Sherlock!

[tesana]

So, I just finished reading all of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is part of a project I started to understand what makes a good mystery. I've finished the Amelia Peabody mysteries (Elizabeth Peters), and am half way through the Nero Wolfe mysteries (Rex Stout)--I had to stop because the library system ran out of the

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[zellion]

I remember enjoying the Sherlock Holmes stories but being surprised by the liberal drug use. Hehe. I'm so used to having that kind of thing censored out.

[tesana]

LOL. Reading it in order, the second time Watson goes back to live with Holmes (after Watson's wife passes and Holmes has defeated Moriarty) there is a one liner about how Watson puts him through detox. Still, nothing quite like A Study in Scarlet to get a view on early Mormonism. ;)