Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime fiction, but arguably the most famous character in all fiction. In sixty adventures that pit his extraordinary wits and courage against foreign spies, blackmailers, cultists, petty thieves, murderers, swindlers, policemen (both stupid and clever), and his arch-nemesis Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes, together with his faithful sidekick Doctor John H. Watson, proves himself to be not only the quintessential detective but also the most engaging and entertaining company any reader could ask for. To mark the 150th anniversary of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's birth, and coinciding with the release of Guy Ritchie's film Sherlock Holmes, this new edition will be released with a new foreword by Ruth Rendell.