Book Review

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
This is a collection of some of the shortest Holmes tales. Fun little brain teasers, a few of which Holmes' assistance is inaccurate or too late. The Adventures of the Yellow Face, the Gloria Scott, and the Musgrave Ritual had fascinating hindsight or unexpected twists But there are some tense stories in the last half that were slightly longer as well. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter featuring Sherlock's brother Mycroft Holmes that was particularly exciting and my favorite of the set along with The Adventures of the Crooked Man, the Naval Treaty, and of course the Final Problem chronicling his long evasion of Professor Moriarty before their standoff at Reichenbach Falls. I only wished that one could've been longer. The details of that standoff are told in a later compilation of mysteries after Holmes is "brought back to life." I loved this set like all the others only the stories were a little short in this bunch