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The Sign of the Four is the thrilling follow-up to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's premiere novel, A Study in Scarlet in which he introduced the world's first unofficial consulting detective, the legendary and brilliant Sherlock Holmes.

One of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's finest tales, The Hound of the Baskervilles, takes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on an adventure to investigate a supernatural hound that maybe looking to inflict harm upon a young heir.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World begins with Edward, a self-assured newspaper reporter who believes that the woman he admires, Gladys, will undoubtedly agree to his marriage proposal. To his utter shock and amazement, Gladys stops "Ned" from proposing and announces that she can't marry him because he does not have the characteristics of her ideal man. In order to gain her hand in marriage, Edward seeks to become someone of merit and value....

From the alkali plains of Utah to the battlefields of colonial India and then back to the confines of 221B Baker Street in London, the stories in this collection are among the favorites of Sherlockians the world over. In this volume, we are introduced to the world's greatest unofficial consulting detective—Sherlock Holmes—and his trusty companion and chronicler Doctor Watson, who set off on various adventures; from the moment of their first meeting in A Study in Scarlet to the mystery of the Great Agra Treasure in The Sign of the Four.

In "His Last Bow", Conan Doyle's notorious literary detective reminisces on his life as an investigator with the help of his trusty companion Dr. John Watson. This collection features 8 classic mysteries such as "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" and "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans", as well as the title story, a gripping spy thriller and epilogue on the wartime service of Sherlock Holmes. This collection of stories, published together for the first time in 1917, is an essential addition for collectors and fans of the escapades of Holmes and Watson, known and loved the world over.

Sir Dominick Holden decidiu se mudar para uma bela propriedade e aproveitar sua tão merecida aposentadoria. Mas ele está longe de encontrar descanso e paz em seu novo lar: a mansão é assombrada pela aparição de um homem sinistro... O que ele quer? Aterrorizados, eles percebem que o fantasma não tem uma das mãos! Será essa a chave o mistério?

Após meses procurando trabalho, Harold Weld finalmente encontra um cargo na Lea House Academy. Mas há uma estranha exigência: o professor que aceitar o cargo deve ter um bom temperamento imperturbável. Harold aceita prontamente, mas fica bastante curioso quando descobre que os professores anteriores fugiram da escola tão rapidamente que nem sequer voltaram para buscar seus salários... Quais mistérios se escondem entre os muros dessa escola?

This volume of Sherlock Holmes: Consulting Detective is a dramatization based on the works of Arthur Conan Doyle, adapted by David Stuart Davies.

A Study in Scarlet is a detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. A Study in Scarlet marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction.

In this classic Sherlock Holmes tale of treachery, murder, and theft, "The Crooked Man", a long-lost love returns horribly changed, revealing an awful treachery that has been kept secret for decades.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes changed crime fiction forever and helped launch not just a popular character but an enduring legend who is just as loved today.

This audio book was narrated in London by experienced British stage actor Robert Maskell at a voice recording studio renowned for high production values.

The stories were originally featured not in a book at all, but were written as installments in a London magazine called The Strand.

A classic collection of Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a collection of twelve short stories. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view. In general the stories in "The Adventures of Sherlock Holme"s identify, and try to correct, social injustices. Holmes is portrayed as offering a new, fairer sense of justice.

Written in 1898, Arthur Conan Doyle's classic tale of high adventure portrays an alarmist era of imperial sovereignty, invasive foreign policy, and religious extremism, positing the naivety of a group of Anglo-American holiday-makers against the unbending convictions of Middle Eastern banditti. Among others, a young American ingenue, her matronly aunt, a fusty old bachelor, a loving Irish couple, and an opinionated French graduate gather aboard the Korosko.

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.

Original: The Red-Headed League oder The Adventure of the Red-headed League ist eine Sherlock-Holmes-Kurzgeschichte von Sir Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im August 1891 im Strand Magazine erschien und von Sidney Paget illustriert wurde. Die Geschichte wurde im Oktober 1892 in den Sammelband The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (dt. Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes) aufgenommen. Deutsche Übersetzungen wurden unter verschiedenen Titeln wie beispielsweise Der Bund der Rothaarigen oder Die Liga der Rotschöpfe veröffentlicht.

A spine-tingling collection of weird and wonderful horror stories, featuring ghosts, curses, strange phenomena, ghouls, black magic, and demonic apparitions. Do you dare to listen?

Das gesprenkelte Band (Original: The Adventure of the Speckled Band) ist eine Sherlock-Holmes-Kurzgeschichte von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im Februar 1892 im Strand Magazine erschien und von Sidney Paget illustriert wurde. Die Geschichte wurde im Oktober 1892 mit elf anderen Geschichten in den Sammelband The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (dt. Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes) aufgenommen und im August 1905 erneut unter dem Titel The Spotted Band in der New York World veröffentlicht.

Silver Blaze, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked Silver Blaze 13th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson travel by train to Dartmoor to investigate a crime of disappearance of the great race horse Silver Blaze and the murder of the horse's trainer, John Straker.

"Estudio en escarlata" es la primera historia del legendario detective Sherlock Holmes y de su amigo, el doctor Watson, un cirujano militar que regresa a Londres tras su participación en la guerra. Watson y Holmes se mudan al famoso número 221B de Baker Street, donde Watson se enfrenta a las excentricidades de Holmes y a su mágica habilidad para la deducción.