This is also where Watson sort of comes into his own, as he thinks he has to solve the problem on his own, and readers had a chance to really try and solve the case using only Watson's clues. While readers still got some of that in The Hound of the Baskervilles, it was a much creepier and more mysterious setting. Previous books and short stories about Sherlock focused on the intelligence of his amazing deductive skills. It is also thought that the way Conan Doyle wrote the book made it stand out. It was likely the author giving in and writing another book that first made The Hound of the Baskervilles more popular than the rest of the series. This leads to a truly gripping finale as Holmes and Watson race to escape a dangerous, starving dog and catch the true killer. While Holmes is absent for the bulk of the novel, it is eventually revealed that he has been dwelling on the moor himself for months, unraveling the mystery while not making his presence know to anyone else. He is tasked with making sure the next heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, is safe. Most of the story takes place at night, and there are many scenes of the hound howling for blood.īefore the story starts, a Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead, with fear clear on his face. The legend is that the ghost of a hound is haunting Dartmoor in Devonshire, England, specifically, at Baskerville Hall and Grimpen Mire.
The story is given an eerie setting, with an escaped convict on the loose, secret figures dwelling on a sinister moor, and frightening scenes about a monstrous, apparently ghostly hound that make the story almost supernatural.
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