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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.

Professor Challenger, der genialste und zugleich arroganteste Wissenschaftler seiner Zeit, hat einen wahnwitzigen Plan: Er will der Welt beweisen, dass die Erde ein fühlendes Lebewesen ist – ein riesiger Seeigel, der durch den Weltraum treibt. Um das zu beweisen, lässt er in Sussex einen acht Meilen tiefen Schacht graben, um den „Panzer" des Planeten zu durchstoßen und den Erdkern direkt zu reizen. Es ist ein Experiment, das die gesamte Menschheit in Gefahr bringen könnte. Werden die Warnungen der Skeptiker wahr?

Der Tod von Inspektor Wolfford liegt noch immer wie ein Schatten über der Baker Street. Als Watson ein besorgter Brief von Ophelia Thompson erreicht, beginnt ein neues Rätsel: Ihr Mann, ein Arzt und alter Freund Watsons, ist während eines humanitären Einsatzes auf Spinalonga spurlos verschwunden. Holmes beschließt, der Sache nachzugehen – und so führt die Reise Holmes, Dr. Watson und Alice über Europa bis zur Küste von Kreta.

When Sherlock Holmes summons Dr. Watson to the peaceful Boscombe Valley, the facts appear damning. A young man stands accused of killing his father—caught in a violent quarrel, found beside the body, and burdened by circumstantial evidence that points squarely at his guilt. But Holmes is never satisfied with what appears to be true.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle war ein Ausbund an Diskretion. Über prominente Zeitgenossen, die die Wege von Sherlock Holmes kreuzten, verlor er nie ein Wort. Nun konnte endlich wieder eine Handvoll lost cases aufgefunden und der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich gemacht werden. Sie geben Gewissheit, wo bislang lediglich Vermutung war. In diesem Fall geht es um einen stummen Klavierspieler.

Londres, século XIX. O médico John Watson volta da guerra sem dinheiro e sem rumo. A saída: dividir apartamento com um sujeito excêntrico, cheio de manias inexplicáveis e uma habilidade perturbadora de ler qualquer pessoa como um livro aberto. O nome dele? Sherlock Holmes. Quando um homem aparece morto em uma casa abandonada — sem marcas de violência, cercado por pistas que não fazem sentido — a polícia empaca. Holmes não. Ele enxerga o que ninguém vê.

Der englische Meisterdetektiv, Sherlock Holmes, in Hochform: In Sherlock Holmes und der Tod eines Veteranen führt Doktor Watson nach Cornwall, wo Sherlock Holmes einen Mordfall vermutet, der mit dem britischen Militäreinsatz in Afghanistan zu tun hat.

Enjoy three full-cast performances with immersive sound design and stirring musical scores. "A Royal Scandal": A mysterious royal visitor, a beautiful and clever antagonist, and an adventure of disguise and subterfuge...has Sherlock Holmes met his match at long last? "The Speckled Band": Perhaps the most famous of all Sherlock Holmes adventures, "The Speckled Band" tells the story of a young bride-to-be whose sister was murdered. "The Lost Legacy of Tilly Whim": Join the iconic detective duo as they navigate a treacherous web of deceit and revenge within the depths of the Tilly Whim caves.

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.

Clive Merrison stars as Holmes, with Michael Williams as Watson, in this collection from the unique, fully dramatised BBC Radio 4 canon. These 12 stories range from Holmes' very first case to the epic struggle between Holmes and Moriarty high above the Reichenbach Falls.

There’s only one way for Professor George Edward Challenger to prove that dinosaurs still roam the earth. He invites skeptical journalist Edward Malone to accompany him and a group of adventurers to see the creatures with his own eyes. But when they arrive at the fantastic volcanic plateau in the Amazon where time stands still, their expedition quickly becomes one of survival. With its cliff-hanging escapes, rousing humor, and nailbiting suspense, The Lost World is a pioneering work of fantasy-adventure that paved the way for every thrill ride to follow.

H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.

Classic Starts: The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve. No child is too young to appreciate the amazing deductive powers of the world's smartest detective. These easy-to-listen-to Sherlock Holmes stories provide the perfect introduction to the super sleuth and his friend and assistant, Dr. Watson. Among the intriguing tales: "A Scandal in Bohemia", Holmes's first encounter with the mysterious Irene Adler; "The Red-Headed League"; "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" and others.

With a horse between his thighs and a weapon in his grip, the dashing Brigadier Etienne Gerard, Colonel of the Hussars of Conflans, gallops through the Napoleonic campaigns on secret missions for his beloved Emperor and his country. He encounters danger and hair-breadth escapes but never loses his bravado, his eye for a pretty girl, his boastfulness, or his enormous vanity. Gerard is Conan Doyle’s most lovable character.

When a postwar search for London lodgings introduces ailing doctor John H. Watson to quirky chemist Sherlock Holmes, their collaboration in the art of observation and deduction begins. Congenial flatmates and even better colleagues, the pair is quickly drawn into a case of murder and revenge that has Scotland Yard at their wits’ end.

First appearing in print in 1890, the character of Sherlock Holmes has now become synonymous worldwide with the concept of a super sleuth. His creator, Conan Doyle, imbued his detective hero with intellectual power, acute observational abilities, a penchant for deductive reasoning and a highly educated use of forensic skills. Indeed, Doyle created the first fictional private detective who used what we now recognize as modern scientific investigative techniques.

The mystery begins with a coded warning of imminent danger, drawing the illustrious Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr Watson to a secluded country home. A trail of bewildering clues, including raincoats, dumbbells, and a missing wedding ring, leads to sleuthing in the finest Holmesian tradition - with a gripping back story of a cult that terrorized a valley in the American West.

In the first of all the Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. John Watson, discharged from military service after suffering severe wounds, is at a loose end until a chance encounter leads him to take rooms with a remarkable young man. The arrogant, irascible Sherlock Holmes is a master chemist, a talented musician, and an expert on all aspects of crime.

In October 1916, Conan Doyle announced in the journal light his conversion to spiritualism. During the last years of his life, he became the crusader of this movement that preaches salvation of humanity through science. Thus, from 1920 to 1923, he gave a series of lectures about spiritualism in Australia, in USA, and in Canada. He published his autobiography, Memories and Adventures in 1924 and opened a bookstore dedicated to spiritualism, The Psychic Bookshop in London, where he handled the editing of his own works.

Dr. Watson, that excellent host and incomparable storyteller, awaits us in his familiar study to relate another of his adventures with Sherlock Holmes. From the fog-shrouded streets of Victorian London come 16 intriguing episodes, starring Tom Conway as Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Watson, in scripts by mystery legends Denis Green, Anthony Boucher, and more!