The Veiled Detective

The Veiled Detective

Author	David Stuart Davies
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Genre	Adventure, Mystery
Published	30 April 2004 (Robert Hale Ltd) 13 November 2009 (Titan Books)
Media type	Novel
Pages	224
ISBN	1848564902 (first edition)

The Veiled Detective is a 2004 mystery pastiche novel written by David Stuart Davies, that presents an alternate account of the life of Dr. John Watson and his relationship with Sherlock Holmes, proclaiming he actually lived under a pseudonym and was an agent of Moriarty.

Plot

John Watson is not actually named Watson but rather Dr. John H. Walker. On his return to England, he is recruited by the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty to spy on the young but intellectually intimidating Sherlock Holmes. Walker agrees to take on the task and taking on a new name, forms a lifelong acquaintance with Holmes that will test his resolve and his values.

Reissues

Titan Books reprinted the book in 2009, under the title of The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Veiled Detective as part of its Further Adventures series, which collects a number of noted pastiches.

External links

The Veiled Detective at Titan Books

Sherlock Holmes novels and stories by people other than Arthur Conan Doyle

Young Sherlock Holmes by Andy Lane	Death Cloud (2010) Red Leech (2010) Black Ice (2011) Fire Storm (2011)

The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes by Adrian Conan Doyle and John Dickson Carr	"The Adventure of the Seven Clocks" (1954) "The Adventure of the Gold Hunter" (1954) "The Adventure of the Wax Gamblers" (1954) "The Adventure of the Highgate Miracle" (1954) "The Adventure of the Black Baronet" (1954) "The Adventure of the Sealed Room" (1954 "The Adventure of Foulkes Rath" (1954) "The Adventure of the Abbas Ruby" (1954) "The Adventure of the Dark Angels" (1954) "The Adventure of the Two Women" (1954) "The Adventure of the Deptford Horror" (1954) "The Adventure of the Red Widow" (1954)

by Nicholas Meyer	The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1974) The West End Horror (1976) The Canary Trainer (1993)

Mary Russell series by Laurie R. King	The Beekeeper's Apprentice A Monstrous Regiment of Women A Letter of Mary The Moor O Jerusalem Justice Hall The Game Locked Rooms The Language of Bees The God of the Hive Pirate King Garment of Shadows Dreaming Spies

by David Stuart Davies	Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair (1991) The Tangled Skein (1995) The Scroll of the Dead (1998) Shadow of the Rat (1999) The Veiled Detective (2004) The Devil's Promise (2014) The Ripper Legacy (2016)

by Barrie Roberts	Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell (1997) Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac (2002)

by Anthony Horowitz	The House of Silk (2011) Moriarty (2014)

Other works	Pursuit of the House-Boat (1897) A Double Barrelled Detective Story (1902) The Ultimate Crime (1976) The Last Sherlock Holmes Story (1978) "The Doctor's Case" (1987) The Whitechapel Horrors (1993) All-Consuming Fire (1994) The Strange Case of Mrs. Hudson's Cat (1997) The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes (1999) Shadows Over Baker Street (2003) "A Study in Emerald" (2003) Sherlock Holmes: The Way of All Flesh (2004) The Final Solution (2004) A Slight Trick of the Mind (2005) The Italian Secretary (2005) Erasing Sherlock (2006) Sherlock Holmes: The Unauthorized Biography (2006) Sherlock Holmes Was Wrong (2007) The Boy Sherlock Holmes (2007–12) Gaslight series (2008) Dust and Shadow (2009) The Devil and Sherlock Holmes (2010) Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God (2011) Dead Man's Land (2013)

Parody	The Enola Holmes Mysteries Everybody's Favorite Duck The Adventure of the Peerless Peer The Fossil Island Lizzie Newton: Victorian Mysteries Sherlock Bones Solar Pons Stoker and Holmes Thuppariyum Sambu

Related	Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

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The Veiled Detective

Plot

Reissues

See also

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