The House of Silk: The New Sherlock Holmes Novel (ISBN=9781409133827)

　　It is a year since Holmes was found dead at his homeon the Downs，stretched out and still，that great mindsilenced forever．WhY d0 I take up my pen one finaltime to stir up the memories which might better beforgotten?0lCSC adventures were，in some respects，the、most sensational of Sherlock Holmes，S career butat the time it was impossible for me to tell them，for reasons that will become abundantly clear．
　　When I am done，I will have this manuscript packedup and sent tO the vaults of Cox and Co—in CharingCross．I will give instructions that for one hundredyears，the packet must not be opened．Perhaps readersof the future will be more inured tO scandal andcorruption．To them工bequeath one last portrait ofMr Sherlock Holmes and a perspective that．has notbeen seen before…’