The Return of Sherlock Holmes

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Paperback, 394 pages

English language

Published Nov. 13, 2011 by Penguin Books.

ISBN:
978-0-241-95295-5
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OCLC Number:
877242916

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4 stars (1 review)

Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city.

Among thirteen further brilliant tales of mystery, detection and deduction, Sherlock Holmes investigates the problem of the Norwood Builder, deciphers the message of the Dancing Men, and cracks the case of the Six Napoleons.

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4 stars

I like Sherlock Holmes novels, but these short stories are my favourite way to read this private detective. These stories are mysterious and the action never stops, they truly are tasty crime-fiction snacks. "The Adventure of the Empty House" is particularly good, and I also enjoyed "The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton" and "The Adventure of the Second Stain". Possibly because in those the story unravels in a different direction. My only complaint is that I wanted to know more of Mary Morstan, but she seems to have vanished from Watson's life.

Subjects

  • Holmes, sherlock (fictitious character), fiction
  • Private investigators, fiction
  • England, fiction
  • Fiction, mystery & detective, general