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The Parasite must surely be one of the strangest stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ever wrote.
The Adventure of The Blue Carbuncle is unique in the Sherlock Holmes Canon in that it is the only story that is set during Christmas.
Take a memorable villain. Then add an unusual method of murder, and a midnight vigil at an isolated old Manor House. Finally combine with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. These are the ingredients for the classic story, The Adventure of The Speckled Band.
Sherlock Holmes and Count Dracula are fictional immortals. Both characters have outlived their creators and seem to have taken on a life of their own.
“Which is it today,“ I asked “morphine or cocaine?“. So says Doctor Watson to Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of The Four. “It is cocaine,“ he said “a seven-per-cent solution. Would you care to try it?“
“My villa is situated upon the southern slope of the Downs, commanding a great view of the Channel.“ So Sherlock Holmes tells us in the story, The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is among the best of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
There are several advantages to being a Detective with the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection. One of them is discovering the lesser known works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Among these is The Poison Belt.
“This Agency stands flat footed upon the ground, and there it must remain. The world is big enough for us. No ghosts need apply.“ So says Sherlock Holmes to Doctor Watson in The Sussex Vampire.
In November 1922, the Egyptologist Howard Carter discovered the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamen. The fabulous treasures that were unearthed from the tomb captured the collective imagination of the world.
The Sherlock Holmes stories cast a long shadow over the life and career of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. They often eclipse his other work, including his stories of the supernatural.
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