By 1891, after publishing two novels and a series of short stories featuring Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle was ready to move on. He wanted to be known as a writer of great literature, not sensational mystery stories. “I think of slaying Holmes … and winding him up for good,” he confided to his mother in mid-November. “He takes my mind from better things.” How the Great Detective outwitted his most formidable adversary – his creator.
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