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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Mysteries' The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Red Headed League, and The Adventure of the Speckled Band

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the Twisted Lip" -- the reader is shown the cunning of Sherlock Holmes and his disdain for, as the opening lines of "The Speckled Band" make note of "any investigation  which did not tend towards the unusual, and even the fantastic" (Internet source). Certainly, one of the most basic characteristics of all of the Sherlock Holmes stories is the fact  that none are ever based on commonplace crimes or mysteries. Just as Dr. John Watson writes "I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes," Doyles readers also experience a  great deal of pleasure in following his indisputable logic in these three stories. Each of them is representative of the unique genre of 19th and early 20th century crime and  detective fiction. Doyles Vision of Crime and Mystery The intrepid Sherlock Holmes and the less clever but no less fascinated Dr. Watson (who also serves as the narrator of the  stories) have entertained and challenged readers for more than a century. Holmes notice of seemingly innocuous details such as the mud splattered on Helen Stoners sleeve and what he is  able to deduce from his observation is always an example of an amazingly sharp mind that can immediately notice and interpret the most minute of clues. (After all: "There is  no vehicle save a dog-cart which throws up mud in that way, and then only when you sit on the left-hand side of the driver.") At all times, Holmes sees  more than anybody else around him ever notices. Each of the stories begins with a mystery and a stranger presenting Holmes with his or her unique and apparently unsolvable mystery.  All those involved in the story, Watson and the hapless characters who seek assistance from Holmes, understand that Holmes is far superior to them in terms of intellect,