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In The Adventure of Silver Blaze, Sherlock Holmes is hired by a young clerk, Hall Pycroft, who has been lured from a solid London job by a suspiciously generous offer from a new firm. The “employer,” who looks uncannily like Pycroft, sends him to Birmingham on busywork while a look-alike takes his place at the original firm. Holmes, Watson, and Pycroft arrive in time to find the impostor and his brother—the Beddingtons—caught mid-robbery of the stockbroker’s office. The scheme collapses, and the stolen securities never leave the building.

SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY stories of STRANGEST ilk. This special Other Tales release features ten startling and terrifying stories from the golden age of pulp fiction and beyond. Horrors abound, of cosmic, romantic, metaphysical, and further varieties. Let Robert W. Chambers (The King in...

After a draining case on the Continent, Holmes recuperates at a friend's house near Reigate, where a nearby burglary is quickly followed by the shooting of a coachman. Holmes treats the two crimes as connected and focuses on a scrap of a torn note found in the dead man's hand. The trail leads to the wealthy Cunninghams next door, who staged the burglary to hide a forgery and then killed their coachman when he threatened to expose them. Holmes tricks the pair into betraying themselves, and the torn note supplies the proof that closes the case.

Ein brillanter Ingenieurstudent aus Cambridge steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung. Die Wahl wird noch schwieriger, als ein Kommilitone ermordet wird. Die Mutter wird entführt. Wenn ihr Sohn die geheimen Pläne nicht preisgibt, wird sie gefoltert und ermordet. Die Schurken haben nicht damit gerechnet, von einer unerwarteten Quelle überlistet zu werden: der Mutter selbst.

The 20th Century Modern Classics Collection includes some of the most groundbreaking novels of the 1900s, read by narrators including David Rintoul, Greg Lockett, Jonathan Keeble, Ian Porter, Ako Mitchell, Robert G. Slade, Nathan Osgood, Ruairi Conaghan, Katherine Fenton, Miranda Raison, and...

Clive Merrison and Michael Williams star as Holmes and Watson in this collection of stories from the unique fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's original short stories. The twelve dramatisations are A Scandal in Bohemia; The Red-Headed League; A Case of Identity; The...

Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls. In that time the criminals of London have been able to sleep safe in their beds. But the capital has never been in greater need of its protector.

This collection of stories continues the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle’s much-loved fictional detective. In these intriguing tales, Holmes and Watson solve cases that range from the suspicious to the downright strange, and encounter mysteries as diverse as vanishing staff, secret plans and eccentric lodgers.

The Cities Classics Collection: London, Paris, New York allows you to step into the vibrant streets of three of the world's most iconic cities through a carefully curated collection of literary masterpieces. From the foggy alleys of London to the grand boulevards of Paris, and the buzzing avenues of New York, these stories bring to life the essence of urban life, capturing the triumphs, tragedies, and timeless experiences of the people who shaped these cities.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces - from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like “The Speckled Band” and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes - brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning.

An engrossing collection of detective stories featuring all the great classic sleuths, including Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown, Max Carrados, J. G. Reeder, and C. Auguste Dupin. 1.The Tea-Leaf by Edgar Jepson & Robert Eustace 2.The Queer Feet by G. K. Chesterton 3.The Curious Circumstances of the Two Left Shoes by Ernest Bramah 4. The Club of One-Eyed Men by Arthur Somers Roche 5.Diamond Cut Diamond by F. Britten Austin 6.The Game Played in the Dark by Ernest Bramah

On a zoology expedition up the Amazon, Professor Challenger has made an inexplicable discovery. Back in London, his claims are ridiculed throughout the professional community. Reluctantly, he recounts to Journalist Edward Malone, "Curupuri is the spirit of the woods, something terrible, something malevolent, something to be avoided. None can describe its shape or nature, but it is a word of terror along the Amazon. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was."

There is no doubt that Arthur Conan Doyle's creation of Holmes and Watson represents a milestone in crime fiction. "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" contains twelve stories, ostensibly written in the first person by his friend and companion, Dr Watson.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. From the timeless Sherlock Holmes canon, **The Adventure of the Copper Beeches** is the twelfth tale collected in *The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes*, narrated faithfully by Dr. John Watson. When the impoverished governess Violet Hunter seeks Sherlock...

First published in 1890, The Sign of the Four is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s second book starring legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Each year following the strange disappearance of her father, Miss Morstan has received a present of a rare and lustrous pearl. Now, on the day she is summoned to meet her anonymous benefactor, she consults Holmes and Watson. 

The fourth volume in CSA Word's highly-acclaimed Short Story series brings a listener the best classic tales from years (and authors) gone by. Sit back, relax and enjoy this truly nostalgic collection of carefully compiled stories from classic authors such as Arthur Conan Doyle, E.E. Nesbitt and...

Holmes visits Watson late one night to investigate the death of Colonel James Barclay of Aldershot Camp. Barclay's wife, Nancy, is suspected of murder. Despite Barclay's devotion to his wife, he had a vindictive streak, suffered from bouts of depression, and disliked being alone at night. Holmes digs deeper into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the case.

In A Study in Scarlet, Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose contorted face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood. The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge.

The third volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio, brilliantly performed by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.

From mystery and crime to romance and tragedy, in this collection you will discover award-winning writing that effortlessly spans genre and style. Witness the excess and luxury of 1920s America in The Great Gatsby, experience profound meditations on death in The Bridge of San Luis Rey, as well as Poirot's very first murder case in The Mysterious Affair at Styles. The titles included in this collection, in order of appearance, are: The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle; The Call of the Wild, by Jack London; The Weary Blues, by Langston Hughes; The Great Gatsby, by F.