hello, i like reading mystery novels especially Sherlock Holmes
So do I! Sherlock holmes is a fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
i like the stories but I also like Conan Doyle writing style it is very efficient 
Sherlock Holmes refers to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories. He uses forensic science and logical reasoning to solve cases.
he was sort of the prototype of the modern forensic investigator of today
He became popular after appearing in "The Strand Magazine" in 1891.
you know  I need to start reading the stories again I am up to the "Hound" i need to finish the rest
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published on 14 October 1892. It contains the earliest short stories featuring the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, which had been published in twelve monthly issues of "The Strand Magazine" from July 1891 to June 1892. The stories are collected in the same sequence, which is not supported by any fictional chronology. The only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson and all are related in first
Wilkie Collins' epistolary novel "The Moonstone" (1868) is generally considered the first detective novel in the English language, and soon after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began his Sherlock Holmes series about a London-based "consulting detective". Doyle wrote four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Holmes, from 1880 up to 1907, with a final case in 1914.
H. G. Wells's (1866–1946) writing career began in the 1890s with science fiction novels like "The War of the Worlds" (1898