THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES includes twelve short mysteries and is the third in Arthur Conan Doyle's "Sherlock Holmes" series of mystery novels. Sherlock Holmes is a brilliant London-based "consulting detective" and is famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Most of the Sherlock Holmes stories are narrated by Watson, Holmes' friend and assistant.
A Scandal in Bohemia
The Red-Headed League
A Case of Identity
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Five Orange Pips
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish physician and writer, best known for his creation of the super-sleuth Sherlock Holmes. Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include science fiction stories, historical novels, plays and romances, poetry, and non-fiction. He began writing Sherlock Holmes stories as a way to pass time between seeing patients at his medical practice.