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No more staring at closed elevator doors, repeatedly pressing a call button in frustration.

Sherlockians generally praise two screen incarnations of Holmes: One is British actor Jeremy Brett's portrayal of the sleuth in TV series from 1984 to 1994, and the other is by Plummer in the 1979 film Murder by Decree, which costars James Mason as Watson.

There's not a dull moment in this . . . shocking tale of evil family ties by a psychologically perceptive writer who knows how to build up to a searing, multitwist ending the way a tornado gathers momentum.