Doyle tires of his detective in ‘Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes’ (1894)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Tiring of his creation, Doyle “kills off” Holmes in “The Final Problem.” (Don’t worry. He’ll be back.)
Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle tires of his detective in ‘Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes’ (1894)
Doyle solidifies an icon in ‘Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ (1892)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Two novels came first, but it’s in the monthly magazine short stories that Sherlock Holmes really shines.
‘Sign of Four’ (1890) shows early signs of Holmes’ iconic status
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Doyle’s pacing is engrossing and action-packed as the detective takes up a case that comes to his doorstep.
The moor the merrier in ‘Hound of the Baskervilles’ (1902)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Doyle’s gothic-horror descriptions of the moor and its denizens stand out more than the clues.
Legendary gumshoe takes first steps in ‘A Study in Scarlet’ (1887)
Sleuthing Sunday (Book review): Decades before Christie’s puzzles, Doyle popularized the procedural mystery via Sherlock Holmes.