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Probably the best-known sleuth in the world, Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character who was featured in four novels and 56 short stories. Holmes works as a consulting detective: people ask for his help to solve difficult or rather strange cases. He does so by using various innovative techniques such as forensic science and disguise.
Sherlock Holmes is a charismatic and extravagant man. Although messy, Holmes manages to locate documents and papers among the chaos of his disorganised office; famed for smoking a pipe he is also described as smoking cigars and cigarettes, and occasionally uses addictive drugs. Holmes is also a good fighter and swordsman and plays the violin well. His master use of deductive reasoning for solving mysteries is based on his notional knowledge of specific fields: especially Chemistry, Anatomy, Sensational Literature and British Law, but also Botany and Geology.
All but four Sherlock Holmes’ stories are narrated by his faithful friend Doctor Watson. They were first introduced by a common friend while looking for cheap lodgings for rent and ended up sharing rooms at the famous 221B of Baker Street. John H. Watson became a kind of biographer of Holmes’ exploits. Later, the doctor got married but kept visiting Holmes’ flat; after his wife’s death, Watson decided to return to Baker Street.
