(A Sherlock Holmes collection, Book 3)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Public Domain Books
Fiction, Anthology/Mystery
***+ (Okay/Good)
DESCRIPTION: For many years, the world - and Doctor Watson - believed they had seen the last of the great detective Sherlock Holmes. Then the widowed Watson finds himself with a peculiar visitor... a man he thought had perished at the hand of his arch-enemy that fateful day at Reichenbach Fall. Many more adventures await the duo, dutifully recorded by the good doctor.
REVIEW: Thirteen more adventures with the intrepid, nearly-infallible Holmes mark Doyle's return to his iconic character, one he evidently resisted for some time before popular demand (and the comparative failure of other endeavors) forced him back to Baker Street. The quality seems on par with previous installments, with singular characters often outshining the plot and occasionally dizzying leaps of logic. By modern standards, they seem prone to telling more than showing how the mystery unfolds, with long stretches of explanatory dialog taking the place of active investigation, but they still managed to hold my interest.
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