The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

July 30th, 2008

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
299 p.

Penguin Classics, 2007.
(first published by John Murray, 1927.)

Back cover blurb:

Revealed at last! The final twenty cases of Sherlock Holmes…

From the rooms at 221B Baker Street, the mind that strikes fear into the heart of London’s criminal fraternity turns its attention to some of the strangest and most intriguing cases ever to be set before the great Sherlock Holmes.

Adventures involving an illustrious client and a Sussex vampire; the problems of Thor Bridge and of the Lion’s Mane; puzzles concerning a creeping man and the three-gabled house; disappearances of secret plans and a lady of noble standing; all test the courage of Dr Watson and the intellect of the greatest detective of them all, Mr Sherlock Holmes.

This final collection also features the story ‘His Last Bow’, the last outing of Holmes and Watson…

More stories with Sherlock Holmes! Stories that were much more fun than those in His Last Bow. I can’t say much about what happened in them; in one there was poison and another a mutilated woman. Whatever the stories were about, they were much more fun to read than those in His Last Bow. This might be due to that I have gotten used to Doyle’s writing, which I perhaps wasn’t before. Or maybe, this collection is better. However it was, I quite enjoyed it!

Entry Filed under: Crime, English, Fiction