There are many great detectives out there. The Adventure of the Final Problem was published in December of 1893 in The Strand magazine. We all love Sherlock Holmes, but maybe by now we’ve loved him enough. After seeing the magnificent falls he decided the place would make a worthy tomb for Sherlock Holmes. In 1893 Conan Doyle visited Reichenbach Falls in the northern Swiss Alps. ‘Now, as in his lifetime, cab drivers, statesmen, academics, and raggedy-arsed children sit spellbound at his feet… No wonder, then, if the pairing of Holmes and Watson has triggered more imitators than any other duo in literature. Conan Doyle wanted a dramatic finish for the great Sherlock Holmes. Holmes has a timeless intelligence that puts him head, shoulders and deer-stalker above all other detectives.’ Alexander McCall Smith ‘Why do people still read Sherlock Holmes in an age of DNA testing and electron microscopes? It’s elementary. ‘Arthur Conan Doyle is unique in simultaneously bringing the curtain down on an era and raising one on another, ushering in a genre of writing that, while imitated and expanded, has never been surpassed.’ Stephen Fry and those who suggest homosexuality, as they have of every other famous male. Oscar Wilde and the Candlelight Murders (2007) Lovers of historical mysteries will. The stories featuring Sherlock Holmes were set during a period of great change in England. His body of work includes nearly 200 novels, short stories, poems. He was featured in four novels and 56 short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and he was well known for his cunning and wit. My objective is to incorporate the study of many of the essential reading and language arts skills that low level readers need to work on into a unit of material that is highly motivating and productive for these students. Arthur Conan Doyle is best known for the 60 stories he wrote about Sherlock Holmes. Enjoy Gyles Brandreths Oscar Wilde books in order Oscar Wilde 1. Sherlock Holmes is one of the most famous detectives in literature. The most famous of all fictional detectives in a selection of his most challenging cases, including the stories A SCANDAL IN BOHEMIA and THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE and his most famous novel THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES. and the invalided surgeon in Scarlet who threw down The Book of Life. Answer (1 of 11): These books are a lot of fun and make a good segue after the Holmes stories.all of Gyles books are funlots of wordplay. THE GAME IS ON: the greatest adventures of the greatest detective of them all – Sherlock Holmes.