*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Like Superman and Tarzan, Sherlock Holmes is a household name, one of the literary iconic characters. Though not the first example of a literary ‘consulting detective’, Holmes is undoubtedly the most famous. These days we know him from countless film, TV and radio versions, and it is perhaps strange to realise that there were just four novels and fifty-six short stories penned by his creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, over a hundred years ago. New in we have three of those four novels, including A Study in Scarlet, the first, and The Hound Of The Baskervilles, the most famous. If you’ve never read these ask yourself ‘should you?’ The answer is, of course, rather elementary… 
PICTURED: ALL SHERLOCK HOLMES BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE ALL SOLD
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES John Murray 1965 UK PB VG/FN £5
A STUDY IN SCARLET Pan 1975 UK PB GD £3
THE VALLEY OF FEAR Pan 1975 UK PB FA/GD £3