The Return of Sherlock Holmes

1903

air guns
americans
anise
anonymity
attempted murder
baritsu
blackmail
broughams
burglary
busts

The story

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1905 collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903–1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Britain and Collier's in the United States. Contains: [Adventure of the Empty House](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518119W/The_Adventure_of_the_Empty_House) [Adventure of the Norwood Builder](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262418W/Adventure_of_the_Norwood_Builder) [Adventure of the Dancing Men](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262417W/The_Dancing_Men) [Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518122W/Adventure_of_the_Solitary_Cyclist) [Adventure of the Priory School](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518319W/Adventure_of_the_Priory_School) Black Peter [Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20621973W/Adventure_of_Charles_Augustus_Milverton) [Six Napoleons](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20628495W) [Adventure of the Three Students](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518368W/Adventure_of_the_Three_Students) [Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18191848W/Adventure_of_the_Golden_Pince-Nez) [Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18191816W/Adventure_of_the_Missing_Three_Quarter) [Adventure of the Abbey Grange](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL17084226W/Adventure_of_the_Abbey_Grange) [Second Stain](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL18191864W/Second_Stain) ---------- Also contained in: [Celebrated Cases of Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16076930W) [Illustrated Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518342W) [Original Illustrated Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL1518150W) [Original Illustrated Strand Sherlock Holmes](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL262529W) [Short Stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14929977W) [Works](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL16173818W)

What it’s like

Brisk, foggy Victorian London rendered in gaslit interiors, rain-slick cobbles, smoky sitting rooms and the cluttered, pipe-smoke warmth of Baker Street, with the stories' original Strand illustrations giving each case a crisp period texture. The prose is clean, observant and dryly witty, narrated mostly by a genial, admiring Watson whose voice keeps the mood warm even when the crimes are cold. Sound is the clatter of hansom cabs, a violin played in an armchair, and sharp exchanges of deduction; the feel is cozy-gothic, half parlour comedy and half puzzle-box, with a steady undercurrent of curiosity rather than dread. Each story is self-contained, so the pace suits dipping in and out: a single case can be read in one sitting, usually building from a small mystery to a tidy, satisfying reveal. Violence is sparse and mostly offstage, with a few tense moments involving threats, a shot fired, or an attempted poisoning, but no graphic gore and little sustained menace. Its people are a fixed partnership, a brilliant, aloof detective slowly warmed by the steady loyalty of his companion. It suits readers who want a comfort-mystery for a rainy afternoon, gentle late-night reading, or classic detective fiction with a light touch.

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