The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

This is the first time that I’ve read a Sherlock Holmes novel. I’d seen several film and TV adaptations over the years, but they never particularly grabbed me. I thought I’d give one of the books a go since I’ve got a new ebook reader and loaded it up with public domain books. The device is an Xteink X4 Pro, which is a tiny little thing. I bought it to keep in my pocket in the hope that I will reach for it over my phone. I want to stop ending up on Reddit reading things that just make me anxious. So far it appears to be working. I’d been told before that the book was partly inspired by Hound Tor on Dartmoor, which is supposed to look like a pack of hounds on the hunt. I’ve visited a few times over the years, and I don’t see it personally. It sounds like this is very possibly a coincidence that locals have adopted as a story as much as anything though. I find it interesting that Holmes is not in a very large part of this book. He’s there at the start, and returns at the end. The rest…