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Sherlock Holmes
My favorite Sherlock Holmes stories
Unique appearance, legendry street address, extraordinary observation skills & brilliant sense of deduction; these characteristics made Sherlock Holmes the most famous detective in the world. When Arthur Conan Doyle created Holmes, I don’t think he ever imagine Sherlock will become larger than life character as he has become over time. Sherlock was undoubtedly a product of gloomy crime filled Victorian London and his adventures capture very essence of it. Stories being narrated through his companion Jon Watson added to the fascination as he is the ideal intermediatory between reader and Holmes.
Here are some of my favorite Shelock Holmes stories in no particular order.
- A Study in Scarlet : Holmes investigates a murder that has a far flung revenge motive
- The Hound of the Baskervilles : Latest heir to the Baskerville estate seems to be threatened by a family curse.
- The Red-Headed League : What seems at first to be a harmless prank played upon a red-headed man is soon revealed to be much more
- The Blue Carbuncle : “Blue Carbuncle” stolen from a hotel end up inside a christmas goose
- The Speckled Band : A young woman contacts Holmes for aid in foiling the villainous plans of her stepfather
- The Naval Treaty : An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from a Foreign Office clerk; Sherlock Holmes sets out to find it
- The Norwood Builder : When a notorious retired builder is found dead, his recently-named heir is the prime suspect.
- The Musgrave Ritual : The mysterious disappearance of two of Musgrave’s staff members and obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure.
- The Six Napoleons : Seemingly inexplicable problem about a man who breaking into homes for the senseless purpose of breaking small plaster busts of Napoleon.
- The Bruce-Partington Plan : Plans for the Bruce-Partington submarine is found inside a pocket of a young clerk who had been found dead on the Underground
- The Problem of Thor Bridge : A governess is arrested for the murder of her employer’s wife
- The Creeping Man : Holmes thinks a woman’s claim to have seen a man at her upstairs bedroom window is related to the theft of several apes.
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