The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Paperback, 376 pages

English language

Published Oct. 8, 1967 by Scholastic Book Services.

OCLC Number:
6567058

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5 stars (2 reviews)

221B Baker Street London, England... the world's most famous fictional address! Here lived Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the greatest private investigator of all time. Meet Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr. Watson, in twelve amazing feats of scientific detection. --back cover

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4 stars

I have a dim memory of reading this book when I was younger, but since then I’ve seen Sherlock Holmes in countless adaptations: movies, TV shows, comics, video games, and more. Some good, some bad.

And so, I was afraid that these stories would stick to a formula: someone brings Holmes a case; he impresses everyone by noticing impossible details and drawing strained conclusions; insults Watson for not being preternaturally observant; insults Inspector Lestrade for being an idiot; notices that one of the ashes in the fireplace is actually not only from tobacco, but produced by Javanese cigars, and thus the murderer must be blah-de-blah yadda yadda lock ‘em up, the end.

So I was glad to see that they don’t. There’s a good amount of variety: Holmes shows up the police (of course); Holmes falls in love; the mystery is not a crime; a locked-door murder outdoors; and more. …

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