The New Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
“The best Holmes stories blend atmospheric writing with memorable story-lines, and a flair for characterisation matched by a fascination with the bizarre. Doyle, a Scot, shared his love of the macabre with his fellow countryman Robert Louis Stevenson, who captured the split nature of the seemingly respectable Victorian personality in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. In 1887, a year after Stevenson’s novella appeared, Doyle published A Study in Scarlet, introducing his brilliant consul...ting detective. Sherlock Holmes’ odd and sometimes sinister habits (soon expanded to include injecting himself with cocaine) contrasted with the straightforwardness of the sturdy ex-soldier, John H. Watson, who narrated Holmes’ exploits with a mixture of bewilderment and admiration shared by readers. Despite the originality of the stories, Doyle was to some extent writing about what he knew. Holmes’ startling deductive technique was based on the methods of the medical lecturer Dr Joseph Bell, while Watson was, like Doyle, a general practitioner.The Sign of Four followed three years later, again enjoying modest success.MoreLess
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