The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes
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The Exploits of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

1954•Mystery•317 pages

Taste attributes: mysterydetectivecrimecomedyfresh & originalintricatelinearenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA small-scale, intricate mystery, fresh rather than familiar. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.

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4.5 / 5

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About This Book

From the son of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of America's greatest mystery writers, John Dickson Carr, comes twelve riveting tales based on incidents or elements of the unsolved cases of Sherlock Holmes. The plots are all new, with painstaking attention to the mood, tone, and detail of the original stories.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

MysteryDetectiveCrimeComedySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

Private investigatorsEnglish Detective and mystery storiesShort storiesDetective and mystery storiesParodies, imitations

Details

Author
Arthur Conan Doyle
Published
1954
Pages
317
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