The Sherlock Sensation
Sherlock Holmes. You see, but you do not observe. Sherlock Holmes. The pioneer of the science of deduction, the mysterious detective genius with a brain that could explode like a cannon, the man with inane powers of cane fencing, wrestling and baritsu, the aloof; friendless human being who finds a chum and colleague in Dr. Watson, the man with an equally worthy arch-enemy. When he created the character of Sherlock Holmes in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle unleashed a tale of fiery awesomeness that has us captivated even today. With every story accompanied by a gripping plot and intense character development, he wove magic with words. For a book (series) that was written in the late 1980s and the early 1990s, it is still as un-put-down-able as a Michael Crichton, Stephen King, John LeCarre, or an Alistair MacLean. And when it seemed that this was just about how good it gets to be, it was Steven Moffat who created a BBC TV series by the name Sherlock, that has set a new benchmark for