This page is an index to an ongoing series of quick reviews of the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The reviews concentrate primarily on the quality of the story and the quality of the mystery contained therein – if indeed such a mystery actually exists. As someone who has in the past been put off Holmes due to his habit (in my eyes at least) of making deductions based on facts not given to the reader, I’m reading some of these for the first time.

The reviews will be done in an entirely random order, for no particular reason.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

• A Scandal in Bohemia
• The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
• A Case of Identity
• The Boscombe Valley Mystery
• The Five Orange Pips
• The Man with the Twisted Lip
• The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
• The Adventure of the Speckled Band
• The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
• The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
• The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
• The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

• Silver Blaze
• The Cardboard Box*
• The Yellow Face
• The Stockbroker’s Clerk
• The Gloria Scott
• The Musgrave Ritual
• The Reigate Puzzle
• The Crooked Man
• The Resident Patient
• The Greek Interpreter
• The Naval Treaty
• The Final Problem – a more detailed review is found here

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

• The Adventure of the Empty House
• The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
• The Adventure of the Dancing Men
• The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
• The Adventure of the Priory School
• The Adventure of Black Peter
• The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
• The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
• The Adventure of the Three Students
• The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
• The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
• The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
• The Adventure of the Second Stain

His Last Bow

• The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
• The Adventure of the Red Circle
• The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
• The Adventure of the Dying Detective
• The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
• The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
• His Last Bow

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes**

• The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
• The Problem of Thor Bridge
• The Adventure of the Creeping Man
• The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
• The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
• The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
• The Adventure of the Three Gables
• The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
• The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane
• The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
• The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
• The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place

Novels

• A Study In Scarlet
• The Sign of Four
• The Hound of the Baskervilles
• The Valley of Fear

* The Cardboard Box appears in many American Editions of His Last Bow

** There are two different orderings to the stories in The Case-Book. I have chosen the ordering that appears in the original versions as opposed to the more recent editions.

Where there are, apparently, different titles for some stories – for example The Reigate Puzzle and The Adventure of the Reigate Squire, I have chosen the version that is in my copy.