Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study In Scarlet

A Study In Scarlet: Sherlock Holmes #1 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrated by David Timson (classic fiction, mystery) This is a story I’d wanted to read (or listen to, I’m not particular) for a long time. I’d never read the story of how Sherlock Holmes and Watson meet and start their adventures, so when...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound Of The Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles (and The Adventure of the Dancing Man) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrated by Simon Prebble (classic fiction, mystery) I am a fan of Sherlock Holmes stories, to be sure, though not (probably) a rabid one. I have seen the first of the Robert Downey Jr. Holmes movies, and every...

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (mystery, classic) The main reason I picked up this book (one of the collections of short stories, rather than any of the longer works) is because I am writing a novella set in Victorian London, and wanted to get in the mood. The secondary reason is because I...