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A comprehensive collection of the classic Sherlock Holmes stories starring Carleton Hobbs and Norman Shelley - plus bonus documentary. This unique collection contains the existing Sherlock Holmes dramas in chronological order of publication, each a faithful, standalone adaptation of the original tale. Of the 56 short stories in the canon, 51 are included here. Also featured are dramatisations of the four novels: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Valley of Fear.

A body falls from the sky — landing in the woods by sleepy little Tinton. Detective Dave Slater is halfway to the pub when he gets the call. He's needed out at Haunted Copse, where a dogwalker just stumbled on something terrible. A body among the trees. It looks like the victim fell to her death. Almost like she dropped out of a plane. And that's not all. Amid all the commotion, the dog also dug up a bone. A human bone. Forensics then turn up two more bodies at the same scene. So now Slater and Norman don't just have one murder on their hands. They've got three.

Set in the 12th century, during the reign of Richard the Lionheart, Ivanhoe tells of the love of Wilfred of Ivanhoe for the Lady Rowena, his father Cedric’s ward. Cedric intends Rowena for the oafish Athelstane, and banishes his son. 'The love of battle is the food upon which we live – the...

Norman Conquest is off to the theatre, when our fast-talking, hard-hitting adventurer finds himself accused of assaulting a pretty young lady on the underground. It’s only when our hero '1066' discovers that the young lady is the victim of a mysterious blackmailer known as 'The Voice' that he marches into yet another hell-for-leather action packed adventure in search of the baddies.

In Killer Conquest, the dashing hero with a nose for trouble and rake-hell disregard for danger returns in a breathless crime-smashing adventure. With his trademark ‘1066’ and his resourceful partner Pixie, he keeps up good cheer and marches on while he biffs the baddies.

In Miss Dynamite, our gentleman adventurer, having met a beautiful young lady in the middle of the night soon finds himself on the trail of a gang of jewel thieves. Is the pretty girl as innocent as she seems? Are diamonds really a girl’s best friend? Can ‘1066’ solve the mystery of Miss Dynamite? A nail-biting, edge of your seat, roller-coaster thriller.

Some people collect coins, some people collect stamps, but Barton Drake collects murders! He's an author, a bon vivant, and an expert in the dark corners of the criminal mind. There's no homicide he won't investigate, no killing he can't solve! Glenn Langan stars as Barton Drake, with Norman Field as Inspector Danton. Together, they crack 16 classic cases of radio mystery from 1945 to 1946!

Kurz vor der Hochzeit verschwindet Mary Sutherlands Verlobter Hosmer Angel. Holmes und Watson nehmen sich des Falls an, aber jede Spur von Mr. Angel verläuft im Sande. Niemand scheint diesen Mann zu kennen. Ist Miss Sutherlands Verlobter vielleicht ein Heiratsschwindler, der im letzten Moment kalte Füße bekommen hat? Oder steckt hinter seinem plötzlichen Verschwinden ein noch viel schlimmeres Verbrechen?

Ist der Sträfling Oscar Rian wirklich der, für den er sich ausgibt? Oberinspektor Greywood Usher von der Polizei in Chicago hat daran seine Zweifel...

Vier spannende Kriminalgeschichten mit dem beliebten Krimi-Pfarrer Pater Brown, empfohlen ab 12 Jahren...

Die alte Mrs. Mulligan bietet Sherlock Holmes und seinen Freund Dr. Watson um Hilfe. Ihre Tochter Louise ist seit einigen Tagen spurlos verschwunden, weshalb die gebrechliche Dame vom Schlimmsten ausgeht. Die Detektive werden bei Ermittlungen von dem übereifrigen Reporter Geoffrey Cooper begleitet, der einen großen Bericht über Holmes schreiben will und ihnen keine Minute von der Seite weicht. Mit diesem Klotz am Bein erweist sich die Spurensuche schwieriger, als gedacht.