A lifelong Sherlockian, Richard T. Ryan is the author of “The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure,” “The Stone of Destiny,” “The Druid of Death,” “The Merchant of Menace,” “Through a Glass Starkly,” “Three May Keep a Secret,” “The Poisoned Pawn” “The Devil’s Disciples” and “The Traitorous Templar.” He is currently at work on his tenth Holmes tale, "The Other Woman," which is scheduled to be released September 8, 2025. All were released by MX Publishing.
“He is also the author of “B Is for Baker Street … My First Sherlock Holmes Book,” an alphabet book he wrote for his grandchildren.
He serves as the editor of “A Year in Mystery” series with eight volumes published to date and two more due out this year. He has edited the anthology “No Holidays for Holmes,” and is a contributing editor to “Writing Holmes” and “Reading Holmes” – all for Belanger Books.
Among his other credits are “The Official Sherlock Holmes Trivia Book," a book on Agatha Christie trivia and the well-received murder mystery “Deadly Relations” which has been produced twice off-Broadway.
He pursued his graduate studies at the University of Notre Dame, where he majored in medieval literature. To this day, he remains a die-hard fan of the Fighting Irish.
An avid reader, he grew up devouring the mysteries of John Dickson Carr, Agatha Christie and others of that ilk.
He has been involved with newspapers and magazines for more than 40 years and has spent the better part of three decades working for the Staten Island Advance in a variety of editorial capacities. He retired in July 2017. During his years at the Advance, he penned two nationally syndicated columns, and his work has appeared in papers all across America,
He has been happily married to his wife, Grace, for 46 years and is the proud father of two children, Dr. Kaitlin Ryan-Smith and Michael Ryan and three grandchildren.
A lifelong Sherlockian, Richard T. Ryan is the author of “The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure,” “The Stone of Destiny,” “The Druid of Death,” “The Merchant of Menace,” “Through a Glass Starkly,” “Three May Keep a Secret,” “The Poisoned Pawn” “The Devil’s Disciples” and “The Traitorous Templar.” He is currently at work on his tenth Holmes tale, "The Other Woman," which is scheduled to be released September 8, 2025. All were released...
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The Traitorous Templar
Early one morning the curator of the Wallace Collection calls upon Sherlock Holmes requesting the Great Detective’s assistance. Over the past few weeks, someone has been paying nocturnal visits to the gallery and apparently spending a great deal of time in one of the rooms devoted to medieval arms and armour. Although nothing appears to have...
The Devil’s Disciples
In the early- and mid-1880s, the Irish Republican Brotherhood, the forerunner of the modern IRA, waged a bombing campaign that terrorized the citizens of London for more than four years. Explosives were detonated in such places as the Tower of London, the House of Commons, Victoria station and at the London Bridge. The bombings were carried out...
The Poisoned Pawn (A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Book 14)
A quiet morning at Baker Street is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of Inspector Lestrade who informs Holmes a man’s body has been discovered in the Tower Bridge which was then under construction. That grisly event proves to be the opening salvo in a terrifying game of wits between Holmes and an unknown adversary.
Determined to make Sherlock...