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Cuando un noble alemán ve amenazado su compromiso con una princesa escandinava por el chantaje de un antiguo amor, recurre al único hombre que puede manejar tan delicado asunto – Sherlock Holmes. Con su “mente calculadora y frío corazón” Holmes lleva a cabo una brillante operación encubierta para reunir toda la información necesaria para salvar el día y ganar su opulenta recompensa. ¿Pero será el legendario Holmes burlado por la ex diva de la ópera, Irene Adler?

Four classic Sherlock Holmes stories read by Basil Rathbone, in which the great detective matches wits with Professor Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime, in a chase across Europe.

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. This dark tale details an early encounter between Holmes and Professor Moriarty. When Watson and Holmes receive a cipher warning them of evildoing, they're prompted to travel to Sussex, where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces.

A Ms. Mary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street with a case for Sherlock Holmes and his companion, Dr. John Watson. Some ten years prior, her father, Captain Arthur Morstan, returned to London while on leave from his post in India—only to go missing. Adding another layer to the mystery are six pearls in her possession, having received one per year since 1882. The sixth and most recently received pearl was accompanied by a letter asking for a meeting, claiming Ms. Morstan is a wronged woman.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson.

Who knew mystery better than Sir Arthur Conan Doyle? Who knew science fiction better than H. G. Wells? Who knew high adventure better than... Escape? Venture into dark forests and darker jungles for suspenseful stories of creatures and curses, trains and treasure, secrets and superstitions. Jack Webb, William Conrad, Paul Frees, Peggy Webber, John Dehner, and Gerald Mohr thrill in tales by Doyle, Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Roald Dahl, Stephen Vincent Benet, and more.

Este libro es una explosiva mezcla de crimen, suspense, pistas falsas y venganzas, donde los archifamosos Sherlock Holmes, doctor Watson e inspector Lestrade unirán sus fuerzas por vez primera para seguir el rastro de un misterioso asesino en las calles de Londres.

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".

Every great hero has an origin story and for the legendary Sherlock Holmes, it was A Study in Scarlet, Arthur Conan Doyle's 1887 novel which introduced the world's leading (and only) consulting detective to the reading public. Though not an immediate sensation (the novel was received with moderate acclaim), it has gone on to become one of the most revered detective novels in history and its protagonists—Dr. John Watson and Sherlock Holmes—are easily the most recognized and celebrated crime fighting duo in all of literature.

This is a story from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Volume II collection.

In the last six stories written by Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, the duo face some of their most challenging cases. In "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", Holmes puts his own life in danger as he tries to cut short a young girl’s infatuation with the notorious wife-murderer Baron Gruner. Why is Mrs. Maberley offered a handsome price for the Three Gables, provided she leaves at once and takes nothing with her?

221b Baker Street is known all over the world, for it’s the address most associated with the legendary Sherlock Holmes! But there was a time before Sherlock Holmes moved to Baker Street, before his fame had grown, when he was still learning his craft and struggling to create his unique profession - the first of its kind - consulting detective! Join some of the finest Sherlockian writers as they explore those early days before Baker Street.

The Adventure of the Final Problem was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1893. It appears in book form as part of the collection, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle later ranked The Adventure of the Final Problem fourth on his personal list of the 12 best Holmes stories. This story introduces Holmes' greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes alarga la mano para agarrar el frasco de cocaína mientras su leal compañero, el doctor Watson, lo mira con reprobación. Así arranca El signo de los cuatro, la segunda novela escrita por Arthur Conan Doyle protagonizada por su personaje más famoso. A lo largo de sus páginas nos enfrentamos a un misterio que sólo Sherlock Holmes puede desentrañar y que está a punto de derrotarle, un misterio que obligará al detective y a su fiel compañero recorrer todo Londres.

A truly enjoyable and growing collection of Sherlock Holmes Adventures and the best stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, one of Britain's greatest storytellers. Narration by master storyteller Jon Hagadorn (1001 Stories Network).

The Adventure of the Dying Detective, in some editions simply titled The Dying Detective (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with seven other stories, it is collected as His Last Bow (published 1917). Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare tropical disease, Tapanuli fever, contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, not having heard about his friend's illness. Mrs. Hudson says that Holmes has neither eaten nor drunk anything in three days.

The Lost World is a novel released in 1912 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin in Brazil that encountered prehistoric animals. It has been the inspiration for subsequent fiction, including Michael Crichton's Jurassic Park.

Nelle paludi lugubri e desolate di Dartmoor, e' voce popolare che una creatura diabolica, si aggiri nella brughiera sotto forma di gigantesco cane. Questa e' la maledizione che perseguita la famiglia dei Baskerville, per un atroce delitto commesso da un suo avo. E la morte misteriosa di un suo discendente mette alla prova la razionalita' di Watson e anche di Sherlock Holmes, unici a dubitare seriamente dell'origine paranormale del delitto.

Sherlock Holmes e l'inseparabile Dott. Watson attraversano mezza Europa alla ricerca di Lady Carfax, affascinante donna scomparsa nel nulla senza nessun motivo apparente: Inghilterra, Francia e Svizzera sono le tappe di un'altra avventura memorabile per il detective privato più famoso di tutti i tempi che dovrà fare i conti con un rebus molto complicato in cui niente è come sembra.

An eclectic collection of many of the spookiest classic tales of horror, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The New Catacomb"; Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death", "Hop-Frog", and "The Cask of Amontillado"; W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw"; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and Algernon Backwood's "The Willows".

不同的地点，不同的时间，一连四座拿破仑石膏像被盗窃，并被恶意地砸成碎片。而就在四座石膏像被盗的现场，居然出现一具鲜血淋漓的尸体。棘手的案件，只有请出大侦探夏洛克·福尔摩斯来参与侦查…… 不同的地點，不同的時間，一連四座拿破崙石膏像被盜竊，並被惡意地砸成碎片。而就在四座石膏像被盜的現場，居然出現一具鮮血淋漓的屍體。棘手的案件，只有請出大偵探夏洛克·福爾摩斯來參與偵查……