Characters in The Annotated Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

The consulting detective of 221B Baker Street, whose deductions drive every case in the canon.

Also in A Study in Scarlet, Studie in Scharlachrot, The Sign of Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

James Moriarty

The mathematician and criminal mastermind Holmes calls the Napoleon of crime.

Also in Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Dr. John H. Watson

Holmes's friend, flatmate and chronicler, who narrates most of the cases and whose account Baring-Gould's notes probe for dating discrepancies.

Also in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Novels (Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet), Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, Short Stories (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories])

Mrs. Hudson

The landlady of the Baker Street lodgings who tolerates Holmes's experiments and visitors.

Irene Adler

The adventuress who outwits Holmes in A Scandal in Bohemia and remains the one woman he admires.

Also in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Inspector G. Lestrade

The Scotland Yard inspector who most often calls Holmes in and takes the credit for his results.

Also in The Return of Sherlock Holmes

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock's older brother, a government official with even sharper powers of observation and little taste for leaving his chair.

Also in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, His Last Bow