I decided to read this book because I bought a poster with 100 books to read in your life. This is book twenty-seven on the poster. I thought I was going to struggle with this book considering it is a classic as with most books on this poster, but I think because it was so short I couldn’t struggle with it.  

This book is book five in the Sherlock Holmes series. In this book, Sir Charles Baskerville is dead. His body was discovered on the grounds on his Devonshire estate, face frozen in fright, not far from the footprints of a large beast. The cause of death has been determined to be a heart attacked, but family legend tells another tale, and Detective Sherlock Holmes is determined to uncover the truth. So, whodunit on the foggy moors of Baskerville Hall? Holmes and Watson will find out.  

I enjoyed the storyline in this book, and I loved the friendship between Sherlock and John. Even if they were both keeping things from each other, I loved that they were still checking in and were both determined to find the killer even if they must go down the crazy theories like the supernatural. I loved reading the reports from John and how fuming he was that Sherlock hadn’t been reading them. I loved Sherlock’s humour has well and was rooting for him and John throughout the book. I loved how small this book was, I feel like if it was longer I would have struggled and even if it was longer chapters or longer paragraphs, with the paragraphs being spaced out, it was more enjoyable, and I managed to finish this book quickly.  

I did sort of lose some interest towards the end but that’s because I couldn’t figure out if Charles was murdered and if he was, who killed him? It took a few re-reads of the last chapters to figure out what they were saying, but it was unexpected.  

I don’t think I'll read the next book in this series or go back and start this series, but it can be read as a standalone like I read it, and I can’t wait for next book on the poster.