Holmes. Everyone calls him Holmes

When the words āSherlock Holmesā fall upon our ears our mind immediately pictures a tall, lean but rather pale British man dressed in a peculiar cap, a long loose coat who has a pipe in his mouth and pure magic in his mind. A man bestowed with unwavering logic and clear reason who knows London at the back of his hand. Those who read Holmesā novels of Doyle know that these epithets do not do justice to his personality. And for those who do not read his novels, well, what are you even waiting for? The prototype for the modern mastermind detective , Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyleās A Study in Scarlet , published in Beetonās Christmas Annual of 1887. As the worldās first and only āconsulting detective,ā he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London the south of England and continental Europe. This āhigh functioning sociopathā as he calls himself solves the most baffling cases by one of a kind obse...