Sherlock Holmes

Who is Holmes? The world's most famous detective? A drug addict with a heart as cold as ice? A millstone around the neck of his creator? He's all of these things and much, much more. An iconic fictional creation, inseparable from his partner-in-crime Dr John Watson, Sherlock Holmes has charmed and fascinated millions of people around the world since his first appearance over a century ago. This book takes a look at the extensive collection of Sherlock stories penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, as well as some of the sleuth's stage and screen incarnations.

Atthis early stage he doesn't suspect Holmes of drugtaking. The bull pup he
mentionsand that is never seen again may be thebullterrier that is humanelyput
down by Holmes. Elementary: Holmes deduces that Watson comes from
Afghanistan, and that the messenger is a retired Marine sergeant. Quotable
Quote: 'There's the scarlet thread of murder running though the colourless skeinof
life, and ourduty is to unravel it...' Problems: Holmes' revolutionary bloodstaintest
isnever referred to ...