The Red-Headed League is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in Strand in August 1891, with illustrations by Sidney Paget. Conan Doyle ranked The Red-Headed League second in his list of his 12 favorite Holmes stories. It is also the second of the 12 stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892. It is one of Holmes' most intriguing cases, in which he has to solve a problem caused by a strange society in which the only criteria for admission is bright red hair!
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"A collection of wonderful stories featuring our beloved Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend Watson. I very much enjoy the criminal and non-criminal mysteries that are featured in these further works of Doyle's and intend to continue my love affair with the Memoirs. " — Mollie (5 out of 5 stars)
"A collection of wonderful stories featuring our beloved Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend Watson. I very much enjoy the criminal and non-criminal mysteries that are featured in these further works of Doyle's and intend to continue my love affair with the Memoirs. "
" This isn't by who it says its by... Mysterious! "
" Each story is quite clever and entertaining, they are pretty addicting to me, once you finish one its hard not to go on to another. "
" My favorite collection of Holmes tales :-) "
" What a great read! I love the mysteries, the characters, and the dialog has made me laugh out loud several times. I will have to work my way through the whole series now that I know how great these are. "
" about 20% of the way through, thoroughly enjoyable read. "
" One of Doyle's best collections. I was pleased to find this in Amazon's Kindle books. "
" It took some time,but it was worth it. Read this!!!!!! "
" The original "procedural", but in fiction form and focusing on logic instead of high tech science. "
" An old friend to spend time with time and again when nothinb else entertains. "
" This is a fun book and I think makes the current movie (made in 2009) look even better. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle certainly made him out to be quite the character, much more so than his secondary authors did. "
" I love love love these books. I read them for my bed time stories. "
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. His first book introduced that prototype of the modern detective in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt.
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