David Stuart Davies (born 1946) is a British writer. He worked as a teacher of English before becoming a full-time

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, and

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. Davies has written extensively about

Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes () is a fictional detective created by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a " consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science and ...

, both fiction and non-fiction. He is the editor of ''Red Herrings'', the monthly in-house publication of the

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Novels

Sherlock Holmes Adventures

#''Sherlock Holmes and the Hentzau Affair'' (1991) #''The Tangled Skein'' (1992): Holmes battles

Count Dracula Count Dracula () is the title character of Bram Stoker's 1897 gothic horror novel '' Dracula''. He is considered to be both the prototypical and the archetypal vampire in subsequent works of fiction. Aspects of the character are believed by som ...

in a re-imagining of the events of the Bram Stoker novel. #'' The Scroll of the Dead'' (1998): Holmes and

Dr. Watson John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel ''A Study in Scarlet'' (1887). The last work by Doyle f ...

pursue an ancient Egyptian treasure with links to immortality. #''Shadow of the Rat'' (1999) #'' The Veiled Detective'' (2004): An alternate account of the relationship between Holmes and Watson that posits Watson as an agent of

Professor Moriarty Professor James Moriarty is a fictional character and criminal mastermind created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to be a formidable enemy for the author's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. He was created primarily as a device by which Doyle could ...

. #''The Games Afoot'' (2008) #'' The Devil's Promise'' (2014) #'' The Ripper Legacy'' (2016) #''The Instrument of Death'' (2019) #''Revenge from the Grave'' (2022)

Johnny One Eye

Johnny Hawke is removed from the army after a rifle explodes in his face and he loses an eye. Offered a desk job with the police, Johnny sets up as a private investigator in London. When asked to investigate the disappearance of a young woman things turn dangerous. Could there be a connection between the girl and fading film actor Gordon Moore? #''Forests of the Night'' (2000) #''Comes the Dark'' (2006) #''Without Conscience'' (2008) #''Requiem for a Dummy'' (2009) #''The Darkness of Death'' (2010) #''A Taste for Blood'' (2013)

Detective Inspector Paul Snow

#''Brothers in Blood'' (2013) #''Innocent Blood'' (2015) #''Blood Rites'' (2017)

Non-fiction

His

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books about

include: *''Holmes of the Movies: The Screen Career of Sherlock Holmes'' (1977) *''Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes'' (1996; revised 2002) *''Starring Sherlock Holmes: A Century of the Master Detective on Screen'' (2001, updated 2007) *''Clued Up on Sherlock'' (2004) *''Dancing in the Moonlight: Jeremy Brett - A Celebration'' (2006)

Plays

His award-winning one-man play ''Sherlock Holmes - The Last Act'' is still touring after its premiere at Salisbury Playhouse in 1999. It has played in France, Canada, United States, Hong Kong, Malta and all over the British Isles. In 2009,

Big Finish Productions Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to compact disc and for download in MP3 and m4b format) based, primarily, on cult science fiction properties. These include ''Doctor Who'', the ...

released audio adaptations of his plays ''The Last Act'' and ''The Death and Life'', starring

Roger Llewellyn Roger Llewellyn († 17 April 2018) was a British actor. He played Sherlock Holmes in 1997, 2007 and 2008 in stage versions of ''The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by Brit ...

. They also adapted ''The Tangled Skein'' into a two part audio drama starring

Nicholas Briggs Nicholas Briggs (born 29 September 1961) is an English actor, writer, director, sound designer and composer. He is associated with the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' and its spin-offs, particularly as the voice of the Dal ...

Other work

Davies is the editor of several collections for Wordsworth & Collectors Library (

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) including: *''The Best of Sherlock Holmes'' *''Shadows of Sherlock Holmes'' *''Stories from the Nineteenth Century'' *''Tales of Unease'' *''Return From the Dead'' In 2009 an omnibus volume of William Fryer Harvey's stories, titled "The Beast with Five Fingers" (). The volume contains 45 stories, and an extensive biographical introduction. His

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work includes writing and narrating commentaries for the MPI release of the digitally re-mastered

Basil Rathbone Philip St. John Basil Rathbone MC (13 June 1892 – 21 July 1967) was a South African-born English actor. He rose to prominence in the United Kingdom as a Shakespearean stage actor and went on to appear in more than 70 films, primarily costume ...

Holmes films; conducting interviews on the new Jeremy Brett Holmes releases; and with

David Jason Sir David John White (born 2 February 1940), known professionally by his stage name David Jason, is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Derek "Del Boy" Trotter in the BBC sitcom '' Only Fools and Horses'', Detective Inspector ...

on ''A Touch of Frost'' DVDs. Davies is one-third of the literary performance group The Mystery Men, alongside Matthew Booth and

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References

External links

Author Profile at Piccadilly Publishing on the digital release of his own Sherlock Holmes series
(Davis is not listed, May 2019.) * Sherlock Holmes scholars 1946 births Living people British dramatists and playwrights British crime fiction writers British book editors British male novelists British male dramatists and playwrights {{UK-novelist-stub