The Complete Sherlock Holmes Mysteries

The Complete Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, and The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It brings together all four novels and 56 short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The four novels range from A Study in Scarlet, which established Sherlock Holmes and his “deductive method,” to the adventure-filled The Hound of the Baskervilles, where Holmes and Dr. Watson narrowly escape death time and again; from The Sign of the Four, rife with the ugliness of human nature, to the heartrending The Valley of Fear.

The 56 short stories reveal even more of Holmes’s rich detective career: the first appearance of his nemesis Moriarty and their final confrontation; the quick-witted responses of Irene Adler, the only woman he ever admired; the story of how he resolved to retire, only to be driven back into action by his powerful sense of duty; and his many contests of wits with politicians and criminals.