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Pantlånaren Jabez Wilson uppsöker Sherlock Holmes efter att det mystiska men välbetalda jobb han anlitats att göra tack vare sitt röda hår plötsligt avslutats innan han hunnit färdigt med sin uppgift. Holmes och Watson besöker Wilsons pantbank och Holmes löser fallet samtidigt som han förhindrar att banken intill rånas.

Den första novellsamlingen om mästerdetektiven Sherlock Holmes. Novellerna publicerades från början i The Strand Magazine i Storbritannien 1891-1892.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

"The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" is one of 12 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine October 1921. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street where the page boy Billy shows him a wax effigy of Holmes placed near a curtained window in the sitting room. The effigy produces a shadow on the curtain that, when viewed from outside, is the unmistakable profile of Sherlock Holmes.

An author who kills off his hero in so dramatic a fashion relatively early in that hero’s literary career (and then of course returns him to life in an equally dramatic manner) has, perhaps, little else to offer us in the final stories of his famous character. Yet in this final series of short stories Conan Doyle does not cease from developing his famous detective, giving us a fascinating selection of tales.

An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from the office of a government clerk. Who stole it and how did they do it? Will the treaty ever be recovered? This sounds like a case for England's most brilliant sleuth!

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem".

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes investigates the death of Sir Charles Baskerville, who died under suspicious circumstances on the grounds of his Devonshire estate.

Sir Charles Baskerville has been killed by an enormous demonic dog, or so the local peasants say. His heir is about to come into his inheritance and Dr Mortimer, a friend of the Baskerville family, seeks the counsel of the country's premier private detective. Can Sherlock Holmes protect the heir to the fortune and discover the truth about the dead Sir Charles? FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of the classic best known Sherlock Holmes story.

The first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, this was also the first of Conan Doyle's books to be published. In this fascinating and exciting tale, the two towering creations of detective fiction--Holmes, the master of the science of detection, and Watson, his faithful companion--make their auspicious debut. The two detectives are immediately in fine form as Holmes plucks the solution to the mystery from the heart of Victorian London.

Adapted from the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.... Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening – and he knows what question the stranger will ask.

In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street – visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them.

El sabueso de los Baskerville, también traducido como El perro de los Baskerville o El mastín de los Baskerville, es la tercera novela de Arthur Conan Doyle que tiene como protagonista principal a Sherlock Holmes. Fue publicada por entregas en el The Strand Magazine. La novela está principalmente ambientada en Dartmoor, en Devon, un condado del oeste de Inglaterra. Conan Doyle escribió esta historia poco después de regresar de Sudáfrica, donde había trabajado como voluntario médico en The Langman Field Hospital en Bloemfontein.

A Study in Scarlet was the very first Sherlock Holmes mystery, introducing Sir Arthur Conan's Doyle's iconic sleuth and his sidekick, Watson.

When a strange coded message arrives at 221B Baker Street, sent by a member of Professor Moriarty's criminal organization, Sherlock Holmes soon deciphers it and finds a warning: someone is about to be murdered. A visit from a Scotland Yard inspector confirms that one John Douglas has been mysteriously killed in Sussex. Even Sherlock Holmes, well accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual.

This novel takes listeners along on a journey with Edward Malone, an intrepid reporter who wants to take on a daring assignment. He is sent on an expedition after hearing a story from Professor Challenger, a paleontologist who claims to have found a hidden world with living dinosaurs in the jungles of South America.

"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story, and the third overall work, featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the first of the 56 Holmes short stories written by Doyle and the first of 38 Sherlock Holmes works illustrated by Sidney Paget. The story is notable for introducing the character of Irene Adler, who is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story.

C'est avec cette série d'aventures que "Sherlock Holmes" conquit complètement les goûts des lecteurs, établissant les bases du roman policier moderne, avec une rigueur scientifique, tout en redressant les torts de l'Angleterre victorienne. Le Dr. Watson relate plusieurs enquêtes, certaines humoristiques, d'autres criminelles, que Sherlock Holmes mena dans les années qui suivirent leur rencontre.

"Krasnoe po belomu" (v drugom rasprostranennom perevode "Jetjud v bagrovyh tonah") - detektivnaja povest' Artura Konana Dojla, opublikovannaja v 1887 godu. Imenno v jetom proizvedenii vpervye pojavljaetsja Sherlok Holms. Serija tainstvennyh samoubijstv, proizoshedshih v Londone postavila v tupik syshhikov Skotland-Jarda. I tol'ko genial'nyj Sherlok Holms smog rasputat' jeto slozhnejshee delo....

Alan Fenwick steht am Rande eines Nervenzusammenbruchs. Der ehrbare Buchdrucker sucht Holmes und Watson auf, weil er in der Nacht von Jack Skillington, einem ruchlosen Raubmörder, heimgesucht wird. Das wäre eigentlich ein Fall für den Yard, wenn es da nicht ein makabres Detail gäbe... Jack Skillington wurde bereits hingerichtet und sucht den armen Fenwick nun als Geist auf... Mit Christian Rode als Sherlock Holmes und Peter Groeger als Dr. Watson.

"Wenn man das Unmögliche ausgeschlossen hat, muss das, was übrig bleibt, die Wahrheit sein, so unwahrscheinlich sie auch klingen mag." Sherlock Holmes ist der berühmteste Detektiv aller Zeiten. Mit seinem Freund und Assistenten Dr. Watson geht er im viktorianischen London auf Verbrecherjagd. 55 spannende Fälle werden in dieser Box vereint und laden dazu ein, das berühmte wie auch clevere Ermittlerduo durch die dunklen Gassen Londons zu begleiten.

The Baskerville family curse tells of how a terrifying, supernatural hound roams the moors around Baskerville Hall and preys on members of the family in revenge for a terrible crime committed by one of their ancestors. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his grounds, with a large animal footprint near his lifeless body, the locals are convinced that the hound is back. It is up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to uncover the truth and keep the new heir to Baskerville Hall safe from danger.