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A review by emromc
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) by Arthur Conan Doyle
5.0
A few odd ones in here, but gems like "The Illustrious Client" and "The Sussex Vampire" (vampires, really? Yes. Yes indeed!), not to mention possibly my favorite Holmes moment of all time in "The Three Garridebs" combine to make this possibly one of my favorite collections of Holmes. And that's saying a lot.
I mean, Watson is shot, and then this quote. "It was worth a wound; it was worth many wounds; to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation." -The Three Garridebs.
And then Holmes' fantastic "It is well for you {the villain}. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive."
And the best bromance in all of literature lives on.
I mean, Watson is shot, and then this quote. "It was worth a wound; it was worth many wounds; to know the depth of loyalty and love which lay behind that cold mask. The clear, hard eyes were dimmed for a moment, and the firm lips were shaking. For the one and only time I caught a glimpse of a great heart as well as of a great brain. All my years of humble but single-minded service culminated in that moment of revelation." -The Three Garridebs.
And then Holmes' fantastic "It is well for you {the villain}. If you had killed Watson, you would not have got out of this room alive."
And the best bromance in all of literature lives on.