下的福爾摩斯探案；做為一部研究報告，《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》給了開膛手傑克為何犯案、如何犯案、是誰犯案的解釋；做為福爾摩斯正典中缺一角的英倫罪案拼圖，《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》同時解決了「為何華生醫師沒有記載福爾摩斯辦理開膛手傑克一案？」與「為何開膛手傑克在犯下眾多罪案後銷聲匿跡？」兩個問題。一部作品同時完成上述諸多目的，著實精采。 ——摘自呂仁專文導讀 英國最偉大的偵探顧問，夏洛克．福爾摩斯參與了追捕肆虐倫敦東區的那位殺人犯。 他與華生醫師不但親身涉險，深入白教堂區的貧民窟， 並雇用了一位機敏聰慧的風塵女子，瑪麗．安．夢克小姐—— 她一位同樣在街頭討生活的朋友，悲慘地命喪開膛手刀下。 在一次企圖逮住那個凶殘怪物的行動中，福爾摩斯受了重傷。 沉潛休養的日子，開膛手也隱匿蹤跡， 對此新聞界開始發動調查，甚至質疑起這位偉大偵探在他全力阻止的罪行之中，到底扮演了什麼樣的角色? 信用與名譽遭遇空前挑戰的福爾摩斯別無選擇，只能打破所有既定規矩—— 在為時已晚以前，拚命爭取時間找到那位人稱「刀客」的瘋狂殺手…… 《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》是一個刺激又生動得可怕的故事。 ——柯南道爾遺產管理有限公司(Canan Doyle Estate) 經過漫長的等待，終於出現一位才華難得一見的作者，狂熱且完整的把福爾摩斯正典知識，結合到深刻又嚴謹的開膛手命案史實研究之中。 ——克萊．卡爾(Caleb Carr)，《沉默的天使》作者 琳西．斐以維多利亞時期為背景，描述開膛手傑克與福爾摩斯這對大敵的衝突，讀來真是讓人很興奮。參加這一趟時空之旅吧！回到一八八〇年代煤氣燈下的倫敦，追尋白教堂殺手的蹤跡。來吧，有大事發生了！ ——史都華．P．伊文斯(Stewart P. Evans)，《開膛手傑克：地獄來鴻》共同作者 精力旺盛，魅力十足，氣氛的掌握，恰如其分……以關鍵角色華生醫師的角度切入，更是精準的選擇。 ——提姆．羅騰(Tim Rutten)，《洛杉磯時報》 《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》讀來真實又極具況味——彷彿作者就在現場目擊一般——不管對福爾摩斯粉絲或是開膛手傑克迷來說，都是一個值得回味再三的好故事。 ——馬修．珀爾(Matthew Pearl)，《但丁俱樂部》作者 琳西．斐這本書堪稱罕世珍寶，一個聞所未聞的福爾摩斯探案故事，卻真實性十足。整個描述毫無瑕疵，作者的研究功夫，無懈可擊——總而言之，全世界最偉大的偵探，搭配他的完美助手，追緝開膛手傑克驚心動魄的過程，都能讓粉絲大啖一場驚呼連連的無上饗宴。 ——雷絲莉．柯林傑(Leslie S. Klinger)，《新注釋本福爾摩斯探案》編輯 琳西運用幾可亂真的華生口吻，呈現出福爾摩斯原著中的原汁原味……福爾摩斯迷會非常期待琳西能帶給大家更多如此高品質的仿作。 ——《出版人周刊》 本書作者對謀殺知識及場景的掌握力超強，對十九世紀末倫敦下層階級的活力和慘況亦有極其敏稅的觀察與描述……推理小說迷，特別是對開膛手這個主題有興趣的讀者，肯定會覺得這本書值得一讀再讀。 ——《書單》雜誌 琳西．斐首部小說就成功捕抓了那個時代的氛圍……她最大的成就在於，以開膛手的案子出發，展現了福爾摩斯和他的世界更複雜更幽微的一面。 ——《科克斯書評》雜誌

《百分之七的溶液》作者盛讚：福爾摩斯迷不能錯過！ 愛倫坡獎提名作家琳西‧斐繼《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》後全新力作 福爾摩斯與華生雙人搭檔，攜手寫下十五篇令人拍案叫絕、回味再三的冒險奇案 「《福爾摩斯案外案》是一本與柯南‧道爾所寫的福爾摩斯探案精選相較亦毫不遜色的佳作。像琳西．斐這樣能成功捕抓原著故事的語言、口氣及創造力的作家，實在不做第二人想，對所有珍愛閱讀的書迷來說，絕對是不容錯過的上上之選。」 ────────《百分之七的溶液》作者尼可拉斯‧梅爾(Nicholas Meyer) 「當世人慨歎為什麼柯南‧道爾只留下六十篇福爾摩斯探案的時候，這會兒不免驚喜發現，我們又多了十五篇精采的故事可看囉。」 ────────《新注釋本福爾摩斯探案》作者雷絲莉‧柯林傑(Leslie Klinger) ╣各篇簡介╠ ■第一部 貝克街之前 〈華波頓少校發瘋案〉：華生敘述他在舊金山行醫時偶遇一位年邁的華波頓少校，曾在拓荒戰爭中戰功彪炳，如今卻常被噩夢驚擾，逐漸精神失常。華生前去拜訪時，看到一名中南美洲男子潛伏在宅邸附近。福爾摩斯聽完華生的講述，立刻做出了推理…… 〈神奇動物園大探險〉：一位動物標本師學徒被懷疑偷竊而遭到標本工坊開除，從此懷恨在心，某日找了損友一起回去威脅工坊師傅，福爾摩斯正好撞見解危，不料標本師學徒的損友竟在當天晚上被謀殺……。 〈酒商手抄本奇案〉：酒商凡貝里先生收藏的一本中世紀珍貴手抄古書失竊了，現場可疑地留下了一些棉花碎屑。福爾摩斯協助查案，他分開訊問店裡的兩個雇員，一個人態度慌亂不安、另一個拒絕交出個人物品接受檢查……究竟是誰偷的呢？ ■第二部 早年 〈誠實妻子大冒險〉：一名銀行家委託福爾摩斯與華生調查他的妻子是否外遇，她近來都不肯佩戴首飾，不得不盛裝打扮時就整個人病懨懨。他的妻子卻私下對偵探透露，她的首飾被下了毒。福爾摩斯察覺到這名女子正在設法逃離丈夫的暴力魔掌，該如何幫助她掩人耳目地完成計畫、同時又避免銀行家的報復呢？ 〈乞丐盛宴大冒險〉：華生在慈善醫院看診時，遇到一名頭部受傷昏迷的病人，身上穿著昂貴卻不合身的衣服，口袋裡有一張家具店的收據。福爾摩斯和華生循著上面的地址搜索，發現那其實不是收據，而是一張門票，通往一位匿名的善心富翁為倫敦流浪漢與乞丐舉辦的宴會…… 〈勒索蓋斯凱爾回憶錄〉：貴族少女梵歐蕾在結婚前夕接到一個匿名男子代她的前男友來函勒索一萬英鎊，否則就要將她當時寫的情書交給她的未婚夫。福爾摩斯看了信，卻建議梵歐蕾依照對方的要求從她即將繼承的遺產中拿出贖金交付……一向足智多謀的名偵探，為什麼會屈服於這麼一封簡單的勒索信？ 〈洛瑟莊園神祕案件〉：邁克羅夫特懷疑一名負責發包全國電報線路工程的官員涉嫌貪污，便要求夏洛克跟他一起前往洛瑟莊園參加一場招待政壇人士的宴會。在宴會上，那名官員從西班牙邀來的承包商，驚覺他的公事包鎖頭被人撬開、裡面的機密文件不翼而飛…… ■第三部 歸來 〈空屋〉：一家五口在同一時間、不同地點莫名慘死，謠傳這個家族因為男主人在海外殖民地的暴行而遭到詛咒，福爾摩斯懷疑他們死於中毒，但症狀並不符合任何一種已知的毒物…… 〈死亡備忘錄〉：福爾摩斯收到裝著一綹頭髮的雪茄盒，和一張字條，沒有寄件地址，執筆的女性擔心自己即將死於非命，寫信求他相助，但無法明確交代她的所在地，只描述附近有一座高塔、火車的聲音、被閃電劈中的枯樹。他該如何找到這位神祕的委託人？ 〈菲利摩爾先生失蹤奇案〉：一位布商委託福爾摩斯與華生尋找他失蹤的雙胞胎兄弟，調查發現，這名失蹤者不但曾經染上酒癮、毒癮，還欠下一大筆賭債，但委託人卻相信他早已改過自新…… 〈柳條籃子大冒險〉：一名男子離奇地死於自家浴缸中，全身的血管裡一滴血也不剩，但缸裡的水仍是清澈的，整間房子找不出任何異狀，只遺失了一個柳條籃子。而這謎樣的死亡場景竟跟蘇格蘭的一樁銀行搶案有關…… ■第四部 晚年 〈黯淡少女大冒險〉：一對即將結婚的情侶，聲稱他們發現了與靈魂溝通的方法，能夠和盤桓在一座古宅裡的少女幽靈對話。福爾摩斯同意參與他們的降靈實驗，令華生大為驚恐──他一向理性至上的朋友怎麼會相信這種鬼神之說？ 〈泰晤士隧道大冒險〉：曾被福爾摩斯識破而落網的詐欺犯海德，出獄的隔天晚上就在通過泰晤士河的火車隧道裡遭到槍殺，可是隧道的泥地上沒有死者或凶手出入的足跡；那晚雖然曾有人拉下鐵道的緊急停車手把，但火車上沒有血跡，屍體的狀態也不像是從車上被推落。這樁命案的種種怪異之處，讓福爾摩斯好奇不已…… 〈男中音大冒險〉：一名精神不穩定的男子闖進貝格街221號B座，差點在福爾摩斯和華生面前舉槍自殺，原來他是個酗酒成性、表演事業岌岌可危的歌劇男中音。他聲稱他在兩週內三度遭到綁架，警察認為這只是他發酒瘋的幻覺，但福爾摩斯相信他的詭異遭遇是真有其事…… 〈冠冕俱樂部醜聞事件簿〉：福爾摩斯與華生受一位貴族之邀，參加奢華的「冠冕俱樂部」於輪船上舉辦的宴會，但上船之後，主辦人才告訴他們，船上有一名法國間諜計畫刺殺在場的某位外交官，他們必須阻止那名刺客…… ╣名家推薦╠ 「《福爾摩斯案外案》是一本與柯南‧道爾所寫的福爾摩斯探案精選相較亦毫不遜色的佳作。像琳西．斐這樣能成功捕抓原著故事的語言、口氣及創造力的作家，實在不做第二人想，對所有珍愛閱讀的書迷來說，絕對是不容錯過的上上之選。」 ────────《百分之七的溶液》作者尼可拉斯‧梅爾(Nicholas Meyer) 「《福爾摩斯案外案》以縝密的筆觸描繪造就福爾摩斯崛起的維多利亞世界與當時的犯罪實錄。十九世紀末的倫敦充斥著亟需制裁的犯罪大師。這本書以絕佳的角度，觀察那個時代的倫敦與因黑社會猖狂而處處浮現的危險和威脅。」 ────────《Mycroft Holmes》作者天勾賈霸(Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) 「一本傑出的仿作，除了華生醫師無與倫比的耳力之外，他巧妙組合故事的能力，亦不可或缺。所幸，琳西．斐也是這樣一個天分兼具的作家。在深獲肯定的前作《福爾摩斯與開膛手傑克》中，她已經證明了這一點。當世人慨歎為什麼柯南‧道爾只留下六十篇福爾摩斯探案的時候，這會兒不免驚喜的發現，我們又多了十五篇精采的故事可看囉。」 ────────《新注釋本福爾摩斯探案》作者雷絲莉‧柯林傑(Leslie Klinger) 「《福爾摩斯案外案》是一本極成功的仿作。作者琳西．斐完美化身為福爾摩斯和華生，在推理小說史上最知名的雙人搭檔關係裡，展現最溫暖的人性和光輝。」 ───────────────柯蒂斯‧阿姆斯壯(Curtis Armstrong，演員) 「既曲折離奇，又妙趣橫生。《福爾摩斯案外案》不盡能夠抓住柯南‧道爾的寫作精隨，組合出一篇又一篇深深滿足讀者胃口的故事，又能在傳統的福爾摩斯探案之外，添加一股令人印象深刻的特殊氣味。」 ────────《福爾摩斯俱樂部》作者葛拉罕‧摩爾(Graham Moore)

1845: Der erste Fall für die Polizei von New York Im New York des Jahres 1845 läuft dem jungen Polizisten Timothy Wilde auf der Straße ein völlig verstörtes kleines Mädchen in die Arme. Es trägt ein blutdurchtränktes Nachthemd und will oder kann nicht sagen, wer es ist – und was ihm zugestoßen ist. Kurz darauf findet Timothy auf einem entlegenen Gelände 19 vergrabene Kinderleichen. Es ist ein heikler Fall für die gerade gegründete Polizei: In der Stadt kursieren die wildesten Gerüchte und die politische Situation ist zum Zerreißen angespannt.

El Nueva York de Timothy Wilde, miembro del recién creado cuerpo de Policía, es una ciudad en plena ebullición. Un mundo violento donde corrupción, política, mafia y racismo forman un cóctel explosivo y letal. Un lugar en el que la vida no vale un centavo y donde, según el color de la piel, las personas se pueden comprar... o robar. A la joven y hermosa Lucy Adams le han robado lo que más quiere en el mundo: su familia. Para Tim Wilde, uno de los primeros policías de Nueva York, el caso le enfrenta a una lacra habitual de su época: el secuestro de negros libres en el Norte para venderlos en el Sur como si fueran esclavos fugados. Poco después, un cadáver aparece en casa de Val, el hermano de Tim y su mentor enla Policía. Amboshan de unir fuerzas para sobrevivir. Han agitado un avispero de intereses oscuros en el que están implicados criminales, políticos y la propia Policía. Los muertos se multiplican, y Tim tiene muchos enemigos y muy pocos aliados. El valor, la intuición y la integridad moral son sus únicas armas

New York, 1846. Rechercheur Timothy Wilde weet door zijn werk als geen ander dat het kwaad nooit hetzelfde gezicht heeft. Of iemand nu zwart, Iers, Joods of blank is, iedereen die daartoe de noodzaak en de gelegenheid heeft, kan overgaan tot de criminaliteit. En wie op dat moment besluit op het rechte pad te blijven verdient de onvoorwaardelijke bescherming van zijn koperen ster.Timothy aarzelt daarom geen moment wanneer de prachtige mulattin Lucy Adams hem vraagt haar te helpen om drie vrije zwarten uit de klauwen van twee even meedogenloze als geslepen slavenhandelaars te redden. Hij ontdekt echter al snel dat hij zijn gekleurde medemens alleen kan helpen door zich ongewild aan de gevaarlijke andere zijde van de wet begeven – en de enige die hem daar de weg kan wijzen is zijn verslaafde broer Valentine, die hij al zijn hele leven veracht...Zeven is zwijgen is het spectaculaire vervolg op De goden van Gotham, vol charismatische personages en ingenieuze politieke intriges.

Před více než sto dvaceti lety zalehla londýnský Whitechapel noční můra. Zvěrstva, která páchá tajemný zabiják na prostitutkách, jsou neslýchaná a bezradný Scotland Yard hledá pomoc u Sherlocka Holmese. Jedině výstřední detektiv z Baker Street, chladnokrevný podivín s geniálním mozkem, se může postavit Jacku Rozparovači a rozluštit jeho tajemství. Ani v nejčernějším snu by ho však nenapadlo, že při svém pátrání bude muset bojovat s podezřením, že Jack Rozparovač je – on sám. Mrazivý příběh zaznamenaný z pohledu dr. Watsona není jen mimořádnou a věrnou poctou holmesovskému kánonu, ale především živoucím vyprávěním a atmosférickou detektivkou, odehrávající se ve stínu londýnských ulic a přísvitu plynových lamp. Lyndsay Faeyová dokonale propojila mýtus Velkého detektiva se skutečnými krvavými událostmi, k nimž kriminalistika dodnes hledá klíč.

New York, 1848. In een stad vol houten gebouwen bestaat er geen grotere vijand dan vuur. Als een pyromaan het ene na het andere gebouw afbrandt, beginnen rechercheur Timothy Wilde en zijn medeagenten dan ook aan een verwoede zoektocht naar de dader. Al snel blijkt dat alle afgebrande gebouwen eigendom waren van de rijke Robert Symmes. Alles wijst erop dat de brandstichter een van Symmes’ werkneemsters uit de Bowery is, waar fabrieksmeisjes onder mensonterende omstandigheden werken. De zaak wordt ineens persoonlijk als Timothy’s broer Valentine de race om het wethouderschap met Symmes aangaat. En ook de onverwachte terugkeer van een oude bekende geeft een nieuwe wending aan de zaak...

A. Davenport Lomax, a sublibrarian at the London Library, is married to an opera star who travels extensively with her troop while he remains in London with their daughter. Lomax''s skill at researching obscure topics brings him to an encounter with Mr. Theodore Grange, who is attempting to authenticate a very old manuscript which may be a copy of a book of incantations collected by the Queen of Sheba. Grange is a member of the Brotherhood of Solomon, a club dedicated to investigating the supernatural. He relates that the opening incantation warning away the impure of heart, is proof of the validity of the book for several members of the club have already sickened after investigating the manuscript.

New York, 1845. De ontmoeting van een van de eerste politieagenten van de stad met een 10-jarig kindhoertje vormt het begin van een zoektocht naar een seriemoordenaar van kinderen.