This picture is of Jeremy Britt, who was here playing Sherlock Holmes, who does play a violin in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's books. he was the best and the only Holmes ever.  

I am giving book reviews of two Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The first is of Study in Scarlet, but first I need to say that this is the book that finds Holmes and Dr. John Watson at their first acquaintance. Watson has just come to England, after being in the military in Afghanistan during a war. His shoulder was wounded by a bullet. All of this Holmes deduces upon their first meeting. They have met in order to share quarters together and split the rent. Holme's incredible art for deduction is unbelievable to Watson as to how he arrives at conclusions with what appear to be few clues. Holmes breaks this and a couple of other mysteries down for Watson step by step, and Watson does come to believe that Holmes is an unbelievably good detective. Holmes is not a police detective, but a type of detective consultant, who does not get paid for his work. He is also a scientist in some areas, sometimes a candidate for OCD medicine, a violinist, and a cocaine and morphine user, to boot. Okay, enough introduction. Here is my first book review.

A Study in Scarlet, by Arthur Conan Doyle--a Sherlock Holmes mystery

The premise of this story, in a nutshell, is that Sherlock Holmes receives a letter from someone telling him that a murder has taken place in an otherwise empty house. The victim's cause of death is not immediately known, as there are no wounds or blood seen on his body. There is a woman's wedding ring amongst the evidence and a message on the wall written by another unknown person, in his or her blood. The plot is very complex, and of course Holmes is just the person to solve such a crime. The Scotland Yard police detectives are portrayed as incapable of solving any crime by themselves without Holmes's help, and taking most or all of the credit. It is nearly impossible to guess at the conclusion to this case, and Sherlock Holmes really does has his work cut out for him.