The penguin complete sherlock holmes

With a new foreword by ruth rendell. Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous in all fictiom. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign spies, blackmailers, cultists, petty thieves, murderers, swindlers, policemen (both stupid and clever) and his arch-nemesis Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes, together with his faithful sidekick Doctor John H> Watson, proves himself to be not only the quintessential detective but also the most engaging and entertaining company any reader could ask for. ‘The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work give him a unique place in English letters* Personally, Id walk a million miles in tight boots just to read his letters to the milkman STEPHEN FRY. ‘Holmes has a timeless intelligence that puts him head, shoulders and deer-stalker above all other detectives' ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH. ‘Now, as in his lifetime, cab drivers, statesmen, academics, and raggedy-arsed children sit spellbound at his feen No wonder, then, if the pairing of Holmes and Watson has triggered more imitators than any other dúo in literature' JOHN LE CARRÉ.