question question question! and assistance

[seperis]

Okay, so say I suddenly had a burning desire to read Sherlock Holmes (thanks marycrawford). Other than Sir Conan Doyle, what are your recommendations? I've read on and off for years, but I'm thinking a concentrated hit would be nice right now.

Comments

[reginagiraffe]

I second this rec.

It skims the edge of MarySueishness, but manages to avoid falling totally. And there's like 6 or 7 more books after it! Which is always a plus.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

Seeing the girls name, I was actually wondering if this was were the term "Mary Sue" comes from ...

[an-kayoh.livejournal.com]

This (http://www.fortunecity.com/rivendell/dark/1000/marysue.htm) is generally considered to be the first known use.