Books: The scene of the crime... Sherlock Homes and the indelible link to Edinburgh
BEFORE there was a statue of Sherlock Holmes in Picardy Place – before there was a BBC series about a young Arthur Conan Doyle working as a detective with his Edinburgh mentor – before Sherlock and Elementary and Robert Downey Jr’s bare-knuckled Holmes with his elusive accent – there was a headstrong young boy named Arthur navigating the wynds and closes of Edinburgh. In certain time-eluding spots of the capital, it is still possible to follow the trail of the boy and young man.
