Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's
Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now in two
paperback volumes Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan
Doyle's classic hero - a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime!
Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet which introduced the eccentric genius of
Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery with the cryptic word Rache written
in blood first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next The Sign of Four presents
Holmes's famous 'seven percent solution' and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the
quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes's feats of extraordinary detection
in such famous cases as the chilling 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' the baffling riddle
of 'The Musgrave Ritual' and the ingeniously plotted 'The Five Orange Pips' tales that bring
to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs fogs and the famous lodgings at 221B Baker
Street where Sherlock Holmes earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional
detective of all time.
