The Dear Holmes Blog

One New Year, Two New Featured Detectives
The Dear Holmes “Featured Detective” Program honors one detective per mystery for their clever and well-thought-out solution to the case. To learn how to send in your own solution, visit...
One New Year, Two New Featured Detectives
The Dear Holmes “Featured Detective” Program honors one detective per mystery for their clever and well-thought-out solution to the case. To learn how to send in your own solution, visit...

How Holmes Pieced Together "The Peculiar Persec...
Dearest detectives, Thank you for taking the time to join us for this December’s mystery, “The Peculiar Persecution of Mr. Druitt.” We received magnificent entries from many dedicated investigators this...
How Holmes Pieced Together "The Peculiar Persec...
Dearest detectives, Thank you for taking the time to join us for this December’s mystery, “The Peculiar Persecution of Mr. Druitt.” We received magnificent entries from many dedicated investigators this...

Please Rise to Recognise Our Next Featured Dete...
The Dear Holmes “Featured Detective” Program honors one detective per mystery for their clever and well-thought-out solution to the mystery. To learn how to send in your solution, visit Dearholmes.com/solve....
Please Rise to Recognise Our Next Featured Dete...
The Dear Holmes “Featured Detective” Program honors one detective per mystery for their clever and well-thought-out solution to the mystery. To learn how to send in your solution, visit Dearholmes.com/solve....

How Holmes Solved “The Case of the Coded Silver...
Dearest detectives, As always, we’d like to thank those detectives who wrote in by mail and at Dearholmes.com/solve to help Holmes solve November’s mystery, "The Case of the Coded Silver...
How Holmes Solved “The Case of the Coded Silver...
Dearest detectives, As always, we’d like to thank those detectives who wrote in by mail and at Dearholmes.com/solve to help Holmes solve November’s mystery, "The Case of the Coded Silver...

Here's How Holmes solved "The Wheels of Commerce"
Dearest detectives, As always, we’d like to thank those detectives who wrote in by mail and at Dearholmes.com/solve with their questions and solutions to October’s mystery, "the Wheels of Commerce"....
Here's How Holmes solved "The Wheels of Commerce"
Dearest detectives, As always, we’d like to thank those detectives who wrote in by mail and at Dearholmes.com/solve with their questions and solutions to October’s mystery, "the Wheels of Commerce"....

Mystery Monday: An 1868 American Assassination
When asked about 1860’s American political assassinations, it is fair to assume that most minds would immediately wander to the infamous assassination of the 16th President of the United States,...
Mystery Monday: An 1868 American Assassination
When asked about 1860’s American political assassinations, it is fair to assume that most minds would immediately wander to the infamous assassination of the 16th President of the United States,...