The House of Silk The House of Silk The House of Silk is a Sherlock Holmes novel written by British author Anthony Horowitz, published in 2011. The book was promoted with the claim it was the first time the Conan Doyle Estate had authorised a new non-Doyle Sherlock Holmes pastiche. "The House of Silk" begins with a brief, personal recounting of events by Watson, much like that in "A Study in Scarlet" by the original author, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The reader is informed of the particulars regarding the first meeting of Watson and Holmes, including the circumstances of the Afghan War and a
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon the two other than the code. It is implied that the events of "The Dancing Men" are canon with the events of the film, as Watson is reminded of "a case [they] had some years ago". Lionel Atwill appeared previously in the film "The Hound of the Baskervilles" (1939) as Dr Mortimer. Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films which updated the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the then present day. The film is credited as an