The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Paperback, 238 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2016 by Arcturus.

ISBN:: 978-1-78599-611-5
OCLC Number:: 953976890

(3 reviews)

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson appear in a second series of twelve intriguing cases. They include The Adventure of Silver Blaze. with the famous •curious incident of the dog in the night-time'; The Adventure of the Gloria Scott. where guilt apparently points to a man with a smoking pistol in his hand; and The Adventure of the Crooked Man, the only story in which Holmes ever utters the word 'elementary' The Memoirs close with Holmes's deadly encounter with the arch-criminal Moriarty in The Final Problem.

The stories in this volume were first published monthly in The Strand magazine (189?-1893). They are accompanied here by many of the original iconic illustrations of Sidney Paget. --back cover

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4 stars

This book is a collection of short stories starring Sherlock Holmes, which are told by his good friend Dr. Watson. I found some of these stories to be more compelling than the ones in [b:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|3590|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)|Arthur Conan Doyle|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1164045516s/3590.jpg|1222101], and some were even endearing such as "The Adventure of the Yellow Face". We even get to learn a bit more about Sherlock's family in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter". The one I was more interested in -- "The Final Problem" -- turned out to be the worst. There is no real mystery, as Holmes and Watson are on the run from a criminal mastermind. The best part of these stories is trying to understand who the criminal is and how he/she committed the crime, but all of that is lacking in "The Final Problem" as there are no crimes nor …

This book is a collection of short stories starring Sherlock Holmes, which are told by his good friend Dr. Watson. I found some of these stories to be more compelling than the ones in [b:The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes|3590|The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)|Arthur Conan Doyle|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1164045516s/3590.jpg|1222101], and some were even endearing such as "The Adventure of the Yellow Face". We even get to learn a bit more about Sherlock's family in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter". The one I was more interested in -- "The Final Problem" -- turned out to be the worst. There is no real mystery, as Holmes and Watson are on the run from a criminal mastermind. The best part of these stories is trying to understand who the criminal is and how he/she committed the crime, but all of that is lacking in "The Final Problem" as there are no crimes nor clues. My 4 stars review ignores the last story, since I pretty much enjoyed all the others.

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Jan. 12, 2014

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Jan. 12, 2014