sherlock holmes

the character of sherlock holmes was originally created by scottish author, arthur codan dolye, who featured him in 4 novels and more than 50 short stories. after his death, his son adrian wrote several stories featuring the famous vitorian detectives, but critics say he was never than popular.

But it's the first time that the authur codan dolye estate has official asked an author to write a new novel. he has been named as anthony horowitz and he is best known his alex rider children's series. So is he daunted by the challenge?

anthony horowitz:

"well obviously, i was daunting to a certain extent and you are dealing probably most iconic detective in the whole history of literature.and one point i didn't want to do is to disappoint those really devout fans, the sort of sherlock holmes and people who love this books.

but to be honestly with you i actually found it fairly easy to write because i have loved this book since i was 13 years old, I've read them 2 or 3 times during the course of my lifetime-in fact , my whole life as a writer of crime fiction myself was, to a certain extent, inspired by doyle and i find the book not so scary as i thought it might  be.

anthory horowitz said he was a devouted fan and aims to produce a first rate mystery for a modern audience.