Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Cited by

• Ellie Marney (1)
  • IN: Every Move (2015) Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Australian
    EPIGRAPH: Excellence at chess is one mark of a scheming mind.
    FROM: The Adventure of the Retired Colourman, (1926), Novel, UK
• Michael and Pelan, John Reaves (1)
  • IN: Shadows over Baker Street (1887) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
    FROM: A Study in Scarlet, (1887), Novel, UK
• Laurie R. King (2)
  • IN: The Murder of Mary Russell (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: ...a young seaman of the name of Hudson... "Bless you, sir, I know where all my old friends are," said the fellow with a sinister smile. "The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life."
    FROM: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, (1893), Short story, UK
  • IN: Murder of Mary Russell (2016) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: ...a young seaman of the name of Hudson... "Bless you, sir, I know where all my old friends are," said the fellow with a sinister smile. "The game is up. Hudson has told all. Fly for your life."
    FROM: The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, (1893), Short Story, UK
• Valerie Martin (1)
  • IN: The Ghost of the Mary Celeste (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The unknown and the marvelous press upon us from all sides. They loom above us and around us in undefined and fluctuating shapes, some dark, some shimmering, but all warning us of the limitations of what we call matter, and of the need for spirituality if we are to keep in touch with the true inner facts of life.
    FROM: Stranger Than Fiction, (1915), Article, UK
• Max Collins (2)
  • IN: Grave Matters (2004) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I never guess. It is a shocking habit.
    FROM: The Sign of Four, (1890), Novel, UK
  • IN: Bones: Buried Deep (2006) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The more outré and grotesque an incident is the more carefully it deserves to be examined, and the very point which appears to complicate a case is, when duly considered and scientifically handled, the one which is mostly likely to elucidate it.
    FROM: The Hound of the Baskervilles, (1902), Novel, UK
• David Davies (1)
  • IN: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Veiled Detective (2009) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: ’I never get your limits, Watson. There are unexplored possibilities about you.’
    FROM: Sherlock Holmes, The Sussex Vampire, (1924), Novel, UK
• Bradford Morrow (1)
  • IN: The Forgers (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: What object if served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable . But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is as far from an answer as ever.
    FROM: The Cardboard Box, (1893), Short story, UK
• Lou Manfredo (1)
  • IN: Rizzo's Fire (2011) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: The press, Watson, is a most valuable instituition, if you only know how to use it.
    FROM: Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of the Six Napoleons, (1904), Novel, UK
• Bill Loehfelm (1)
  • IN: Doing the Devil's Work (2015) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: I may be on the side of the angels, but don't think for one second that I am one of them.
    FROM: Sherlock, The Reichenbach Fall, (1893), Novel, UK
• Ellen Crosby (1)
  • IN: Multiple Exposure (2013) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
    FROM: The Sign of the Four, (1890), Novel, UK
• Amanda Craig (1)
  • IN: The Lie of the Land (2017) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: It is my belief, Watson, founded upon my experience, that the lowest and vilest alleys in London do not present a more dreadful record of sin than does the smiling and beautiful countryside... But look at these lovely houses, each in its own fields, filled for the most part with poor ignorant folk who know little of the law. Think of the deeds of hellish cruelty, the hidden wickedness which may go on, year in, year out, in such places, and none the wiser.
    FROM: "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, (1892), Short Story, UK
• Gyles Brandreth (1)
  • IN: Oscar Wilde and the Vatican Murders (2011) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: You know a conjurer gets no credit when once he has explained his trick; and if I show you too much of my method of working, you will come to the conclusion that I am a very ordinary individual after all.
    FROM: A Study in Scarlet, (1887), Novel, UK
• Dorothy L. Sayers (1)
  • IN: Clouds of Witness (1926) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: "That one word, my dear Watson, should have told me the whole story, had I been the ideal reasoner which you are so fond of depicting."
    FROM: Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, (1893), Book, UK
• James Lilliefors (1)
  • IN: The Psalmist (2014) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: "There are some trees, Watson, which grow to a certain height and then suddenly develop some unsightly eccentricity. You will see it often in humans."
    FROM: Sherlock Holmes, "The Case of the Empty House", (1903), Book, UK