Publisher's Synopsis
Arthur Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician best known for his stories featuring the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle was a prolific author and his innovative mysteries make him one of the most widely read authors in history. Conan Doyle also wrote The Lost World, which was one of the earliest and most influential works in the lost world genre of fiction. A Study in Scarlet, published in 1887, is the first novel featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The action centers around a murder mystery after a dead man is discovered in a room in Brixton. The Hound of the Baskervilles, published in 1902, is a classic novel that centers around an attempted murder which was inspired by the legend of a diabolical supernatural hound.
