连载福尔摩斯系列作品的《海滨杂志》（The Strand Magazine）曾在1927年举办过一次竞赛，邀请读者从已出版的福尔摩斯探案系列作品中选出12个最精彩的故事。“福尔摩斯探案”系列的作者阿瑟•柯南道尔先生饶有兴致地参与其中，他在一张纸上写下了12佳作的名字，然后将它密封在了信封里。所有人都期待着结果，想看看谁能与伟大的侦探小说家心有灵犀，赢得比赛……然而，戏剧性的一幕出现了：没有一个参与者的答案与阿瑟•柯南道尔先生的选择完全吻合。那么，这位侦探小说大师眼中的12佳作到底是什么，他为读者推荐了哪些最精彩的故事呢？本书将给我们答案。 ( The Strand Magazine serializing Holmes series held a contest in 1927 to invite readers to select 12 best stories from the published works of Sherlock Holmes. Mr. Arthur Conan Doyle, the author of "Sherlock Holmes", was involved with great interest and sealed the paper with his answers in an envelope. Everyone was looking forward to the results to see who could be so intuitively connected to the great detective novelist and won the game...... However, a dramatic scene appeared: none participants' answers were same with the choice of Mr. Conan Doyle Arthur.So, what exactly are 12 best works in opinion of the master of the detective story? What are the most wonderful stories he recommended for readers? This book will give us the answer. )