The Hound of the Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Kindle Edition 2010 

I am enjoying the opportunity to catch up on these classic books I've never read.  And I must say I am pleasantly surprised by how good they are.  I was expecting to be bored, but find myself eagerly anticipating what the next page has to offer.

The Hounds of Baskerville is part of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Series. It was genuinely a good story.  The ending wasn't a shock per say and I may not have been captivated by Holmes as a character, but that didn't matter.

Holmes and his genius play a minimal role (only to save the day in the end. Which I suspect may be his style) as we follow Watson to the estate in the English countryside.  Watson's duty is to protect the latest Baskerville as he attempts to reestablish the family's mansion following the death of his uncle.  The Baskerville family has been plagued by a curse for generations following the heinous behavior of one of its patriarchs.  Was the curse to blame for the uncle's death, or something more sinister?  Da...da..dum....