Sherlock Holmes Books in Order

Dr. Watson shares rooms with Sherlock Holmes and joins his investigation of a man found dead in an empty London house. A message written in blood points toward a mystery rooted far beyond Baker Street.

Mary Morstan asks Holmes to investigate her father’s disappearance and the mysterious pearls sent to her each year. A strange invitation draws Holmes and Watson into a case involving Indian treasure, murder, and a secret agreement.

Twelve cases follow Holmes and Watson through stolen jewels, vanished people, suspicious employment offers, and dangerous country houses. Holmes’s close attention to everyday details exposes the secrets hidden beneath clients’ often misleading accounts of their troubles.

Watson recounts another collection of Sherlock Holmes investigations, from a missing racehorse to an ancient family ritual. The detective's powers face increasingly dangerous challenges, including the formidable criminal intelligence of Professor Moriarty.

After Sir Charles Baskerville's mysterious death, Sherlock Holmes investigates a family legend about a murderous supernatural hound. Watson accompanies the new heir to Dartmoor, where threatening messages, suspicious neighbors and the desolate moor deepen the danger.

Sherlock Holmes rejoins Watson for a collection of investigations involving coded messages, missing people, stolen documents and puzzling murders. Beginning with his unexpected return, these stories bring the detective back into London's criminal intrigues and private secrets.

A coded warning reaches Sherlock Holmes just before news arrives of a killing at a moated country house. Investigating the death draws Holmes and Watson toward a secretive American past and dangers linked to the influence of Professor Moriarty.

Twelve later Sherlock Holmes stories bring together puzzling deaths, stolen valuables, suspicious disappearances, and seemingly supernatural events. Holmes and Watson confront human deception behind difficult evidence, with cases including an accused governess, an alleged vampire, and a professor's disturbing behavior.