The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Twelve cases that invented the modern detective story. In gas-lit Victorian London, Sherlock Holmes applies his razor-sharp intellect to puzzles the police cannot solve, while Dr. Watson chronicles each impossible mystery from the detective's Baker Street sitting room. From a stolen photograph that could ruin a king to a woman screaming in the night over a speckled band, these stories first established the template that every mystery writer since has borrowed. But Holmes is no mere puzzle-solver: he is an avenger of social wrongs, delivering justice where the law has failed. Irreverent, brooding, and devastatingly clever, these tales launched the most enduring detective in English literature. For readers who want to see where it all began.
