The Dear Holmes Blog
January's Featured Detective Is...
Each mystery, dozens of detectives send in letters with questions, theories, new evidence, and solutions. After each mystery, we reward the detective who sends in the best solution with a...
January's Featured Detective Is...
Each mystery, dozens of detectives send in letters with questions, theories, new evidence, and solutions. After each mystery, we reward the detective who sends in the best solution with a...
Solving "The Case of The Mysterious Employment"
Dearest detectives, We hope that you enjoyed last month’s mystery, “The Case of the Mysterious Employment”. Many detectives mailed in or otherwise submitted their solutions to the case, and we...
Solving "The Case of The Mysterious Employment"
Dearest detectives, We hope that you enjoyed last month’s mystery, “The Case of the Mysterious Employment”. Many detectives mailed in or otherwise submitted their solutions to the case, and we...
How Sherlock Solved "An Encirclement Thwarted"
Dearest detectives, Happy New Year and welcome to the roaring ‘20s. Last month, Dear Holmes detectives worked to crack a German war-time code and helped Sherlock thwart enemy treachery. Sherlock...
How Sherlock Solved "An Encirclement Thwarted"
Dearest detectives, Happy New Year and welcome to the roaring ‘20s. Last month, Dear Holmes detectives worked to crack a German war-time code and helped Sherlock thwart enemy treachery. Sherlock...
November's Featured Detective Is...
Thanks to the brilliant detectives who wrote into Holmes with their theories on the case, he was able to successfully solve “The Phantom Highwaymen”. Many of you expertly deciphered the...
November's Featured Detective Is...
Thanks to the brilliant detectives who wrote into Holmes with their theories on the case, he was able to successfully solve “The Phantom Highwaymen”. Many of you expertly deciphered the...
How Sherlock Solved October's Mail-based Mystery
Esteemed detectives, Thank you for helping us to solve October’s Mystery, “The Phantom Highwayman”. Sherlock’s solution to the mystery is below. I hope you’re enjoying your exciting November mystery, and...
How Sherlock Solved October's Mail-based Mystery
Esteemed detectives, Thank you for helping us to solve October’s Mystery, “The Phantom Highwayman”. Sherlock’s solution to the mystery is below. I hope you’re enjoying your exciting November mystery, and...
Regarding October's Featured Detective
Dear detectives, After much deliberation, we have decided not to name a Featured Detective for the month of October. Unfortunately, none of the submissions we received posed a correct-enough theory...
Regarding October's Featured Detective
Dear detectives, After much deliberation, we have decided not to name a Featured Detective for the month of October. Unfortunately, none of the submissions we received posed a correct-enough theory...