Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Publisher: Puffin Books
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780140351163
First sentence: On glancing over my notes of the seventy-odd cases in which I have during the last eight years studied the methods of my friend Sherlock Holmes, I find many tragic, some comic, a large number merely strange, but none commonplace; for, working as he did rather for the love of his art than for the acquirement of wealth, he refused to associate himself with any investigation which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic.
Description: Stories of ingenious crime and inspired detection.

No case is too challenging, no mystery too mysterious, no crime too serious for the Victorian super sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, with his redoubtable assistant Dr Watson. The world's most famous private detective uses his unique powers of deduction and reasoning to solve the unsolvable, from the bizarre case of The Red-Headed League, to the strange tale of The Solitary Cyclist, and the extraordinary saga of The Engineer's Thumb.

This selection contains eight of the celebrated criminologist's most intriguing adventures, where he grapples with the very extremes of treachery and murderous evil.

In Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has created an immortal hero who has inspired readers since his first appearance in 1878.
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