Sherlock Holmes tome 9

IS A FICTIONAL PRIVATE DETECTIVE CREATED BY BRITISH AUTHOR SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE REFERRING TO HIMSELF AS A CONSULTING DE TECTIVE IN THE STORIES, HOLMES IS KNOWN FOR HIS PROFICIENCY WITH OBSERVATION, DEDUCTION, FORENSIC SCIENCE, AND LOGICAL REASON ING THAT BORDERS ON THE FANTASTIC, WHICH HE EMPLOYS WHEN INVES TIGATING CASES FOR A WIDE VARIETY OF CLIENTS, INCLUDING SCOTLAND YARD FIRST APPEARING IN PRINT IN 1887 SA STUDY IN SCARLET, THE CHARAC TER'S POPULARITY BECAME WIDESPREAD WITH THE FIRST SERIES OF SHORT STORIES IN THE STRAND MAGAZINE, BEGINNING WITH A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA IN 1891 ADDITIONAL TALES APPEARED FROM THEN UNTIL 1927. EVENTUALLY TOTALING FOUR NOVELS AND 56 SHORT STORIES ALL BUT ONE ARE SET IN THE VICTORIAN OR EDWARDIAN ERAS, BETWEEN ABOUT 1880 AND 1914. MOST ARE NARRATED BY THE CHARACTER OF HOL MES'S FRIEND AND BIOGRAPHER DR. JOHN H. WATSON, WHO USUALLY AC COMPANIES HOLMES DURING HIS INVESTIGATIONS AND OFTEN SHARES QUARTERS WITH HIM AT THE ADDRESS OF 221B BAKER STREET, LONDON,