The great adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Stories of ingenious crime and inspired detection. No case is too challenging, no mystery too mysterious, no crime too serious for the Victorian super sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, with his redoubtable assistant Dr Watson. The world's most famous private detective uses his unique powers of deduction and reasoning to solve the unsolvable, from the bizarre case of The Red-Headed League, to the strange tale of The Solitary Cyclist, and the extraordinary saga of The Engineer's Thumb. This selection contains eight of the celebrated criminologist's most intriguing adventures, where he grapples with the very extremes of treachery and murderous evil. In Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle has created an immortal hero who has inspired readers since his first appearance in 1878. --back cover