The Hounds of Baskervilles Written by Canon Doyle

The Hounds of Baskervilles

There are few books that can be read years after you first read them and you read them with the same amazement as you felt back then. One such book which comes to mind to this one The Hounds of Baskervilles. This book has a special place in my memories as it is the best ever book that I read at my school library.It introduced me to the deductive I had later come to know as the only consulting detective Sherlock Holmes. The novel brings a bit of mystery, a bit of crime fiction, and starts with a hint to the super natural as well. Holmes deserves Wantson looking at a cane and asks him to deduce an idea of the owner. The owner Dr Mortimer arrives toward the end of this discussion and presents the problem for Holmes giving the history of the matter as well. In the Baskerville family there runs a legend that began with Hugo Baskervilles death. The legend which has been the pet story of the family since then returns in the death of Charles Baskerville as well and gives Dr Mortimer doubts as to what to say to distant relative Henry Baskerville who is the heir to the Baskerville fortune. The story follows Wantson who accompanies Henry to Baskerville Hall and the events that the transpire after. What I love this book is that I go from start to finish without feeling bored. I suppose it's not just mystery of it all but the notion that there might be something super natural

as well that pushes the read along nicely.

Small sub- plots like Henry falling in love or what was going on Charles Baskervilles life before his ultimately death they add to the interest and open responsibilities for the sleuths trying to solve the case along with Holmes and Watson as well. And then of course there is a character sketch of Sherlock Holmes

itself for which I have no words to describe.