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The Fifth Heart is a standalone historical novel by Dan Simmons featuring Henry James and Sherlock Holmes investigating a death in 1893 Washington, D.C.

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1 The Fifth Heart 2015 Dan Simmons Buy

The Fifth Heart (2015) is a standalone historical novel by Dan Simmons. It puts novelist Henry James and Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes together in 1893 Washington, D.C., where they investigate the death of Clover Adams. The book plays with questions of fiction and reality, since Holmes himself is unsure whether he is a real person or a fictional creation.

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There are one books in the Fifth Heart series, published in 2015.

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The first book in the Fifth Heart series is The Fifth Heart, published in 2015.

What is The Fifth Heart about?

The Fifth Heart (2015) pairs the novelist Henry James with Sherlock Holmes as they investigate the death of Clover Adams in 1893 Washington, D.C. The book blurs the line between historical fiction and metafiction.

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