Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Holmes

Fictional London investigator

• WatsonCommon English surname
• Baker StreetLondon road, detective's address
• deductionConclusion from premises
• MycroftElder brother, greater mind

Moriarty · Baskerville · hound · pipe · violin · consulting detective · disguise · foggy London

gaslight

Distort someone's reality

• hansom cabTwo-wheeled hired carriage
• empireDomain under unified control
• colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
• industrializationTransition to factory-based economy

gentility · etiquette · morality · steam · top hat · carriage · penny dreadful · crinoline

whodunit

Crime fiction identifying perpetrator

• cluesHints toward answers
• puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
• suspenseAnxious uncertainty about outcomes
• intrigueSecret plotting or fascination

detective fiction · crime · secrets · red herring · plot twist · locked room · alibi · evidence

doctor

Licensed medical healer

• medicineCurative substance or practice
• EdinburghScotland's seat of government
• ophthalmologyMedical specialty for eyes
• medical degreePhysician's professional qualification

diagnosis · surgery · medical training · observation · patient · general practitioner · whaling ship · West Africa

séance

Spirit communication ritual

• afterlifeExistence beyond mortality
• fairiesTiny mythical winged creatures
• occultConcealed from view
• paranormalBeyond scientific explanation

mediums · psychic · ghosts · ectoplasm · spirit photography · Harry Houdini · lectures · believer

novelist

Writer of prose narratives

• storytellerOne who recounts tales
• creatorOne who produces something
• short story writerAuthor of brief fiction
• serialistComposer using fixed pitch sequences

prolific · adventure tales · historical fiction · science fiction · The Lost World · knighthood · imagination · narrative