Claim: The Poison Belt is a 199-page English science fiction novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle who is responsible for the creation of the character Sherlock Holmes.
Evidence: 199 English Science fiction Arthur Conan Doyle His first work featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, A Study in Scarlet, was written in three weeks when he was 27 and was accepted for publication by Ward Lock & Co on 20 November 1886, which gave Doyle £25 (equivalent to £2,700 in 2019) in exchange for all rights to the story.