In the 100 years since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock and his sidekick Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard bearer. Holmes is at the height of his powers here in many of his most famous cases, first published in Strand magazine in 1891-1892. The stories included in this book are: "The Red-Headed League, " "The Man With the Twisted Lip, " "The Five Orange Pips, " "The Noble Bachelor, " "A Scandal in Bohemia, " and "The Engineer's Thumb.