(CNN) -- Sherlock Holmes is back, and it's more than elementary my dear Watson. 

Eighty-one years after the death of his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and more than 100 years since the last original story, the world's greatest detective returns in a new novel, "The House of Silk." 

The novel may be the peak of what's been recent Holmes renaissance, including "Sherlock," a successful, modern adaptation for the BBC. There's also a Hollywood film starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law which re-imagines Holmes and Watson as steampunk action heroes, it was a hit with movie-goers, even spawning a sequel this holiday. 

Bookstore shelves are loaded with tributes, pastiches, spinoffs and repackaged versions of the "sacred 60," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 56 original short stories and 4 novels, but "The House of Silk" stands apart. 

It's the first new Holmes novel authorized and written with the endorsement of the Conan Doyle estate. 

Picking up the Meerschaum pipe is Anthony Horowitz, a bestselling novelist and television producer from Britain. Horowitz penned the extremely popular, Alex Rider series, about a teenage super-spy. 

He's also written and produced several popular television dramas, including "Foyle's War," and "Midsomer Murders" both seen on PBS. Horowitz says he didn't tinker much with Conan Doyle's creation, hoping to preserve the flavor and tone of the original stories while giving the new novel a modern sensibility and pace. 

"The House of Silk" is set in 1890, a London shrouded in fog and shadow, where Hansom cabs still roam the streets. Watson now lives in a retirement home, Holmes is dead a year. Watson recounts one of their earlier cases, so shocking; the pages of its telling have stayed in his solicitor's safe for 100 years.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. How many years have passed since the original Sherlock Holmes series?
2. How many years has it been since the original Sherlock Holmes books?
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Q2:
1. What's the new Sherlock Holmes book called?
2. What is the title of the Sherlock Holmes volume that has just come out?
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Q3:
1. What is the name of the new Sherlock Holmes author?
2. Who is writing new Sherlock Holmes books?
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Q5:
1. Has Anthony Horowitz written other things besides the Sherlock Holmes books?
2. Has Anthony Horowitz authored anything other than the new Sherlock Holmes volumes?
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Q6:
1. What has a safe containted for one hundred years?
2. What has been locked away for a period of a hundred years?
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Q7:
1. Why were the pages of a case locked up?
2. What was the reason for storing the case in a safe?
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Q8:
1. Who was the original author of Sherlock Holmes?
2. Who penned the first Sherlock Holmes volumes?
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Q9:
1. What did Sir Arthur Conan Doyle write?
2. What was authored by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
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Q10:
1. How many volumes did the Sherlock Holmes series contain?
2. What was the number of stories in the Sherlock Holmes series?
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Q11:
1. What does Alex Rider do?
2. How can Alex Rider be described?
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Q12:
1. What did BBC show?
2. What was featured on BBC?
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