The Book of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle, Charlotte Ross (Illustrator), May Lamberton Becker (Introduction)

A Study in Scarlet
The Sign of the Four
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Red-Headed League
A Case of Identity
The Boscombe Valley Mystery

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Mystery

320 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1950

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Nick Mclean · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, this uneven volume includes two novels and several shorter stories. Neither of the novels are the best Holmes, in my view, but some of the shorter novellas are better. I liked Scandal in Bohemia, the Boscombe Mystery best in this volume.

[Barbara Gingras · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always a good read

[Craig · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Sherlock Holmes stories are great fun. Many turn out NOT to be murder mysteries but simply great tales of Holmes' deductive sleuthing and Watson's lively and humorous story-telling. My next venture will be to read the remaining short stories (this collection contained about 15 or so) and then the four Holmes novels.

[Sarah Mariah]

freakin' page-turner!

[Natalia · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfection. Now I want to read more detective fiction.