Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock Holmes, fictional character created by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle.

The prototype for the modern mastermind detective, Holmes first appeared in Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, published in Beeton's Christmas Annual of 1887. As the world's first and only "consulting detective," he pursued criminals throughout Victorian and Edwardian London, the south of England, and continental Europe.