Book review

The book begins with Watson and Holmes theorizing about Mortimer's forgotten cane, and continues with the arrival of Dr. Mortimer and the manuscript he brings with him about the bad luck of the Baskervilles. At first Sherlock treated it as a legend, but Sir Charles' mysterious death aroused Sherlock Holmes' interest in the case and he decided to intervene. As Sherlock has other cases to attend to, he arranges for his good friend Dr. Watson to return to Baskerville Castle with Sir Henry, who is preparing to inherit the estate, both to protect Sir Henry and to better investigate the case. In order to avoid being seen, Shylock hid in the marsh where there were few people, and secretly observed. At last, through the tireless investigation of two men, I tried to find out that the murderer was the Merripuff biologist Stapleton. It turned out that Stapleton was also a Baskerville, and he was determined to use the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles to inherit the family fortune. He first bought a hound from a dog dealer, and then used Laura to get Sir Charles to meet him. Finally, Charles was scared to death because of a heart attack. Baskerville tried to remove his successor Henry in the same way, but failed in the efforts of Sherlock and others, the plan failed, and the escape Stapleton eventually died in the swamp. This book belongs to the Beng school of mystery novels, which mainly focuses on solving puzzles. Due to the age, the criminal methods in the book are relatively simple, but the book has rigorous logic, twists and turns, and the suspense is also in place, which is highly readable.