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Holmes encounters one of his most formidable adversaries and must unlock the mystery of the demonic hound, the curse of the Baskerville family. Published in The Strand magazine in episodes between August 1901 and April 1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles became one of the most popular of all the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

"Ceci dit, mon cher Waton, Mr Jabez Wilson ici présent a été assez bon pour passer chez moi : il a commencé un récit qui promet d'être l'un des plus sensationnels que j'ai entendus ces derniers temps... Ne m'avez-vous pas entendu dire que les choses les plus étranges et pour ainsi dire uniques étaient très souvent mêlées non à de grands crimes, mais à de petits crimes ? Et, quelquefois, là où le doute était possible si aucun crime n'avait été positivement commis ?"

Le prime 12 avventure del detective più famoso della storia: La lega dei capelli rossi; L'uomo dal labbro spaccato; Il mistero della valle Boscombe; I cinque semi d'arancia; Uno scandalo in Boemia; Il carbonchio azzurro; La treccia rivelatrice; Il pollice del'ingegnere; La testa rossa; Un caso di identità; Nozze illustri; Il diadema di smeraldi

A spine-tingling selection of detective stories including contributions from Edgar Wallace, Conan Doyle, and G. K. Chesterton.

Word goes among the crew of the Pole Star that the captain is haunted by demons. And after the days turn into weeks in the frigid Arctic Ocean, stories begin to circulate of ghosts and midnight hauntings.

Two classic Sherlock Holmes tales starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson.

Ten million people had been murdered. For 15 years, atrocities had been perpetrated by King Leopold II of Belgium and his Force Publique in the Congo Free State. By 1909, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle could stand it no longer and felt the need to speak out and inform the general public of exactly what was going on. This new edition of his passionate plea for action includes contemporary newspaper reports and an introduction by Tim Dalgleish. His book is a classic in the annals of genocide and remains a shocking portrayal of humanity’s "heart of darkness".

Sherlock Holmes was created by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Referring to himself as a "consulting detective" in the stories, Holmes is known for his proficiency with observation, deduction, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. Holmes first appeared in print in 1887's A Study in Scarlet, the character's popularity became widespread with the first series of short stories in The Strand Magazine, beginning with "A Scandal in Bohemia" in 1891.

12 nouvelles enquêtes de Sherlock Holmes : "Un scandale en Bohême", "La disparition de Lady Frances Carfax", "La ligue des rouquins", "Le rituel des Musgrave", "Le pouce de l'ingénieur", "Flamme d'argent", "Le gentilhomme célibataire", "Le diadème de béryls", "La bande mouchetée", "Une affaire d'identité", "Les Hêtres d'or", "L'escarboucle bleue", "L'aventure du pied du diable", "L'aventure du cercle rouge", "Les cinq pépins d'orange", "Le mystère de la vallée de Boscombes", "L'homme à la lèvre tordue".

Seven more cases solved by Sherlock Holmes, including "Silver Blaze", "The Yellow Face", "The Stockbroker's Clerk", "The 'Gloria Scott'", "The Musgrave Ritual", "The Reigate Puzzle", and "The Crooked Man".

Seven more cases solved by Sherlock Holmes, including "His Last Bow", "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", "The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier", "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone", "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire", "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs", and "The Problem of Thor Bridge".

The Blue Carbuncle is very different from all the other stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, because there is no client here. Sherlock Holmes accidentally stumbles upon a hat and a goose - and there - he's suddenly in the middle of a mind-blowing mystery!

Some people have basic needs of foods and materials that only theft can provide an answer for, and some others just pursue the taking of what they want, whenever they want and from whoever they want. These are their stories.

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of Sherlock Holmes’ most thrilling tales of espionage and intrigue. When top-secret submarine blueprints vanish and a government clerk is found dead on the London Underground, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a high-stakes mystery that reaches the very heart of the British Empire.

Die Ultimo-1 muss einen mysteriösen Passagier in eine Station bringen. Gegenüber Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson behauptet der Mann, von Albträumen gequält zu werden, in denen ein gewisser Cthulhu auftaucht. Nahe der Station steht ein Denkmal dieses bösartigen Wesens und bald gibt es den ersten Toten.

This collection of 13 short mystery stories features everyone's favorite detective, Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Three years after Holmes disappears and is presumed dead, he reappears and picks up right where he left off with Watson.

Gerade als Sir Baskerville wieder anfängt, sich auf Baskerville Hall zu langweilen, erreicht ihn eine Einladung nach Bath. Ein Bekannter hat dort für sich und Sir Baskerville ein Zimmer in einem Hotel gemietet, in dem er Stammgast ist. Zudem wird ihn seine früh verwitwete Schwester Adele White begleiten. Diese freut sich schon sehr darauf, Sir Baskervilles Bekanntschaft zu machen. Tatsächlich verläuft das erste Treffen zwischen Mrs. White und Sir Baskerville äußerst vielversprechend.

The Adventure of the Black Peter is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Retired whaling captain Peter Carey—nicknamed “Black Peter” for his savage temper—is found brutally murdered, harpooned through the chest inside his locked garden shed one stormy night. His terrified family calls in Holmes after the police arrest an innocent young man (John Neligan) whose father had once been ruined by Carey. Holmes quickly realizes the murder is connected to a past crime at sea and sets a clever trap by advertising for a skilled harpooner.

In The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, a classic tale from The Return of Sherlock Holmes, Violet Smith, a young music teacher, seeks Holmes’s help because a mysterious bearded man on a bicycle silently follows her every Saturday as she cycles from her remote employer’s house to the train station. She is working as a live-in governess for the wealthy Mr. Carruthers at Chiltern Grange, shortly after her uncle’s death in South Africa left her as his potential heir.

The Adventure of the Empty House is the story that marks Sherlock Holmes’s dramatic return to London after his presumed death at the Reichenbach Falls. Three years after the event, Holmes suddenly appears in Watson’s study disguised as an elderly bookseller, revealing he survived and spent the intervening years traveling. The two friends are soon drawn into the baffling murder of Ronald Adair, a young aristocrat who was shot in the head inside a locked room with no apparent motive or entry.