The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is an exciting and suspenseful book. In the book there are two crimes committed. Clues are given but the average reader won't look at them close enough. The first story includes a lady named Helen Stoner whose sister mysteriously died. A few nights before Helen's sister, Julie, was supposed to get married, they heard a whistling noise. Both Helen and her sister thought the sound was made by gypsies. Then …showed first 75 words of 645 total…

…showed last 75 words of 645 total…Mr. McCarthy over the head. When they returned to their hotel they pulled out a map of Australia and concluded that the murderer was from Ballarat. Holmes and Watson put the pieces of the puzzle together and found out that Mr. John Turner killed Mr. McCarhty. In conclusion, The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was an excellent book and one classic that everyone should read. I would enjoy reading more stories in the unabridged version.