Sherlock Holmes: The Blue Diamond
A Crime, Classics, Short Stories book. My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know...
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Never trust to general impressions, my boy, but concentrate yourself upon details. My first glance is always at a woman's sleeve. In a man, it is perhaps better to take the knee of the trouser. Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and its solution is its own reward. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know. Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle Holmes took up the stone and held it against the light. "It's a bonny thing," said he. "Just see how it glints and sparkles. Of course it is a nucleus and focus of crime. Every good stone is. They are the devil's pet baits. In the larger and older jewels every facet may stand for a bloody deed. This stone is not yet twenty years old. It was found in the banks of the Amoy River in soutern China and is remarkable in having every characteristic of the carbuncle, save that it is blue in shade instead of ruby red. In spite of its youth, it has already a sinister...
I am presently reading all the Sherlock Holmes stories and novels, using annotated versions.First off, not the best in the bunch, not by far, not by halves. There are so many errors in this story it's hard to belive ACD even had an editor. (Maybe he didn't.) Even before I read the annotated 'criticisms' in the version I was reading... Click little read of a mystery I won't remember tomorrow - something about poultry and a hat. Nicely performed by Alan Cumming; he of course is the only reason I bothered listening to it. This was a free audiobook from Audible for the holiday season, and the fact that Alan Cumming was the narrator is the only reason I downloaded it. I am not a huge fan of the Sherlock Holmes canon, but I adore Alan Cumming and thought he would be an excellent test to see how deep my dislike of Holmes runs. Even with Mr. Cummings wonderful...
