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This loyal friend and former army doctor serves as Sherlock Holmes's assistant and the narrator of most stories.
Difficulty: Easy- Dr. John Watson
- Dr. James Moriarty
- Inspector Lestrade
- Mycroft Holmes
This 1915 novel is the fourth and final Holmes novel, involving a murder connected to a secret American society called the Scowrers.
Difficulty: Medium- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- A Study in Scarlet
- The Valley of Fear
- The Sign of the Four
Jonathan Small hires this fast steam launch owned by Mordecai Smith to escape down the Thames, leading to a famous boat chase.
Difficulty: Hard- The Dorak
- The Aurora
- The Esmeralda
- The Westminster
This iconic London address is where Sherlock Holmes rents rooms from his landlady.
Difficulty: Easy- 10 Downing Street
- 12 Grimmauld Place
- 221B Baker Street
- 4 Privet Drive
Colonel Sebastian Moran uses this specially constructed silent weapon that fires revolver bullets to attempt to assassinate Holmes.
Difficulty: Medium- A crossbow
- An air rifle
- A poisoned dart
- A silenced pistol
Trevor's father was a mutineer aboard this convict ship bound for Australia, a secret that haunts him when fellow mutineer Hudson reappears.
Difficulty: Hard- The Gloria Scott
- The Dorak
- The Esmeralda
- The Doyle
This Scottish physician and writer created the world's most famous detective in 1887.
Difficulty: Easy- Charles Dickens
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Agatha Christie
- Edgar Allan Poe
This naturalist-disguised villain in The Hound of the Baskervilles is actually a Baskerville heir using a trained hound to murder relatives.
Difficulty: Medium- Jack Stapleton
- Sir Henry Baskerville
- Dr. James Mortimer
- Barrymore the butler
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