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Sherlock Holmes wird widerwillig in die Untersuchung einer Serie grausamer Morde verwickelt, bei denen erfolgreiche, wohlhabende Männer mit einem Eisenbahnnagel getötet werden – eine Methode, die an die biblische Geschichte von Jael erinnert. Als er und Dr. Watson tiefer graben, stoßen sie auf eine Gruppe ehemaliger Studienfreunde, die vor einem Jahrzehnt in den kanadischen Rocky Mountains ein dunkles Geheimnis teilen. Die Spuren führen zu einem Hotelvorfall und einem möglichen Rachefeldzug, der die Elite Londons in Angst versetzt.

Kehren Sie zurück in die Baker Street, wo der berühmteste Detektiv der Welt auf sechs neue Fälle trifft, die seine Expertenhand erfordern. Londons Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes macht sich mit dem langmütigen Watson auf den Weg, während die Detektive von Scotland Yard wieder einmal ratlos sind. Wie zu erwarten war, taucht bald das böse Genie – der Napoleon des Verbrechens – Professor Moriarty wieder auf. Trotz Moriartys Intrigen wird Sherlock die Wissenschaft der Deduktion nutzen, um Mysterien von Diebstahl, Entführung, politischen Intrigen und Mord aufzuklären.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson besuchen ein Krippenspiel in einer methodistischen Kirche, bei dem das Jesuskind, gespielt vom Sohn des Lords Arsfasten, entführt wird. Holmes Untersuchungen enthüllen, dass die Mutter des Babys, Lady Arsfasten, von ihrem Ehemann tyrannisiert wird. Zudem stößt Holmes auf ein dunkles Familiengeheimnis des Lord Arsfasten, das den Detektiv zu einer anderen Vorgehensweise drängt.

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close - the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. When "The Final Problem" was first published, the struggle between Holmes and his arch nemesis, seemingly to the death, left many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but it also led to his immortality as a literary figure.

The White Company is a motley group of English mercenaries, fighting under the leadership of Sir Nigel Loring. Bound by an unquestioning respect for social order, patriotism and a lust for adventure, the company makes its way to France to fight in the local wars. With assiduous attention to historical detail, Conan Doyle paints a convincing picture of the chivalric life and manners of the 14th century.

Cuando el excéntrico detective Sherlock Holmes y el desconcertado Dr. Watson cruzan caminos, el crimen en Londres cambia para siempre. Pero ¿qué oculta realmente este asesinato? ¿Y por qué cada pista parece un mensaje para alguien que aún no ha sido revelado? Sumérgete en Estudio en Escarlata, la obra que dio origen al mito. Con una narración envolvente y una trama que desarma certezas, este audiolibro te hará dudar de cada paso, de cada personaje, incluso de ti mismo.

"La grande ombre", celle de Napoléon projetée sur les états conquis, est un récit qui prend l'histoire par le petit bout de la lorgnette. De l'Écosse à Waterloo, Jock raconte sa vie et comment le hasard et aussi la soif de grandeur de sa cousine le jetteront dans les derniers soubresauts de l'Empire. La marche de l'histoire n'est qu'un prétexte pour Conan Doyle qui décrit la façon dont la vie s'écoule dans cette ferme paisible avec la menace, dans tous les esprits, du débarquement français.

A tired and battle scarred surgeon returns to London after being wounded in the third Afghan war. After his money starts to run low, a chance encounter leads him to take a flat with an eccentric man at 221B Baker Street. Thus begins the famous crime-solving partnership of the Holmes and Watson duo.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the legend of a supernatural hound, a beast that may be stalking a young heir on the fog-shrouded moorland that makes up his estate. The best of the Holmes novels!

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.

The Problem of Thor Bridge by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the most dramatic Sherlock Holmes mysteries, blending jealousy, deception, and tragedy into a gripping tale of deduction.

Holmes und Watson gehen an Bord des Kriegsschiffes HMS Minotaurus, das sie ins Mittelmeer bringen soll. Unterwegs informiert sich Watson über die historische Figur des Nikolaus von Myra, erkennt aber auch dessen Bedeutung für den christlichen Glauben und das Weihnachtsfest.

En las profundidades del Amazonas, la evolución se detuvo... y el cazador se vuelve la presa. Ed Malone, un intrépido reportero inglés, se embarca sin saberlo en la aventura más grande de su vida: una expedición a la impenetrable selva amazónica venezolana. Allí, el tiempo se ha detenido y un mundo prehistórico persiste, habitado por animales extintos donde la muerte y la supervivencia se convierten en una rutina brutal.

European tourists travel languidly along the Nile River to Abousir, at the southern frontier of Egypt, aboard “a turtle-bottomed, round-bowed stern-wheeler,” the Korosko. But Dervish warriors threaten danger and then attack and kidnap the tourists. In this novel, Doyle explores themes of British Imperialism and a defensive European perspective on North Africa; racial paternalism; and debates on interference with other countries’ politics and religions. This wonderful novel was first published in 1898, long before Agatha Christie’s Death on the Nile.

This is a story from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Volume I collection. These six cases are among the last undertaken by Sherlock Holmes before he retired to the Sussex downs. However, the problems facing the sleuth are as diverse and challenging as ever. What with seeking the whereabouts of the stolen Mazarin Diamond, discovering the importance of being called Garrideb, encountering a mysterious murder on Thor Bridge, searching for eternal youth and the threat of a vampire in Sussex, there is no sign of Holmes' deductive powers slowing down.

"La Banda de Lunares" es un fascinante misterio de Sherlock Holmes. El detective investiga un siniestro complot que involucra a una sociedad secreta marcada por misteriosos tatuajes, desentrañando una compleja red criminal.

"The Problem of Thor Bridge" is a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first published in 1922 in The Strand Magazine. Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator from "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his wife Maria in order to clear his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, of the crime.

In this adventure, Holmes confronts the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. This short story was considered by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle as one of the best Sherlock Holmes stories. "It is with a heavy heart that I take up my pen to write these the last words in which I shall ever record the singular gifts by which my friend Mr. Sherlock Holmes was distinguished."

Sherlock recibe a un joven, John Openshaw, que quiere contratar sus servicios para ayudarle a resolver un caso familiar, que parece tener que ver con una carta en la que venían 5 semillas de naranja y un papel con las letras KKK. Unos días después de recibir la carta la polocía ha encontrado un hombre muerto en un estanque. Al no haber pruebas de lo contrario el veredicto fue de suicidio cerrándose el caso. Pero Sherlock va a abrirlo de nuevo y desvelar la verdad que no se supo encontrar entonces.

Charles McCarthy, un hombre australiano es brutalmente asesinado en Hertfordshire, Inglaterra. Su hijo James, es testigo y principal sospechoso tras ser la última persona vista junto a el. James clama ser inocente mientras encerrado en un calabozo esperando que se aclare el caso. La noticia sobre el asesinato se vuelve noticia en todo Inglaterra, llegando a los oídos de Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson, quienes acudirán al valle de Boscombe con el objetivo de aclarar esta investigación. Anímate a descifrar este misterio policial junto a Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson. Quedarás anonadado por la