the detective from Agatha Christie's stories, Hercule Poirot. The popularity of Sherlock Holmes in the media is a significant contributing factor to the belief in him as a real-life person ...

The magazine Beeton’s Christmas Annual had recently published his novel, A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the private detective Sherlock Holmes ... for the “real” 221B, parsing clues ...

Sherlock Holmes's forensic detective skills were called into question today as it was revealed this modern sleuth is relying on ancient equipment to solve his latest cases. A still from the recent ...

The main character in the novel is the private detective, Sherlock Holmes. He is presented through the viewpoint of his friend, Dr John Watson, the narrator of the story. Watson describes him as a ...