Spin-Offs

SPIN-OFFS

 Mysteries with fictional or historical characters

*indicates first book in series

From the world of Sherlock Holmes:

The Case of the Baker Street Irregulars by Anthony Boucher (single title)

Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard
The Supreme Adventure of Inspector Lestrade*  by M. J. Trow

Irene Adler, the only woman who bested Sherlock Holmes
Good Night, Mr. Holmes*  by Carole Nelson Douglas

Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock’s older brother
Against the Brotherhood*  by Quinn Fawcett
The Confessions of Mycroft Holmes by Marcel Theroux (single title)

Sherlock Holmes parody
The Incredible Schlock Homes by Robert L. Fish (single title)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson
The Seven Per-Cent Solution and The West End Horror by Nicholas Meyer
Star of India *  by Carole Bugge
Sherlock Holmes and the Mysterious Friend of Oscar Wilde by Russell A. Brown (single title)
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon (by John H. Watson, M.D.)*  by Larry Millett
The Whitechapel Horrors by Edward Hanna (single title)

Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes’ arch-enemy
The Return of Moriarty and sequel, The Revenge of Moriarty by John Gardner

Mary Russell, student, then wife of Sherlock Holmes
The Beekeeper’s Apprentice: or On the Segregation of the Queen*  by Laurie R. King  

Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde variations:

Jekyll, alias Hyde:  a Variation by Donald Serrell Thomas
The Jekyll Legacy by Robert Bloch
Mary Reilly:  the Untold Story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Valerie Martin

Historical characters as detectives or involved in the mystery:

Jane Austen, author
Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor*  by Stephanie Barron

Enrico Caruso and Geraldine Ferrar, opera singers
A Cadenza for Caruso* (not in our collection-begin with Prima Donna at Large) by Barbara Paul

Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, authors
The Detective and Mr. Dickens*  by William J. Palmer

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author
Escapade (also features Houdini) by Walter Satterthwait (single title)
The List of Seven and sequel, The Six Messiahs by Mark Frost

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Dr. Joseph Bell, author and his mentor
Mr. Doyle and Dr. Bell by Howard Engel (single title)
The Patient’s Eyes: the Dark Beginning of Sherlock Holmes*  by David Pirie

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson), authors
The Problem of the Missing Miss*  by Roberta Rogow

 Elizabeth I, Queen of England
The Poyson Garden*  by Karen Harper

Sir John Fielding, British magistrate and founder of police force
Blind Justice*  by Bruce Alexander

 Benjamin Franklin, statesman
Benjamin Franklin Takes the Case*  by Robert Lee Hall

Hollywood personalities of the forties
The Dorothy Parker Murder Case* (celebrity mysteries) by George Baxt
Bullet for a Star* (The Toby Peters series) by Stuart KaminskyEdgar Allan Poe, poet
On Night’s Shore and Disquiet Heart by Randall Silvis
The Murder of Edgar Allan Poe (with Auguste Dupin) by George Egon Hatvary (single title)

Beatrix Potter, author
The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig Albert

Elvis Presley, entertainer
Kill Me Tender:  a Murder Mystery Featuring the Singing Sleuth*
by Daniel M. Klein

Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
Murder and the First Lady*  by Elliott Roosevelt

Dorothy Sayers and Agatha Christie, writers
Dorothy and Agatha by Gaylord Larsen (single title)

Mark Twain, writer
Death on the Mississippi*  by Peter J. Heck

Oscar Wilde, writer
Wilde West by Walter Satterthwait (single title)