Author:Arthur Conan Doyle
'It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'
Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London's foggy backstreets or plotting behind the walls of an idyllic country mansion, and his faithful colleague Dr Watson solve twelve breathtaking and perplexing mysteries.
In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the first collection of the great consulting detective's cases, we encounter some of his most famous and devilishly difficult problems, including A Scandal in Bohemia, The Speckled Band, The Red-Headed League, The Blue Carbuncle, The Five Orange Pips and The Man with the Twisted Lip.
The action moves relentlessly...setreet-wise, hyper-violent
—— Peter Millar, The TimesApaches showcases Carcaterra's ability to create chillingly evil characters and a world horrifying in its depravity
—— The Washington PostA golden-girl romp every bit as eccentric as it sounds...there is something touching about her plucky, world-weary survivors that has us rooting for them all the way
—— IndependentThis deliciously indulgent novel is as charming as Scarlet O'Hara and as comforting as a mug of cocoa
—— Easy LivingFlagg is a consummate storyteller
—— GuardianTautly told in a crisp translation of the Norwegian by Charlotte Barslund, the story is a riveting exploration of the consequences of crime, a whydunnit rather than the traditional whodunnit
—— Declan Burke , Irish TimesA brooding study of how one thoughtless action can have catastrophic consequences
—— Metro ScotlandFossum never forgets that her primary duty is to entertain, and she keeps her cut-to-the-bone mystery moving briskly
—— Barry Forshaw , Sunday TribuneNorwegian writer Karin Fossum has been turning out a steady and impressive body of work since long before Steig Larsson first put pen to paper...This is a first-rate psychological thriller, one of Fossum's best books to date.
—— The Review