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- 8.0exceptional The Hound of the Baskervilles A canon detective classic whose moorland atmosphere and fair-play clueing still outclass the genre — read it for the fog and the deductions, not for a tidy final confrontation.
- 7.0good The Call of the Wild A brutal, beautiful dog's-eye epic of the frozen North, dated in its caricatures but still propulsive.
- 6.8competent A Study in Scarlet A dry, observant doctor narrates taking rooms with a consulting detective who can read a stranger's whole history at a glance.