In 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle put pen to paper & created a legend: Sherlock Holmes. The greatest detective of all time. His tall, slender, hawk-nosed figure with his deerstalker hat is instantly recognizable in every corner of the world. Alongside Doyle`s original stories, Sherlock has spawned a literature of his own in parodies & homages. More than 25, 000 books, stories & articles have been written by authors, amateurs & scholars. In this stupendous anthology, the best & most brilliant are collected together for the first time. CONTRIBUTORS INCLUDE: Arthur Conan Doyle, James M. Barrie, O. Henry, Stephen King, Kingsley Amis, A.A. Milne, P.G. Wodehouse, Neil Gaiman, Anthony Burgess, Colin Dexter & Anne Perry.