I read that one and thought it was only mildly amusing because of the setting. The mystery itself wasn’t that interesting. Is the first book the runt of the litter or are all of them like that?
I read that one and thought it was only mildly amusing because of the setting. The mystery itself wasn’t that interesting. Is the first book the runt of the litter or are all of them like that?
I’d say it’s probably in the middle. At the lower end you have the Adventure of the Three Gables, which the ending is garbage (see spoiler), and on the upper end you have Hound of the Baskervilles which is one of my favorite works of mystery ever. If you enjoyed Study in Sacrlet at all you should continue, but it is definitely in the middle in terms of quality.
Spoiler
(Sherlock just stands around and barely does nothing in the story, the evidence for the crime he presents is circumstantial at best, and in the end the criminal just confesses out of nowhere with no motive to do so.)