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This page lists novels by Nicholas Meyer.

Nicholas Meyer has also written non-fiction books about movies / TV and movie and TV scripts. These fall outside the scope of this page.

Target Practice

Nicholas Meyer

1974

"Mark Brill, a private investigator, is hired by the grieving Shelly Rollins after a chance meeting on a plane to investigate charges of treason laid against her brother, a former Army officer who has recently committed suicide.

The Seven-Per-Cent Solution

Nicholas Meyer

1974

The writing credits on the front cover are: Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., as edited by Nicholas Meyer.

"First discovered and then painstakingly edited and annotated by Nicholas Meyer, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution related the astounding and previously unknown collaboration of Sigmund Freud with Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Holmes's friend and chronicler, Dr. John H. Watson. In addition to its breathtaking account of their collaboration on a case of diabolic conspiracy in which the lives of millions hang in the balance, it reveals such matters as the real identity of the heinous professor Moriarty, the dark secret shared by Sherlock and his brother Mycroft Holmes, and the detective's true whereabouts during the Great Hiatus, when the world believed him to be dead."

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The West End Horror

Nicholas Meyer

1976

The writing credits on the front cover are: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D., as edited by Nicholas Meyer.

"March 1895. London. A month of strange happenings in the West End. First there is the bizarre murder of theater critic Jonathan McCarthy. Then the lawsuit against the Marquess of Queensberry for libel; the public is scandalized. Next, the ingenue at the Savoy is discovered with her throat slashed. And a police surgeon disappears, taking two corpses with him. Some of the theater district's most fashionable and creative luminaries have been involved: a penniless stage critic and writer named Bernard Shaw; Ellen Terry, the gifted and beautiful actress; a suspicious box office clerk named Bram Stoker; an aging matinee idol, Henry Irving; an unscrupulous publisher calling himself Frank Harris; and a controversial wit by the name of Oscar Wilde. Scotland Yard is mystified by what appear to be unrelated cases, but to Sherlock Holmes the matter is elementary: a maniac is on the loose. His name is Jack."

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Black Orchid

Nicholas Meyer and Barry Jay Kaplan

1978

"Manaus. A city of splendor and decadence at the turn of the century, 1,000 mile up the treacherous Amazon river, deep in the deadliest jungle known to man. This magical city actually existed, boasting fabulous mansions, prostitutes with diamond fillings in their teeth, its leading citizens rubber monopoly billionaires. Into this world comes Kincaid, the adventurer with an incredible mission. Only one person can stop him, Dolores, the beauty, daughter of the city's most powerful family, who loves Kincaid but yearns to betray him.

Confessions of a Homing Pigeon

Nicholas Meyer

1981

"When George is taken away from his guardian, the unconventional, black-sheep Uncle Fritz, by relatives, he devises a scheme to return to the person he loves most.

The Canary Trainer

Nicholas Meyer

1993

The writing credits on the front cover are: From the notes of John H. Watson, M.D., as edited by Nicholas Meyer.

"Located by a computer in the bowels of a major university where it had collected dust for over half a century, this missing manuscript by the biographer of Sherlock Holmes reveals for the first time a hitherto unknown episode in the life of the Great Detective. Holmes, master sleuth, was also an accomplished violinist. Following his discharge from therapy with Sigmund Freud (see The Seven-Per-Cent Solution), we now learn that he journeyed to Paris and there found employment as a pit musician at the Paris Opera. The year is 1891, Paris is the capital of the western world, and its opera house is full of surprises. First and by no means least is the sudden reappearance of the great love of Holmes's life, an accomplished singer from Hoboken, New Jersey. Second is the series of seemingly bizarre accidents - each more sinister than the last - allegedly arranged by the 'Opera Ghost', an opponent who goes by many names and is more than equal to Holmes. Alone in a strange and spectacular city, with none of his normal resources, Holmes is commissioned to protect a vulnerable young soprano, whose beautiful voice obsesses a creature no one believes is real, but whose jealousy is lethal."

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