and all that other good stuff to solve a crime. Guessing is the number one sin in crime solving.Finally, I think that Holmes approached all his crimes in a fictional way. Do not get me wrong; Holmes was an expert at it. He never flopped and failed to do his job. What I mean by fictional is that Sherlock Holmes is a great entertainer not a great detective. I know most fans would cut my throat for saying that but it is true. I love reading detective books but only for entertainment purposes. I do not read them to sharpen up any skills of detection and I know that real detectives have the same views. Real life detectives take there time and do everything by some book somebody wrote. If they were true Sherlockians they could do it all by sitting down, smoking a pipe, and just thinking about the whole darn thing. That is what I love about Holmes! ...
