8-volume edition featuring the very best of Sherlock Homes complete and unabridged. Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. Though not the first fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes is arguably the best known. Over 25,000 stage adaptations, films, television productions and publications feature the detective, and Guinness World Records lists him as the most portrayed literary human character in film and television history. Holmes's popularity and fame are such that many have believed him to be not a fictional character but a real individual. This collection combines the very best of Sherlock Holmes in 8-volumes, complete and unabridged. The volumes include: 1. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 2. The Hound of the Baskervilles, 3. The Valley of Fear, 4. His Last Bow 5. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes 6. The Return of Sherlock Holmes 7. A Study in Scarlet & 8. The Sign of Four.