The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s third installment out of the four novels he wrote featuring protagonist Sherlock Holmes. For Sherlock Holmes fans, The Hound of the Baskervilles remains the best out of Doyle’s four Holmes novels.

The case, which involves protecting Sir Charles’ heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, and finding out whether there was any truth to the legendary curse on the Baskerville family, is investigated by Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson.

The story is mainly set in Dartmoor and begins with Dr. James Mortimer’s plea for Holmes’ expertise in investigating the sudden death of his friend, Sir Charles Baskerville. According to Mortimer, although Sir Charles died of a heart attack, he had an expression of horror on his face, and the footprints of a monstrously sized hound were found within the corpse's vicinity.

The Hound of the Baskervilles is an extraordinary novel as it was published several years after Doyle supposedly killed off Holmes’ character in “The Final Problem.” This is why the events in The Hound of the Baskervilles are set before Holmes’ alleged demise.