Nothing can project the art of observation as well as works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - Sherlock Holmes' adventures. As I am reading the complete compilation of Sherlock Holmes' adventures, I begin to want that power of observation. By a simple note of how deep Dr.Watson's doorsteps are, Holmes finds that Watson's doctor business was much better than Watson's neighbour - amazing!The best gripping story of all is 'The Hound of Baskervillis' - a scary murder mystery that sends shivers down my spine every time I read it. It reveals the evil (Stapleton's) and smart (Holmes') contortions of the human mind. A stable, balanced mind mixed with a quick eye solves an equally horrifying mystery of human greed.
Along with this long story, there are many other short stories that are as cleverly woven into the times that Sir Arthur Doyle lived.Perhaps, if such stories were written in today's era, they wouldn't have been as popular due to the advancement of science and technology. The detection and analysing devices are so exact that a person like Holmes would seem half useless. Not only are the devices advanced but so are the criminals. The crimes are progressively gruesome and inhumane that detectives of these days need to have more guts in them than brains to comb for clues at the crime sites.
Yet, Holmes would add spice to all the crimes today. Like he says in one of the short stories, a detective is not just made up of a watchful eye, but also of an imaginative mind. Clues can be combed from anywhere, even by the garbage man, for he cleans every inch of the place he works at, but the inferences made from these clues, need to be put with human behaviour and a criminal imagination to put together the sequence of events that would have led to the crime - an art that detective Sherlock Holmes excels greatly in.
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