Photographer: Rakshita Patel
The Twelve Best of the Holmes Stories
Arthur Conan Doyle's list of the best short stories, arranged in his order of preference:
1) The Speckled Band
2) The Red-headed League
3) The Dancing Men
4) The Final Problem
5) A Scandal in Bohemia
6) The Empty House
7) The Five Orange Pips
8) The Second Stain
9) The Devil's Foot
10) The Priory School
11) The Musgrave Ritual
12) The Reigate Squires
Source: Sherlock Holmes: His Greatest Cases by Arthur Conan Doyle, with an introduction by John le Carre, published by White's Books.
So does YOUR favourite make it into Conan Doyle's top 12?
Mine don't! My favourites are The Blue Carbuncle and Wisteria Lodge.
