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A new Sherlock Holmes novel more than 80 years after the death of his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a major literary event. Even more so when it has been written by Anthony Horowitz with the full endorsement of Conan Doyle’s estate. Horowitz, the creator of the hugely popular Foyle’s War TV series and author of the bestselling Alex Rider children’s spy novels, is the first writer to receive the support of the estate for a new Sherlock Holmes novel.

Horowitz will discuss his new novel and his lifelong love of the Sherlock Holmes stories with The Sunday Times chief fiction reviewer Peter Kemp. The author says he first read the Holmes mysteries at the age of 16 and has read them many times since. The House of Silk stays true to the spirit of the originals and resurrects many familiar characters such as Inspector Lestrade, Mrs Hudson and the Baker Street Irregulars.

Horowitz, who has written more than 50 books and whose extensive TV writing includes Midsomer Murders, Hercule Poirot and Collision, will also talk about his immense love of 19th-century literature.