The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Author:Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,via the inimitable Sherlock Holmes, distilled one of the most distinctive "brands" in the history of detective literature, and the twelve stories in this collection are vintage examples. — Included are an account of Holmes' very first case, "The Gloria Scott," the famous story "The Greek Interpreter," in which we finally me... more »et the dazzling Holmes' even more cerebral brother, Mycroft, and "Silver Blaze," which contains "...the curious incident of the dog in the night-time," which so baffled Dr. Watson.
As infinitely varied in his own way as Cleopatra was in hers, Sherlock Holmes left a record to be read---and reread---with increasing pleasure.« less