Conan Doyle and the Crimes Club: The Creator of Sherlock Holmes and his Criminological Friends

In 1903, a group of gentlemen sleuths met for dinner at the Carlton Club. They had one great interest in common: a fascination with crimes and criminals. At the very heart of what came to be The Crimes Club was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and literary lion at many a gathering.