Sherlock Holmes: the quintessential British hero and the world's most popular detective. Through his powers of deduction, and with the help of his faithful companion Dr Watson, Holmes takes on all manner of devious criminals and dangerous villains – and wins. But the cases involving murder are the most dastardly of them all… Selected from A series of short books by the world’s greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series: by William Shakespeare by Charlotte Bronte by Charles Dickens