Reviewing: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Welcome to book review Tuesday, where each week, we will be reviewing a book from our bookshelves to talk about you, our beautiful listeners, readers and writers. The purpose of this is it promotes books we love and show support for our favourite authors. This blog section is also an offshoot of the podcast's section called the bookshelf. So enjoy this review as we dive into:

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Synopsis:

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found suspiciously dead, his friend, Dr. James Mortimer asks Sherlock Holmes to look into the death. While the cause of death is determined to be a heart attack, Mortimer suspects foul play and fears that Sir Charles’s nephew and sole heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, may be in danger next. At the center of the investigation is the curse of the Baskervilles, which dates back to the time of the English Civil War. Supposedly the family’s ancestor, Hugo Baskerville, sold his soul to the devil, and the family has been haunted by a large spectral hound ever since. Because Sir Charles was found with a look of horror on his face when he died, appeared to be running away from something, and large paw prints had been found near his body, there is reason to believe that the “Hound” may have returned. The details of the case spark the interest of Sherlock and he agrees to take up the case. “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” is the third of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes novels and is widely regarded as one of his best.

Favourite Character: Dr. John Watson

John Watson plays the sidekick to Holmes' self-obsessed hero figure. Watson is an apprentice and live-in friend, who spends most of the book trying to solve a difficult case in his master's stead. Always on hand to stroke Holmes' ego, Watson is nonetheless intent on proving his own mettle by applying Holmes' techniques. Also, he narrates this novel which makes him ten times more likeable.

Our rating is 8 out of 10:

The plot twist makes the investigation ten times better. Probably one of the best Sherlock Holmes out there even though Not-A- Spy- Writes could argue otherwise.