The Daily Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback) and Sherlock Holmes Wit & Wisdom by Malcolm Croft (HC)
The Daily Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Quotes from the Case-Book of the World’s Greatest Detective: At that first sight of Watson, Sherlock Holmes made brilliant deductions. But even he couldn’t know that their meeting was inaugurating a friendship that would make himself and the good Doctor cultural icons, as popular as ever more than a century after their 1887 debut. Through four novels and fifty-six stories, Arthur Conan Doyle led the pair through dramatic adventures that continue to thrill readers today, offering an unmatched combination of skillful plotting, period detail, humor, and distinctive characters. For a Holmes fan, there are few pleasures comparable to returning to his richly imagined world—the gaslit streets of Victorian London, the companionable clutter of 221B Baker Street, the reliable fuddlement (and nerves of steel) of Watson, the perverse genius of Holmes himself.It’s all there in The Daily Sherlock Holmes, the perfect bedside companion for fans of the world’s only