A Study in Scarlet
A new partnership begins when Holmes investigates the unexplained death at Lauriston Gardens.
HOLMES ARCHIVE
THE COMPLETE CATALOGUE · 1887—1927
Every case, accounted for.
Browse the novels, short stories, and related writing. Each entry includes a concise summary and a link to its case file.
66 works in the archive
4 ENTRIES
The four novels
Four long-form cases that open and close the canonical record.
The Sign of the Four
A coded message leads Holmes and Watson into a pursuit of a vanished treasure.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
An ancient family curse appears to haunt the desolate moor and its heir.
The Valley of Fear
A country-house murder opens onto a secret society and a dangerous past.
12 ENTRIES
The Adventures
The first twelve short cases, gathered from The Strand Magazine.
A Scandal in Bohemia
A king asks Holmes to retrieve a photograph from the resourceful Irene Adler.
The Red-Headed League
A curious advertisement and an oddly simple job conceal a criminal scheme.
A Case of Identity
A young woman’s missing fiancé leaves behind a puzzle of disguise and motive.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
A son is accused of murder beside a lonely pool in the English countryside.
The Five Orange Pips
A family receives ominous envelopes marked with five orange pips.
The Man with the Twisted Lip
A disappearance in an opium den reveals a startling transformation.
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
A lost jewel turns up inside a Christmas goose.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
A woman fears the same mysterious fate that befell her twin sister.
The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
A mechanical engineer escapes a midnight job with a terrible injury.
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
A bride vanishes from her wedding reception without explanation.
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
A priceless coronet is damaged in a locked family home.
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
A governess accepts strange conditions at an isolated country estate.
11 ENTRIES
The Memoirs
Twelve recollections of Holmes’s earlier triumphs and final problem.
Silver Blaze
A champion racehorse disappears on the eve of a major race.
The Yellow Face
A strange face at a cottage window unsettles a devoted husband.
The Stockbroker’s Clerk
A clerk’s promising new position takes a sinister turn.
The “Gloria Scott”
A cryptic message exposes a secret from Holmes’s university days.
The Musgrave Ritual
An old family ceremony becomes the key to a disappearance.
The Reigate Squire
A coded scrap of paper draws Holmes into a country-house mystery.
The Crooked Man
A decorated officer’s death is linked to a painful wartime history.
The Resident Patient
A doctor’s benefactor behaves in ways that defy explanation.
The Greek Interpreter
Holmes’s brother Mycroft introduces a case of abduction and translation.
The Naval Treaty
A state document disappears from a trusted official’s desk.
The Final Problem
Holmes confronts Professor Moriarty in a decisive struggle abroad.
13 ENTRIES
The Return
The detective returns to active service in a new series of cases.
The Empty House
Holmes returns to London and faces the surviving reach of Moriarty’s network.
The Norwood Builder
A young solicitor is accused after blood and ashes appear in a house.
The Dancing Men
A series of coded stick figures frightens a household.
The Solitary Cyclist
A music teacher is shadowed on her lonely country rides.
The Priory School
A schoolboy and his tutor vanish from a prestigious academy.
Black Peter
A retired sea captain is found dead in a locked cabin-like room.
Charles Augustus Milverton
Holmes targets a blackmailer who preys on private letters.
The Six Napoleons
Someone is smashing plaster busts to find a hidden object.
The Three Students
An exam paper is compromised at a university college.
The Golden Pince-Nez
A pair of spectacles becomes the central clue in a scholar’s murder.
The Missing Three-Quarter
A university rugby star disappears before an important match.
The Abbey Grange
A death in a country abbey may not be the burglary it seems.
The Second Stain
A sensitive diplomatic letter vanishes with international consequences.
8 ENTRIES
His Last Bow
Eight later cases, including Holmes’s final published account.
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
A visitor’s strange weekend ends in a baffling disappearance.
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
A parcel containing two severed ears arrives in the post. First published in 1893; placed in His Last Bow in later editions.
The Adventure of the Red Circle
A landlady’s lodger communicates through coded signals.
The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans
Naval submarine plans disappear from a government office.
The Adventure of the Dying Detective
Watson is summoned to a dangerously ill Holmes’s bedside.
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Holmes searches Europe for a missing aristocratic traveller.
The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot
A Cornish family suffers a mysterious and deadly affliction.
His Last Bow
On the eve of war, Holmes uncovers a spy operating in Britain.
12 ENTRIES
The Case-Book
The final twelve canonical short stories in publication order.
The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
Holmes tries to prevent a dangerous marriage to a notorious aristocrat.
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
A soldier’s friend vanishes after returning from the war.
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
A royal jewel is recovered through an elaborate decoy.
The Adventure of the Three Gables
A sinister buyer wants an entire house and its contents.
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
A father fears an impossible explanation for strange marks on his child.
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
A peculiar inheritance scheme puts Watson in danger.
The Adventure of the Problem of Thor Bridge
A governess is accused after a wealthy man’s wife is found dead.
The Adventure of the Creeping Man
A professor’s unsettling behaviour changes after a laboratory experiment.
The Adventure of the Lion’s Mane
Holmes investigates a death on the Sussex coast.
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
A reclusive woman reveals a tragic history to Holmes.
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
A racehorse and a missing body trouble a country estate.
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman
A businessman disappears after a suspicious late-night visit.
2 ENTRIES
The stage works
Doyle’s plays and theatrical adaptations.
The Speckled Band
Doyle’s stage adaptation of the celebrated short story.
The Crown Diamond
A stage mystery adapted from an earlier Holmes scenario.
4 ENTRIES
Beyond the canon
Related writing and auxiliary material, catalogued separately from the canon.
The Man Who Was Wanted
A complete Sherlock Holmes pastiche by Arthur Whitaker, wrongly published as a lost Doyle story; not part of the original canon.
The Field Bazaar
A brief charitable piece featuring Holmes and Watson.
How Watson Learned the Trick
A short comic vignette in which Holmes demonstrates observation.
Sherlock Holmes Examination Paper
A playful set of questions published in the spirit of Holmes.