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There is a reason he’s called the World’s Greatest Detective. Discover the incredible history behind crime fiction’s most iconic character of all time, and find out why the world can’t get enough of his genius. Inspired by his brilliant lecturer Joseph Bell, Arthur Conan Doyle first wrote about the famous Holmes and Watson for Strand Magazine in 1887, and the rest is history. Read about the lives of both author and character, and discover
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The writer of several hundred stories and novels, English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began his writing career in 1879. While he introduced the world to his most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, in the 1887 novel "A Study in Scarlet", it would not be until the 1891 publication of "A Scandal in Bohemia" that his illustrative career in writing would truly begin. With this Sherlock Holmes short story, the imagination of the reading public was instantly...
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"The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry
"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré
"Holmes has a timeless talent, passion and literary brilliance that puts him heads, shoulders and deerstalker above all other detectives."- Alexander McCall Smith
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs...
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly, see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is...
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Sherlock Holmes volume 7
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English
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Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend that foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in their possession.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 8
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English
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The only clue left at the site of a pair of grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Inspector Lestrade seeks Sherlock Holmes' assistance in the case.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 3
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English
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Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, a gentleman who was shot to death in a well-fortified castle, with evidence pointing to only two apparent suspects.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 2
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English
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Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent of any culpability in the crime.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 5
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English
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After Dr. Watson believes he has seen a ghost, Sherlock Holmes is set upon a case that leads to a crime committed in an art museum.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 6
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English
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Dr. Watson accidentally leaves a club with another man's coat, a fortuitous occurrence considering the coat proves to be a key piece of evidence after the other man is murdered later that same evening.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 10
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English
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Sherlock Holmes tracks down a criminal who uses a young girl to lure victims into empty houses, where they are then murdered.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 9
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English
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Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 1
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Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes and assists him in solving a case that has otherwise confounded Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 4
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A cowgirl from a visiting rodeo exhibition requests Sherlock Holmes' immediate assistance after she discovers a dead man in her bedroom.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 11
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Sherlock Holmes investigates the details behind a strange story conveyed to him by a shopkeeper who claims to have been a member of the League of Red-Headed Men, until it quickly and unexpectedly dissolved.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 35
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English
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Malcolm MacGregan seeks Holmes's assistance in solving the mystery of a ghost who never fails to prevent the sale of an ancestral painting.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 30
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After a notorious criminal is killed by a milk-wagon, Lestrade finds a coded message in the man's clothing, and asks Holmes to decipher it. The investigation leads Holmes to assume the dead man's identity and travel all the way to Paris.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 25
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Alex, an advice columnist, believes a young woman named Susan should break up with her violent fiance, who is also pretending to be wealthy to hide his true intentions stemming from his desire to acquire his intended bride's fortune.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 38
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While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article soon takes on further meaning, however, when Holmes learns that the body of a murder victim was found close to where Watson found the tooth.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 13
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When a man Mr. O'Casey and a woman split the purchase of a lottery ticket three ways with disappears, O'Casey hires Holmes to find the man. The three had torn the ticket into three pieces, and the deadline to claim the prize is midnight.
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