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 (play) to "Elementary, my dear fellow! Elementary!" (in the final 1935 text; Act II Scene II). The 1976 Samuel French reprint has the phrase "Oh, this is elementary, my dear Watson" (Act I Scene III; though the scene has been placed in a different act, it is the same scene as above), but it is unclear which of the earlier versions is the basis of this reprint. It was also Gillette who introduced the famous curved pipe as a trademark Holmes prop. Sherlock Holmes (play) Sherlock Holmes is a four-act play by William Gillette and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, based on