The boys' Sherlock Holmes

by Howard Haycraft

First published 1936

Amateur sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his trusty companion Dr. Watson dive into a series of thrilling mysteries - from a deadly snake in a country manor to the theft of a priceless gemstone. With razor-sharp deduction and a knack for the dramatic, the brilliant Holmes cracks each case, leaving Scotland Yard baffled but the reader enthralled.

Genres: adventure, mystery, 19th-century, amateur-sleuth

Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: amateur-detective, deduction, mystery-solving

Setting: England, University of London, Netley, Criterion Restaurant, 221B Baker Street, St. Bartholomew's, Afghanistan, Scotland Yard, St. Petersburg, Russia, Copenhagen, Denmark, Paris, France, United States, Cleveland, Salt Lake Valley, Utah, Europe, Madame Charpentier's Boarding House, Brixton Road, Inglaterra, India, Langham Hotel, London, Agra Fort, Buffs, Andaman Islands, Dartmoor Prison, Calcutta, Surrey, Wessex, Dartmoor, King's Pyland, Baker Street, Bohemia, Scandinavia, Warsaw, Church of St. Monica, Edgware Road, Charing Cross railway station, Alpha Inn, British Museum, Covent Garden, Brixton

Period: 1890, 1888, 1878, 1881, 1847, 1857, December 1878, 1882

524 pages · Hardcover · Harper & Row Publishers

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