For the Sake of the Game cover art

For the Sake of the Game

Stories Inspired by the Sherlock Holmes Canon

Preview
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free
Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.
Prime members: New to Audible? Get 2 free audiobooks during trial.
Just £0.99/mo for your first 3 months of Audible.
1 bestseller or new release per month—yours to keep.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, and Originals.
Auto-renews at £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically.

For the Sake of the Game

By: Laurie R. King - editor, Leslie S. Klinger - editor, Peter S. Beagle, F. Paul Wilson, Harley Jane Kozak, Alan Gordon, Rhys Bowen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Toni L. P. Kelner, William Kotzwinkle, Joe Servello
Narrated by: Grover Gardner, Simon Vance, Derek Perkins, Julie McKay, James Langton, Marisa Calin, Ralph Lister, Suzanne Elise Freeman
Get this deal Try Premium Plus free

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly. Offer ends December 16, 2025 11:59pm GMT.

£8.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Only £0.99 a month for the first 3 months. Pay £0.99 for the first 3 months, and £8.99/month thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Start my membership

About this listen

In a sensational follow-up to Echoes of Sherlock Holmes and In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, a brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canon.

For the Sake of the Game is the latest volume in the award-winning series from New York Times best-selling editors Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger, with stories of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and friends in a variety of eras and forms. King and Klinger have a simple formula: Ask some of the world's greatest writers-regardless of genre - to be inspired by the stories of Arthur Conan Doyle.

The results are surprising and joyous. Some tales are pastiches, featuring the recognizable figures of Holmes and Watson; others step away in time or place to describe characters and stories influenced by the Holmes world. Some of the authors spin whimsical tales of fancy; others tell hardcore thrillers or puzzling mysteries. One beloved author writes a song; two others craft a melancholy tale of insectoid analysis.

This is not a volume for listeners who crave a steady diet of stories about Holmes and Watson on Baker Street. Rather, it is for the generations of people who were themselves inspired by the classic tales, and who are prepared to let their imaginations roam freely.

Features stories by Peter S. Beagle, Rhys Bowen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jamie Freveletti, Alan Gordon, Gregg Hurwitz, Toni L. P. Kelner, William Kotzwinkle and Joe Servello, Harley Jane Kozak, D. P. Lyle, Weston Ochse, Zoe Sharp, Duane Swierczynski, and F. Paul Wilson

Full cast of narrators: Grover Gardner, Simon Vance, Derek Perkins, Julie McKay, James Langton, Marisa Calin, Ralph Lister, Suzanne Elise Freeman, James Patrick Cronin, Andrew Eiden, Scott Brick, Emily Sutton-Smith, Keith Szarabajka, and Justine Eyre.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2018 Peter S. Beagle, Rhys Bowen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jamie Freveletti, Alan Gordon, Gregg Hurwitz, Toni L. P. Kelner, William Kotzwinkle and Joe Servello, Harley Jane Kozak, D. P. Lyle, Weston Ochse, Zoe Sharp, Duane Swierczynski, and F. Paul Wilson (P)2018 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Anthologies Anthologies & Short Stories Detective Fiction Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Traditional Detectives Sherlock Holmes Short Story

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths cover art
Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon: A Minnesota Mystery cover art
Noir Fatale cover art
In Plain Sight cover art
Unleashed cover art
The Divinities cover art
The Bookseller cover art
The Florentine cover art
Lock In (Narrated by Wil Wheaton) cover art
Mycroft Holmes cover art
Still Life with Crows cover art
Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon cover art
The Dispatcher cover art
The Cthulhu Casebooks: Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows cover art
Rogues cover art
Relic cover art
All stars
Most relevant
This book was as good as I hoped it would be given who the editors are.

very entertaining

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Really excellent and varied collection of Holmesian stuff, often finding the particular riff being played is the pleasure here.
Couple I didn't like, most of them I liked a lot.
Particularly fond of the one set at the Holmes convention 😄

Excellent Holmesian stories 🙂

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

A collection of authors demonstrating their love of Holmes. Few in a classic Holmes style, all with a twist. I rarely enjoy an imitation Holmes but this was a joy.

All Holmes?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Some of these stories are absolutely excellent and some are really drab. The excellent ones still make it a worthwhile book.

Some are exquisite

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Some good, some bad, and the rest okay - as is generally the case in such an anthology

Some good, same bad, and the rest okay

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews