Description
The Penguin English Library edition As usual with the Sherlock Holmes stories it is very hard to say which are the best – but there are many stories here which would get the vote – ranging from The Boscombe Valley Mystery to the wonderful Adventure of Silver Blaze, from the Adventure of the Norwood Builder to A Case of Identity, but above to the uniquely strange and macabre Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb.
About the Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Edinburgh where hequalified as a doctor, but it was his writing which brought him fame,with the creation of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective. Hewas also a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used hisinvestigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.
