— Consulting Detective —
"When you have eliminated the impossible,
whatever remains, however improbable,
must be the truth."
— The Sign of the Four, 1890
↓ The game is afootSherlock Holmes resides at 221B Baker Street, London, where he operates as the world's first and only consulting detective. A chemist by training, a violinist by passion, and a logician by nature — Holmes approaches each case with a singular devotion to the cold, hard facts.
His methods are unconventional: the study of cigarette ash, the analysis of handwriting pressure, the classification of London's soils. No detail is too minute. No observation is trivial. As he often remarks to his chronicler, Dr. John Watson: "You see, but you do not observe."
A phantom hound haunts the moors of Devonshire, and the Baskerville family is cursed. Holmes sends Watson to investigate while he conducts his own inquiries in secret.
1902The King of Bohemia seeks Holmes's help in retrieving a compromising photograph from the brilliant and resourceful Irene Adler — "the woman" who outwitted him.
1891A pawnbroker is paid handsomely to copy the Encyclopædia Britannica — but why? Holmes unravels a scheme involving a tunnel, a bank vault, and a criminal mastermind.
1891A mysterious treasure, a one-legged man, and a pact made in a prison cell. Holmes tracks the truth through the dark waters of the Thames and the streets of London.
1890A woman fears for her life after her sister dies mysteriously, whispering "the speckled band" with her last breath. Holmes spends a night in a darkened room to solve the riddle.
1892Holmes confronts his greatest adversary — Professor James Moriarty, the Napoleon of crime — in a deadly struggle at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland.
1893Holmes could deduce a man's entire history from a single glance. Can you spot the clues? Examine the scene below and draw your conclusions.
Click a magnifying glass to examine a clue…
The legendary address still stands today as the Sherlock Holmes Museum, faithfully preserved in the Victorian style of Holmes's era. Visitors can explore the famous study, examine Holmes's chemical apparatus, and sit in the very chair where countless clients told their tales.