The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes

Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes uses his unique powers of deduction in eight thrilling investigations, including the mysteries of 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle'. With a captivating introduction by award-winning Jonathan Stroud.Author: Arthur Conan DoylePublisher: Puffin BooksPublished: 04/01/2010Pages: 304Binding Type: PaperbackSeries: Puffin ClassicsWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 6.90h x 5.00w x 1.00dISBN: 9780141330044Audience: Ages 9-12About the AuthorSir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. After nine years in Jesuit schools, he went to Edinburgh University, receiving a degree in medicine in 1881. He then became an eye specialist in Southsea, with a distressing lack of success. Hoping to augment his income, he wrote his first story, A Study in Scarlet. His detective, Sherlock Holmes, was modeled in part after Dr. Joseph Bell of the Edinburgh Infirmary, a man with spectacular powers of observation, analysis,