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by Arthur Conan Doyle
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Brian's Book Blog
Brian's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
Another collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories.In and of themselves, they're a good selection, with Holmes bending his mind to cases that confound the police.But, this is also the downside to them. Once you've read the book a few times, you aren't thinking "gosh, how does he do it?", you're jus...
Brian's Book Blog
Brian's Book Blog rated it 11 years ago
Another collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories.In and of themselves, they're a good selection, with Holmes bending his mind to cases that confound the police.But, this is also the downside to them. Once you've read the book a few times, you aren't thinking "gosh, how does he do it?", you're jus...
Edward
Edward rated it 11 years ago
--A Scandal in Bohemia--A Case of Identity--The Red-Headed League--The Boscombe Valley Mystery--The Five Orange Pips--The Man with the Twisted Lip--The Blue Carbuncle--The Speckled Band--The Engineer's Thumb--The Noble Bachelor--The Beryl Coronet--The Copper Beeches
Lau
Lau rated it 11 years ago
I'm really happy I gave Doyle a second chance because I quite enjoyed this book. I'm not sure if it was the lack of Sherlock or that I wasn't in the mood at that time but I read The Hound... last year and I didn't enjoy it very much. I might give it another go some other time.This collection of shor...
BUGGY
BUGGY rated it 11 years ago
Opening line: “To Sherlock Holmes she is always the woman. I have seldom heard him mention her under any other name. In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.” Well this was a surprise; the classics and especially mysteries are not my usual fare but due to my recent obsession w...
Danielle Hearts Books
Danielle Hearts Books rated it 11 years ago
Lisa (Harmony)
Lisa (Harmony) rated it 11 years ago
These are the first Sherlock Holmes short stories--twelve of them--that first appeared in the magazine The Strand from 1891 to 1892. This presents Doyle at the top of his game with Holmes, and it was one of the short stories in this volume, "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" that was my introducti...
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it 11 years ago
4 stars
Jenny's Book Bag
Jenny's Book Bag rated it 11 years ago
4 stars
sandin954
sandin954 rated it 11 years ago
Collection of twelve Holmes short stories. Most were very entertaining though a couple were a bit sub-par. Listened to the audio which was narrated by one of my favorites Patrick Tull.
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