We can’t have a crime list without Sherlock Holmes, perhaps the most enduring character in crime fiction. His deerstalker, pipe, and ‘elementary’ deductions have spawned plays, films, TV series, musicals, and more. In recent years they’ve been revamped with spin-off novels. What’s the speckled band? What is the Musgrave ritual? And why did the King of Bohemia need Holmes’s help? These mysteries and more are solved in the four novels and 56 short stories that make up the collection.
You should read it – for enjoyment! To remember why people love crime fiction’s puzzles and solutions. To see how to create an enduring character that is so beloved you have to bring them back after you’ve killed them off, due to popular demand (see also Misery…).
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