Inside the story
Meet Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes is a consulting detective in London, known for solving difficult cases through close observation and deduction. He lives at 221B Baker Street with Dr. John Watson, who records their investigations as clients seek Holmes's help with baffling mysteries.
On the page
A tall, very lean man with a pale, sharp, hawk-like face, high cheekbones, a thin aquiline nose and keen, piercing pale-grey eyes beneath dark brows, crowned by tousled near-black hair; fair skin. Dressed in a dark navy high-collared coat over a brown patterned waistcoat and white shirt, with long, restless, nervous hands; often seen with pipe, deerstalker or dressing-gown.
