[FUN WITH READING 2018-20212B] The Last Sherlock Holmes

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TITLE OF THE BOOK: The Last Sherlock Holmes

NAME OF THE AUTHOR: Michael Dibdin

YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2003

PRESS: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

ISBN: 9780194789158

The Last Sherlock Holmes

In the late nineteenth century, there was a murderer called Jack the Ripper who killed many a woman in London. Because of the investigation, Watson realized some secrets of Holmes. And there was a person called Michael Dibdin who wanted to tell us to know Holmes. He wrote this book in an objective and positive way.

Sherlock Holmes, a famous and professional detective in London. He felt bored and used excessive cocaine recently. Because he thought the cases were too easy to him. There was no case which could attract him to solve it. One day, a new murderer called Jack the Ripper showed up in London and killed the woman who was not special. Holmes felt very excited about this case. Thus, he started to investigate with Watson immediately. But several months later, they didn’t catch up the murderer and Holmes became stranger and stranger. He said it was a person who always chased behind him, and he also said the murderer lived in the house which was across from him. After this, Waston realized that Holmes killed a woman in the way which was the same as the way that “Jack the Ripper” in an action of chasing the murderer. Watson couldn’t believe it absolutely. One day, Holmes came to his house and asked Waston to help him fight against the murderer who was chasing behind him. Watson decided to tell Holmes the truth and they took a trip to the waterfall. At first, Holmes listened to the truth. He thought that was a person who was chasing him, killed his partner, and tried to cheat him. Because of it, he wanted to kill Waston. After Watson's explanation, Holmes believed him and jumped down off the fall. Sherlock Holmes died in the end of the story.

When I read this story, I thought the author described the plot lively, especially the part which described Holmes killed the woman. I could imagine this part in my mind. After reading the story, I knew more about Holmes. In the past, I thought Holmes was a good person. But now I knew everything could go wrong if with excessive cocaine.