A Study in Scarlet and Sign of the Four (Hardcover)

from Girl_Detective

A Study in Scarlet & The Sign of the Four, two short novels, are the beginning of the Holmes canon. They are racist, sexist, anti-Mormon, and inconsistent, yet enduringly funny, engaging, and entertaining.

from bhabeck

This is the first of the Sherlock Holmes stories. It begins with Dr. Watson returning from war in Afghanistan and taking on Holmes as a roommate. The story was interesting and well done. I've had the Sherlock Holmes Collection on my shelf for a while meaning to read it in its entirety but have ye...

from Jenson_AKA_DL

I still have a fond but very vauge recollection of reading some of the Sherlock Holmes short stories way back in elementary school. It is one of those things I always thought I'd get back to. Then came the show "Sherlock" and it has rather clinched it for me that I'd like to read these stories. I...

from StephenBarkley

Sherlock Holmes is the lead character in four novels and five collections of short stories that were written between 1887 and 1927. The Collector's Library has bound the first two novels (1887, 1890) together in a small finely-crafted volume. Call me a book snob, but there's something satisfying...

from fionaanne

The prose is clunky and does not flow well. I'm going to stick to television/movie versions of Sherlock, thanks.