Detective fiction of Crime Fiction", crime fiction from the past 100 years has generally contained 8 key rules to be a detective novel: Sherlock Holmes is British detective fiction written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The first appearance of Sherlock Holmes is at “A study in Scarlet”. At first, Sherlock Holmes did not result massive success, however starting from 1891, after published Sherlock Holmes at “Strand Magazine”, it became unquestionably popular. After Sherlock Holmes, many detective stories followed Conan Doyle’s structure and also include characters which have Sherlock Holmes characteristics. Sherlock Holmes as a series is perhaps the most popular form of
Canon of Sherlock Holmes paragraphs cut, appears as the preface to "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". "How I Made My List" (1927) This is the sequel to the article mentioned above. In it, Conan Doyle listed what he thought were the best Holmes adventures. He noted that had he been able to include stories from "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" he would certainly have included "The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" and "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client". The list is as follows: Richard Lancelyn Green's "The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes" also includes five prefaces to the various editions of Sherlock Holmes stories and novels,