A review by halberdbooks
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) by Arthur Conan Doyle

adventurous mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

After decades of copyright law being extended and extended and extended by curious coincidence with the copyright of Mickey Mouse, the very last volume of official Sherlock Holmes stories has finally entered into the public domain. Here, at long last, are the last vestiges that the Doyle estate could cite as proof of ownership over some aspect or another of the otherwise freely available characters. And it turns out, it kind of sucks. There certainly are some high points: The Three Garridebs involves the same level of delightfully weird fraud as The Red-Headed League, and the solution of Thor Bridge is one of the most ingenious devices in the series. But here also are absolute lows: utter non-mysteries such as The Lion's Mane and The Veiled Lodger, bizarre and uncomfortable stories like The Sussex Vampire and The Creeping Man, and, of course, the almost jubilantly hateful racism in The Three Gables.
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