David Stuart Davies

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  • Bibliography:
    36 Books (2 Series)
  • First Book:
    December 1991
  • Latest Book:
    September 2023
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Full Series List in Order

The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Game's Afoot (Sep-2007)
The Scroll of the Dead (Nov-2009)
The Veiled Detective (Nov-2009)
The Devil's Promise (Nov-2014)
The Ripper Legacy (Jul-2016)
The Instrument of Death (Feb-2019)
Revenge from the Grave (Feb-2022)

A Johnny Hawke Novel

1 - Forests of the Night (Jun-2005)
2 - Comes the Dark (Oct-2006)
3 - Without Conscience (Mar-2008)

Book List in Order: 36 titles

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair

    This novel is an exciting fusion of a Sherlock Holmes mystery with the Ruritanian world of intrigue and skulduggery of Anthony Hope's novel The Prisoner of Zenda. Colonel Sapt of the Ruritanian Court journeys to England on a secret mission to save th...

  • Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century

    Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century is a wonderful collection of classic stories specially selected and introduced by David Stuart Davies, featuring tales by Charles Dickens, Arthur Conan Doyle, R.L. Stevenson, Bram Stoker, Anthony Trollope and...

  • The Tangled Skein

    It is the autumn of 1888. Following the successful conclusion of the investigation into the affair of the Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson have returned from Dartmoor, little realising that fate will see them back in Devon bef...

  • Starring Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes has been portrayed on screen more often than any other character in history.This beautifully produced book is the definitive illustrated guide to the films and television series featuring the master detective, with an unprecedented co...

  • Forests of the Night

    A Johnny Hawke Novel - 1

    Forests of the Night introduces the intrepid John Hawke, an exciting new detective operating in London during the Blitz. When World War II breaks out in London, young policeman John Hawke enlists in the army. His dreams of fighting for his country...

  • Comes the Dark

    A Johnny Hawke Novel - 2

    It is 1941 and the city is suffering under the bombardment of the German blitzkrieg. In the darkness of the blackout, Johnny is drawn into investigating the deaths of several prostitutes strangled by a desperate killer. At the same time he infiltrate...

  • Crime Scenes

    Crime Scene is a sparkling collection of short stories written by modern masters and mistresses of the crime fiction genre. Within these pages you will find tales of murder, mystery and mayhem in a great variety of styles and tones from the time-hono...

  • The Game's Afoot

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Once more, the game's afoot as Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street returns in twenty new adventures specially commissioned for Wordsworth's Mystery & Supernatural series. The celebrated detective, along with his friend and biographer, Dr Watson, investig...

  • Without Conscience

    A Johnny Hawke Novel - 3

    Forests of the Night introduced the intrepid John Hawke, an exciting new detective operating in London during the Blitz. Now Johnny Hawke is back in this atmospheric, thrilling sequel.Set in 1942, Without Conscience finds Rachel Howells in London for...



  • Requiem for a Dummy

    London 1943. Successful ventriloquist Raymond Carter begins receiving death threats over the telephone. These calls are especially unnerving as the threats are made in the voice of his dummy, Charlie Dokes. Disturbed, Carter calls on the services of ...

  • The Scroll of the Dead

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Holmes attends a seance to unmask an impostor posing as a medium, Sebastian Melmoth, a man hell-bent on obtaining immortality after the discovery of an ancient Egyptian papyrus. It is up to Holmes and Watson to stop him and avert disaster...   I...

  • The Veiled Detective

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detecting duo gets new life in this fascinating reimagining of the Sherlock Holmes mythos   A young Sherlock Holmes arrives in London to begin his career as a private detective, catching the eye of the master crimin...

  • The Darkness of Death

  • Mammoth Books presents The Darlington Substitution Scandal

    Lord Hector Darlington is a wealthy art collector who owns one of the finest private galleries in Europe. His latest purchase is Louis de Granville's 'Adoration of the Magi'. After cancelling a regular trip and returning to view it, Darlington realis...

  • Spinechillers

  • Vintage Detective Stories

    ".0000000000The Collector''s Library volumes of short stories - ""Best Ghost Stories"", ""Best Fairy Stories"", ""Celtic Fairy Tales"" and ""Tales of the Macabre"" have proved popular throughout the world. This new collection of detective stories of ...

  • Taste for Blood

    The sixth novel in the Detective Johnny (One Eye) Hawke series.Two laser-sharp detectives, two thought-provoking cases and two skilful plots.Featuring private investigator Johnny (One Eye) Hawke, and his one-time colleague in the police force Detecti...

  • Shadow of the Rat

    London 1895.Detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr Watson are facing one of their most challenging cases to date: Stopping the Great Rat of Sumatra from spreading plague throughout Britain.The investigation starts with a body found floating in ...

  • Brothers in Blood

    A brutal game devised by three intelligent but bored teenagers escalates into murder. Led by the charismatic and cunning Laurence, the trio of ‘brothers’ meets once a year to carry out untraceable, motiveless murders " for fun. Until, years lat...



  • Classic Tales of the Macabre

    Here are tales written by masters of the genre that feature ghosts, monsters, magic, and horror. This wonderfully potent brew of macabre tit-bits is guaranteed to entertain and enthrall. Included in this edition are “The Library Window,” Mrs. Oli...

  • The Darke Chronicles

    The Darke Chronicles introduces the aristocratic and flamboyant Victorian detective Luther Darke, who tackles mysteries that have baffled Scotland Yard and are seemingly unexplained. The cases featured here take Darke into a world of deception, murde...

  • Classic Crime Stories

    David Stuart Davies has edited four other immensely popular anthologies for the Collector’s Library, and this one includes some of the greatest classic crime short stories ever written. It contains locked rooms, barely decipherable codes and straig...

  • The Halloween Mask

    Sherlock cocreator Mark Gatiss lends a foreword to thiscollection of short ghost stories, each with a shocking sting in the tailPrepare to have your blood chilled and your nerves tingled. This collection of18 short stories specially designed to shock...

  • The Devil's Promise

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are holidaying on the English coast when they discover a corpse on the beach… which then disappears. They can get little help from the nearby village, populated by strange and unfriendly characters. Then the corpse...

  • Innocent Blood

    A chilling thriller set in Yorkshire in the 1980s -- the second in the gritty series featuring DI Paul Snow

    A child's body is found in woodlands, the parents torn apart by grief. But this is only the first victim in a series of appare...

  • The Ripper Legacy

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    A visit from the distraught Ronald Temple sets SHERLOCK HOLMES and Dr Watson on the hunt for a kidnapped child. With no ransom note and a sinister connection to the highest echelons of Victorian society, it becomes clear that it is no ordinary kidnap...

  • Irish Ghost Stories

    Blend the wild and fevered Irish imagination with their wonderful facility for recounting a dark, compelling tale, add a dash of the supernatural, and you have a potent brew of spine-tingling tales. This anthology of the best ghost stories from Irela...

  • Blood Rites

    Blood Rites is the latest gripping DI Paul Snow thriller from renowned crime writer David Stiart Davies. 1980s Yorkshire. DI Paul Snow has a personal demon. He is a homosexual but is desperate to keep it secret, knowing it would finish his career in ...

  • The Instrument of Death

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the sinister Dr CaligariSherlock Holmes has just uncovered the truth about the theft of a priceless ruby. The wealthy Lady Damury staged the theft an...



  • Spiral of Lies

    'Johnny Hawke breathes new life into the traditional British mystery. He's a hero with a heart.' Val McDermid 1950. England. In the midst of the growing Cold War, Detective Johnny 'One Eye' Hawke is approached by Frances Clements, to help locate her ...

  • The Darkness Rising

    'The Darkness Rising is fast, creepy, gruesome, working up from shock to shock till the last line.' Kim NewmanOne year after the death of her husband, Kate Barlow is desperate to move on. She can still feel Michael permeating her reality, calling out...

  • In The Shadows

    In The Shadows: Weird Tales that Chill and ShockBy David Stuart DaviesSettle into your easy chair, but be sure to leave the lights on! This collection of twenty-five tales of the macabre and uncanny will keep you up at night. As a child, were you eve...

  • Revenge from the Grave

    The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the return of the sinister Moriarty gang...When Professor James Moriarty plunged over the Reichenbach Falls the world believed that Sherlock Holmes w...

  • The Dead of Winter

    Introducing Rupert Wilde, the smart and sophisticated new sleuth in the first of his Golden Age mysteries. Having survived the First World War and been decorated for his efforts, Rupert Wilde is now back in civvy street wondering what to do with...

  • The Murder Club Murders

    A Rupert Wilde Golden Age Murder Mystery. It is the 1920s and Ambrose De Lacy is the doyen of mystery writers and founder of The Murder Club, an exclusive social club for successful authors of crime fiction. He receives death threats by post and...

  • Classic Christmas Crime Stories

    Christmas is not always the season of goodwill. As this hugely entertaining collection shows, it can also be the season of mysterious deaths, hidden poison bottles and blunt instruments.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunnin...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

David Stuart Davies has published 36 books.

David Stuart Davies does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Classic Christmas Crime Stories, was published in September 2023.

The first book by David Stuart Davies, Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair, was published in December 1991.

Yes. David Stuart Davies has 2 series.
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