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There is no detective in fiction as shrewd as Sherlock Holmes. An accomplished violinist, adept at a dozen obscure sciences, and possessed of an acerbic wit, Holmes's adventures with Dr. Watson have delighted readers for more than a century. This collection features some of the most celebrated stories in the Sherlock Holmes canon: "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed League", "The Man with the Twisted Lip", "The Adventure of the Crooked Man”, "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box", "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", and "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons”.

Four more full-length adventures of R. Austen Freeman's great 'scientific investigator', Dr John Thorndyke: First, young Helen Vardon marries a man she detests in order to save her father from imprisonment; but her selfless act only precipitates a still greater disaster, and puts her under suspicion of murder. Then, in The Cat's Eye, Thorndyke unravels both an apparent robbery gone wrong and the still more complex mystery of Miss Blake's family inheritance and the cat's eye pendant.

The Adventure of the Seven Christmas Cards – A Sherlock Holmes Christmas Story. As the year comes to a close, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson must set out through snow laden London to investigate the theft of a priceless clock and the receipt of seven macabre Christmas cards. Will they solve...

Volume seven includes: The Man from Homicide, 1951-07-23: "Eddie Kent Case"; The Man from Homicide, 1951-08-06: "Drowned Girl Case"; The Mercury Theatre on the Air, 1938-09-25: "The Immortal Sherlock Holmes"; Mr. and Mrs. North, 1950s: "Bet on Murder"; Mr. and Mrs. North, 1950s: "Brother Danny"; The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, 1950-11-17: "The Careless Cleaner"; The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, 1950-11-24: "The Case of the Beautiful Archer"; Pat Novak for Hire, 1949-04-09: "The Sam Tolliver Case"; and more.

This program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes footnotes read by the author. In Nicholas Meyer's The Return of the Pharaoh, Sherlock Holmes returns in an adventure that takes him to Egypt in search of a missing nobleman, a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb, and a...

"...rich with period detail and clever invention!" -- Wall Street Journal This program is read by Downton Abbey actor David Robb, and includes a bonus conversation with the author. With the international bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously...