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Book SynopsisAll four legendary Sherlock Holmes novels, collected in a unique Graphic Deluxe Edition with an introduction by Michael Dirda Though endlessly reinterpreted, reinvented, and imitated, the Sherlock Holmes stories have never been surpassed. Sporting his signature billowing coat and pipe in hand, the genius investigator Holmes captivates readers with his alluring melancholy and superhuman intuition, while his partner, Dr. Watson, remains ever the perfect foil, a classic Victorian gentleman with brilliant intellect. Collected here are all four Holmes novels—
A Study in Scarlet,
The Sign of Four,
The Hound of the Baskervilles, and
The Valley of Fear—tracing the origins of the pair up through showdowns with their greatest archenemies, including the infamous Professor Moriarty. Set in the seductive shadow world of Victorian London, the stories of Holmes and Watson live on, as immediate and original in our time as in their ow
Trade ReviewEvery writer owes something to Holmes -- T. S. Eliot
[Holmes] is probably the only literary creation since the creations of Dickens which has really passed into the life and language of the people -- G. K. Chesterton
