| The Revenge of the Hound | |
| Author: | Michael Hardwick |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Mystery novels |
| Publisher: | Villard Books |
| Release Date: | 1987 |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback & paperback) |
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 acclaimed novel,[3] a semi-sequel to The Hound of the Baskervilles, was authorized by the Conan Doyle estate.[3]
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]
. Matthew Bunson . Encyclopedia Sherlockiana . 1997 . . 214 . 0-02-861679-0.
. Matthew Bunson . Encyclopedia Sherlockiana . 1997 . . 199 . 0-02-861679-0.