Sherlock Holmes

"This was the start of a kind of Sherlock Holmes story as we went looking for the dominant fungus, extending our study to other mouse populations," Dr. Iliev said.

Skill, audacity and patience, criminal connections, a fair amount of luck, and inspiration from a Sherlock Holmes story culminated in a weekend of high drama and barely believable farce.

Naturally, she’s seen what a team of career professionals has missed, and the obvious value of having their own Sherlock Holmes on call results in a consultancy gig.

I’ve been rereading some golden oldies most recently: “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” “The Three Pillars of Zen” and I’m making my way through “The Complete Sherlock Holmes.”

Sherlock Holmes could have used a pug, not his favored bloodhound, to sniff out clues and gotten the same results, a study suggests.