Last week the Albemarle County School Board voted to remove "A Study in Scarlet," the novel which introduced the character Sherlock Holmes, from the sixth-grade reading list after a parent ...

The iconic origin story of Sherlock Holmes and his biographer Dr. John Watson (spoiler alert: it’s all because Watson needed a roommate) was depicted in the short novel A Study in Scarlet.

A Study in Scarlet is the very first Sherlock Holmes novel, published in 1887. Readers are introduced to the world’s “only consulting detective,” and to ex-army man Dr. John Watson.

They take part in many more crime investigations, in both novel and short-story form. A Study in Scarlet is actually two stories linked together by a series of crimes. Some took place many years ...

Filmmakers and showrunners are drawing from contemporary hits (The Night Agent) and enduring classics (A Study in Scarlet) for exciting new shows and movies. From spy thrillers to witchy dramas to ...