A Study in Sable
core novel 2016 The Elemental Masters
Record
| First published | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.01 (2,809 ratings, collected 2026-09-12) |
| Page count | 320 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780756408725 |
| Internal chronology | 14 |
Synopsis
A Study in Sable shifts the Elemental Masters series into a Sherlock Holmes pastiche, introducing psychic Nan Killian and medium Sarah Lyon-White as young women who work alongside Dr. John Watson and his wife Mary, herself a practicing Elemental Master, investigating cases with an occult dimension beyond Holmes's usual purely rational cases. Their partnership begins with an inquiry into the notoriously haunted Number 10 Berkeley Square, a case that draws them into London's wider psychic underground. The stakes rise sharply when a celebrated German opera singer approaches them for help, revealing that she is being plagued not by one but by multiple malevolent spirits, a situation that forces Nan, Sarah, and the Watsons to combine their different gifts against a threat larger than any of their earlier cases.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Elemental Masters
- Series: The Elemental Masters core; position 14 of 21 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Mercedes Lackey
Notes
- From the series record (The Elemental Masters): Loosely connected fairy-tale retellings unified by a shared elemental-magic system rather than a continuous cast.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Elemental Masters: position 14 of 21: previous From a High Tower (2015) · next A Scandal in Battersea (2017)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes_Lackey
- https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/315215/a-study-in-sable-by-mercedes-lackey/
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