Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish 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.
El presente libro trae 5 casos de las "Memorias de Sherlock Holmes" Leerlos es volver a la adolescencia, es entrar en zona de confort.
Watson narra las peripecias de nuestro héroe que aplica el método científico para resolver los enigmas de turno. Sherlock reúne datos, observa, presenta pruebas, desarrolla una hipótesis, la valida y presenta la conclusión ante la incredulidad de los presentes y el propio lector.
A pesar de la perfección de sus deducciones, es humano y eso hace que le tomemos cariño y que sigamos leyendo sus aventuras.