Viking has acquired the rights to a new parody series TheThe new adventures of old Sherlock, by the bestselling author Bruno Vincent, under a three-book contract. Lead Commissioning eDirector Shyam Kumar acquired worldwide rights in all languages by Max Edwards, now at Apple Tree Literary.
The three titles—Sherlock Holmes and the case of the trigger warning; Sherlock Holmes and the air fryer of doom; And Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of the forgotten password—appears on 24th October 2024.
The series lasts the originalAnd quite old designed, Holmes and Watson of Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories and transports them in The confusing maelstrom of Here and now.
The synopsis reads: “Meet an older, wiser and slightly more irritable Sherlock Holmes in a hilarious series of Brand new Secrets when he Pits his notoriously remarkable intelligence against a triggerWarning of real terror, a hot air fryer with truly cosmic power And a password of gigantic importance that is simply impossible to name correctly.”
Kumar sID: “The Series is A Wedding of beautiful spirits: Sherlock Holmes is the world’s beloved Detective; Bruno Vincent is The Great Britain funniest Parody book writer. THThanks to Bruno, These Books are much more as just Stocking fillerS. There is not only lots of jokes SParadox of modern life; There are A satisfactory Secret at Heart of every Story, And ALovers of Arthur Conan Doyle’s original Books will recognize a lot from Easter eggs lovinglyYesfed through the pages. Tastes best with A Deerstalker Hat and a Sea foam Pipe If You have Lost your vape pen.”
Vincent could not comment, but Dr. John Watson, MD, said: “Dear Mr. Gates, I can’t seem to use my new electric typewriter without the permission of the Microsoft Activation Assistant. Please put me in touch with this person immediately, as I need to write a statement about my new Sherlock Holmes adventure series published by Viking Books. (Between you and me, you’ve foisted on me a co-author, Bruno Vincent, whose body of work seems both shockingly trivial and tasteless, but one has to bow to such things.) And how do I turn off that insolent spell-checker feature? My spelling is excellent. Please respond immediately. inaccuracy. Yours, JH Watson.”
