Overall, this book was very good. It was entertaining, suspenseful, and made me want to keep reading it. It had many turning points and exciting events that occurred throughout the story. For anyone reading this book, my advice would be to keep reading it even if it is boring at first.
Overall, this book was very good. It was entertaining, suspenseful, and made me want to keep reading it. It had many turning points and exciting events that occurred throughout the story. For anyone reading this book, my advice would be to keep reading it even if it is boring at first.
Holmes and Watson are visited by James Mortimer, who presents them with an interesting case. Sir Charles Baskerville, who lives in Baskerville Hall, has died. The cause of death is over-extortion. This is very interesting because they found footprints of a large dog near him, connecting to a story about one of Sir Charles’ ancestor’s who was killed by a hound from hell. This is not the reason that Mr. Mortimer has come though. He has come to seek advice on what to do about Sir Charles’ only heir, Sir Henry moving into Baskerville hall. Mr Mortimer fears that the same thing will happen to Sir Henry. When Sir Henry visits Holmes, he finds a note that tells him to stay out of Baskerville Hall. Later, they find out that there is a man following Sir Henry’s carriage. Sir Henry and Watson head off to Baskerville Hall. There Watson meets Mr. Barrymore and his wife, Sir Charles’ housekeepers. Later, Watson and Sir Henry hear a woman crying. In the morning they confront Mr. Barrymore about this. He denies that the crying was his wife. Watson meets Jack Stapleton and his sister Beryl. While at their house Beryl whispers to Watson to leave the house as quickly as possible. Watson discovers that Mrs. Barrymore has been using a candle at night to signal her brother Selden, an escaped murderer. She has been taking care of him. The next day, Watson comes across Dr. Holmes, who has been living in ancient huts outside of the moor. He has been watching what has been going on for the last few days. He observes that Jack and Beryl are husband and wife, not brother and sister. They are pretending to be siblings so that Beryl can lure Sir Henry to his death. They agree that the Stapletons are probably responsible for Sir Charles’ death. Later, they find the dead body of Selden, the convict. They believe that he died from falling trying to get away from the hound. At the house, Holmes realises that Stapleton must be the long lost heir to the Baskerville Fortune. This would give him a motive to kill Charles and Henry. To try to catch Stapleton in the act, Henry eats dinner with them while Holmes and Watson wait outside. While Henry is walking back from dinner, Stapleton releases the hound. Right before it pounces on Sir Henry, Holmes shoots the dog, killing it. They storm the house, only to find that Jack has tried to escape through the moor. He dies trying to escape. They find Meryl tied up in the house and also where Jack kept the “Hellhound”. The dog was really just painted with phosphorus so that he glowed in the dark.
This book was very exciting and entertaining. The book started off a little slow and boring, but became more interesting as the book progressed.
Overall, this book was very good. It was entertaining, suspenseful, and made me want to keep reading it. It had many turning points and exciting events that occurred throughout the story. For anyone reading this book, my advice would be to keep reading it even if it is boring at first.
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