Classic Sherlock Homes, but some of the stories are extremely pat. There are some good ones: the Six Napoleons, Charles Augustus Milverton, and The Golden Pince-Nez.

Some are adventure yarns and hardly any Sherlocking. And most suffer from contrived circumstances.

Holmes lets a couple criminals off the hook, which doesn't seem very Victorian. But what can you do. Holmes doesn't give a shit. Holmes does what he wants.

I can tell Doyle is phoning it in. He's bored with Holmes and it sorta shows.