亞瑟.柯南.道爾爵士出生蘇格蘭愛丁堡,自1887年《血字的研究》(A Study in Scarlet)起,連續出版多篇長短不一的精彩探案故事。他以在愛丁堡大學攻讀醫學時的教師約瑟夫.貝爾博士為雛型,創造出福爾摩斯偵探這個角色。因此,在福爾摩斯身上,可以發現一個好醫生的特質:精通於觀察,邏輯,演繹和診斷。1892年時,他將這些以福爾摩斯為主角的偵探小說編彙為《福爾摩斯探案》。他原想在1894年時將此系列終結,卻因此引起讀者的不悅,於是他又在1902年《福爾摩斯歸來記》(The Return of Sherlock Holmes)中令福爾摩斯起死回生。
他的作品合乎邏輯的推理引人入勝,結構起伏跌宕,人物形象鮮明,並涉及當時英國社會現實。
目錄
The Adventure of the Speckled Band 斑繩案
Chapter One Helen Stoner 海倫.史棠娜
Chapter Two An Urgent Matter 緊急事件
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle 藍寶石案
Chapter One The Mysterious Stone 神秘石頭
Chapter Two The Goose Chase 尋鵝記
A Scandal in the Bohemia 波希米亞醜聞案
Chapter One The Photograph 相片之累
Chapter Two Holmes Gets Outsmarted 英雄亦有落敗時
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