Me reading through Sherlock Holmes library for the first time (with the exception of hound of the Baskerville’s which I’ve read before): Strange. The mystery has been resolved but there’s still a good chunk of the book left
The villain: As you’ve bested me, mister Holmes and these constables shall surely take me to the scaffold, please let me tell you my humble life story in great detail.
These are adventures, most of the stories are a wild ride as Sherlock does his thing. You should read The Red-Headed League. That one has a silly puzzle that you could figure out