Sherlock Holmes
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The third film takes Enola, the teenage sister of Sherlock Holmes, to Malta, where her future with Tewkesbury is interrupted by a dangerous new case involving Sherlock's disappearance.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026
“Smog” is a turn-of-the-century portmanteau word mashing together “smoke” and “fog” to describe the sooty, sulfurous air of the London of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
“If you’re a fan of the Sherlock Holmes canon, you’ll notice them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026
When faced with a particularly puzzling case and not much evidence to go on, Sherlock Holmes once said, “It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data.”
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025
I remembered how Sherlock Holmes once amazed Watson by working out Watson’s train of thought.
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
