AS YOU LEARN in Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles,” howls carry a long way on the moor. The 1902 novel relates the legend of a bloodthirsty supernatural dog, and the Baskerville family it haunts. The young heir, Sir Henry—who had just arrived from Canada—calls upon Sherlock Holmes—“the specialist in crime”—and his able friend Dr. John Watson to confront the mysterious threat.
Are there any troubleshooters more tireless in the mystery canon? Both in Conan Doyle’s original stories and the many interpretations…