Sherlock Holmes

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In separate stories in "The Adventures of" him, this civilian detective describes officers Jones & Lestrade as imbeciles Sherlock Holmes $400 DJ I'M THE LITERARY LAW 2025-05-07 #42
If you "study", you know this character sees the "scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life" Sherlock Holmes $400 DJ LITERARY CHARACTERS 2025-04-30 #9323
Mrs. Hudson, "a long-suffering woman", is his landlady in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" Sherlock Holmes $800 DJ MR. & MRS. LIT 2024-12-20 #9230
Per Guinness, this character who debuted in 1887 is the most portrayed human literary character in film & television Sherlock Holmes FJ LITERARY CHARACTERS ON SCREEN 2022-07-07 #8679
(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Texas Beeworks in Austin.) In the story "His Last Bow", this fictional character says of his retirement, "I live and keep bees upon the South Downs," and shows Dr. Watson the book he wrote on beekeeping Sherlock Holmes $400 DJ LITERARY CHARACTERS 2019-10-09 #8068
A London bank job is at the heart of "The Red-Headed League", the second short story with this detective Sherlock Holmes $400 DJ ANATOMICALLY TITLED LIT 2016-07-25 #7351
This 19th century character talks about his own writings about tattoo marks & on the tracing of footsteps Sherlock Holmes FJ LITERARY CHARACTERS 2013-10-28 #6696
"The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night-time", he points out to a police inspector, is that the dog did nothing Sherlock Holmes $1,200 DJ BRITISH LITERARY QUOTES 2013-03-29 #6575
In this detective's 1892 "Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", the carbuncle was a blue garnet hidden in a goose Sherlock Holmes $400 DJ BLUE LITERATURE 2011-04-11 #6126
He spoke his final line in 1927: "It is nearly midnight, Watson, and I think we may make our way back to our humble abode" Sherlock Holmes $200 J 1920s LIT 2010-07-12 #5961
Originally called Sherringford Hope, his final last name came from his creator's favorite American poet Sherlock Holmes FJ BRITISH LITERARY CHARACTERS 2002-03-08 #4040
He shocks Watson when he poses as a plumber & romances a housemaid for the purpose of burglary Sherlock Holmes $200 DJ LITERARY DISGUISES 1997-07-17 #2984
This detective solved 1892's "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", but didn't have the guilty party arrested Sherlock Holmes $200 DJ BLUE LITERATURE 1997-04-10 #2914
This detective is 7 years younger than his brother Mycroft Sherlock Holmes $400 DJ LITERATURE 1996-02-28 #2653
Mrs. Hudson was this detective's landlady Sherlock Holmes $1,000 DJ LITERARY CHARACTERS 1993-12-16 #2139
Other than Watson, the only character to narrate a Sherlock Holmes story Sherlock Holmes $600 DJ LITERATURE 1985-02-19 #117
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