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When the first Sherlock Holmes story, "A Study in Scarlet," begins, the narrator, Dr. John H. Watson, is kicking his heels in London, having recently been invalided out of the army. Watson isn't very complimentary about the capital, calling it "that...

Everyone loves Sherlock Holmes adventures. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless adventures sit alongside Agatha Christie as doyens of the murder mystery. The character has been played by everyone from Basil Rathbone and Robert Downey Jr on the big screen...

Sir Ian McKellen is Sherlock Holmes…well, sort of. At 76, an age when most actors have slowly retreated from the spotlight, McKellen, one of the finest of his or any other generation, shows no signs of slowing down professionally: all evidence to the...

With Mr. Holmes in theaters this Friday, staff writer Zack Ruskin explores why we never tire of seeing our favorite sleuth on screens of all sizes. The Scene of the Crime “I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.” — Arthur Conan Doyle...

Over the 2014 holiday and into the new year, I’ve enjoyed catching up on a lot of my reading. One stack that I always look forward to whittling down is my stack of Sherlock Holmes books. Below you’ll find some short summaries of a few Sherlock-related...