Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective is a gamebook published by Sleuth Publications in 1981. In Germany, it won the Spiel des Jahres ("Game of the Year") award in 1985. In the game, the player reads a brief introduction to a case, then decides where to look for clues, and consults a book telling what clues are found at that location. When a player believes he or she knows the details of the case, the player moves on to the quiz book and answers questions about the case. A player earns points by answering questions correctly, but loses points for each location visited beforehand.