The London Terrors Books in Order

The London Terrors is William Meikle's weird Sherlock Holmes lane gathered under one banner. These are Holmes stories, but not the comfortably rational kind where every mystery folds neatly back into ordinary crime. Here London has stranger corners, older shadows, and the occasional problem that refuses to stay inside the usual rules.

Holmes still begins with evidence.

That matters, because the fun of these books comes from watching the great detective do exactly what he always does, test witnesses, sort clues, challenge assumptions, and push through fog and nonsense, even when the case starts to lean toward the uncanny. Watson remains the perfect companion for this kind of story. He gives the adventures warmth, pace, and a human angle, especially when Holmes is being difficult or when events have gone well past anything sensible.

The stories tied to this sequence usually mix gaslight mystery with occult hints, hidden histories, and threats that may be supernatural, quasi-scientific, or simply dreadful in a more human way. Titles like The Hackney Horror, The Long Sleep, The Lost Husband, Sherlock Holmes and The Arcana of Madness, and the larger The Dreaming Man all fit that mold. They are not trying to replace Doyle. They are trying to keep the toy box open and see what else the detective can survive.

London matters here too. Meikle uses it the way good Holmes writers should, as more than a backdrop. Streets, lodging houses, clubs, riverside murk, and respectable rooms with ugly secrets all help carry the mood. Even when the action wanders farther afield, the series keeps that sense of a city full of doors that should perhaps remain closed.

These books are also friendly to casual readers. You can take them one at a time and get a full case, or read through them as a run of increasingly odd Holmes adventures. Either way, what you should expect is brisk plotting, affectionate handling of Holmes and Watson, and a steady willingness to let the strange intrude.

If you like your Sherlock Holmes with gaslight, danger, and a real chance that the impossible may be real after all, this is where to start.