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"The Adventure of the Three Gables" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, collected as one of 12 in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1926 as a serial. The story begins with a visit to 221B Baker Street from Steve Dixie, a black man and a cowardly ruffian who warns Sherlock Holmes to keep away from Harrow.

James M. Dodd bittet Holmes um Hilfe, weil er seit einiger Zeit nichts mehr von seinem Kameraden Godfrey Emsworth von der Yeomanry gehört hat, mit dem er gemeinsam im Burenkrieg kämpfte. Als Dodd die Familie Emsworth besuchte, sah er seinen Freund nachts mit sehr blassem Gesicht. Holmes findet heraus, dass Godfrey an Lepra erkrankt und deshalb in einem Gartenhaus isoliert ist. Der Soldat erzählt schließlich, dass er sich in einem Krankenhaus in Südafrika infiziert habe.

Nachdem der achtzehnjährige Sherlock Holmes miterleben musste, wie sein Kommilitone Haytham an der Universität von Oxford von einem Unbekannten ermordet wurde, fällt es ihm schwer, in seinen Alltag zurückzufinden. Die Ferien, die er, vorwiegend seiner Mutter zuliebe auf dem Landsitz der Familie verbringt, versprechen, ihm einigen Abstand zu der Tragödie zu gewinnen. Sein älterer Bruder Mycroft ist zur selben Zeit aus London angereist.

These lesser known stories were penned by Conan Doyle during the period between killing off Sherlock Holmes in 1893 and reluctantly resurrecting him some ten years later. The swashbuckling, eponymous hero, Etienne Gerard, is one of Napoleon's gallant French Hussars, who considers himself the finest of them all. Through these "Boys Own Adventures", Conan Doyle pokes gentle fun at both the French and the English. This is the second volume containing eight adventures. (Summary by Phil)

Die junge Adlige Violet de Merville hat sich in Baron Gruner verliebt und ignoriert dessen kriminelle Vergangenheit. Holmes versucht, Violet mit Unterstützung von Gruners ehemaliger Geliebter Kitty Winter zu überzeugen, dass die Beziehung eine Gefahr birgt. Als Holmes durch einen Anschlag verletzt wird, schickt er Watson unter dem Vorwand eines Gesprächs über chinesisches Porzellan zu Gruner und gelangt so an ein Buch, das Gruner inkriminiert.

An der Universität von Oxford fällt der hagere, blasse Student, der flink und lautlos durch die Hallen und Flure irrt, kaum jemandem auf. Er pflegt keine Freundschaften zu seinen Kommilitonen und in den Vorlesungen ist er bemüht, so wenig Aufmerksamkeit wie möglich auf sich zu ziehen. In sich verschlossen und von Gedanken getrieben, in die er niemandem Einblick gewährt, scheint er ständig auf der Flucht zu sein; vor dem studentischen Leben, vor den Menschen und zuletzt vor sich selbst.

Ein bekannter Chirurg wird im Zirkus Royal ermordet aufgefunden. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden vom Direktor Pablo Casilla persönlich um die Aufklärung gebeten. Schnell stellt Holmes bei den Befragungen fest, dass sich der Doktor einer großen Beliebtheit unter den Akteuren erfreute und ein gern gesehener Gast und Freund des Zirkus Royal war.

Wie kann man einen Mann mit einem Dolch erstechen, ohne dabei das Zimmer zu betreten, in welchem der Mord stattfand? Da die Polizei im Dunkeln tappt und zudem die Verlobte des Verstorbenen verdächtigt, bittet ihr Vater in seiner Verzweiflung den Meisterdetektiv um Hilfe.

Audiolibro narrado en castellano. Arthur Conan Doyle; aunque su nombre estará siempre ligado a Sherlock Holmes, relatos como El cazador de escarabajos permiten descubrir al Conan Doyle más atmosférico y psicológico, un autor capaz de atrapar al oyente en muy pocos minutos y conducirlo hacia...

In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only in the minds of other people? There is no Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. (Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier)

The Speckled Band: An Adventure of Sherlock Holmes is a three-act play adapted by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle from his similarly titled short story “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”. The short story was originally published in The Strand Magazine in February 1892 and it was more than eighteen years before Doyle wrote this stage version. It took Doyle only a week to write this play in May 1910. His rapid adaptation of the short story was motivated by the desire to quickly replace another of his plays, The House of Temperley. Like The Speckled Band, The House of Temperley is a ...

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which was first published in 1887. It is the first story to feature the character of Sherlock Holmes, who would later become one of the most famous literary detective characters, with long-lasting interest and appeal. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his companion Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to...

Arthur Conan Doyle’s novel A Study in Scarlet marked the first appearance of fictional private detective Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson. Doyle wrote this novel in less than three weeks when he was 27 years old. Originally called A Tangled Skein, the novel was rejected by several publishers before it was accepted for publication as A Study in Scarlet in the November 1887 issue of Beeton’s Christmas Annual, an obscure British magazine remembered for little other than its inauguration of Sherlock Holmes. The novel was first published as a book the following year, but it was not...

The Return of Sherlock Holmes is set three years after the detective fell to his death in the Reichenbach Falls in his final struggle with Moriarty. Or did he? In the first story of the series Holmes explains to Watson what really happened that day, followed by twelve more adventures of the dynamic duo including two of Doyle's own favourite stories: The Dancing Men and The Second Stain. Other notable characters in this book include Black Peter and Charles Augustus Milverton. - Summary by Beth Thomas Watson: Cori SamuelHolmes: Beth ThomasVarious: Jason MillsLestrade: SavannahLestrade: Alex ...

Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about deciphering the message, taking them into the mysterious murder of John Douglas. The connection between the murder and the message from Porlock creates the basis for this new Sherlock mystery, the last novel written by Doyle featuring the famous detective. - Summary by David Clarke

In the second of the novels chronicling the adventures of the great consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes, a strange mystery is afoot as a young lady comes to Holmes with questions about some strange goings on. The one clue in her hands: The Sign of the Four. Becoming entangled with murder, burglary and romance, can Holmes and Watson lay this mystery to rest? - Summary by Matthew Soanes

"The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It first appeared in The Strand Magazine in August 1891. Conan Doyle ranked "The Red-Headed League" second in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. In this story, Holmes is presented with a perplexing mystery involving a league set up to aid and benefit men with especially vivid red hair who live in London. Is this a crime? Of course not, but even the brilliant Holmes needs 'three pipefulls' of meditation time to penetrate the nefarious plots hidden beneath this ...

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle. These twelve were first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927. (From Wikipedia)

The last collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories contains some of the most dramatic moments of the entire Sherlock Holmes canon. "The Dying Detective" sees the great Holmes brought low by a fatal illness and refusing even Dr Watson's medical care. "The Bruce-Partington Plans" is a case of national importance, not least for the introduction of Mycroft Holmes. It also contains the quintessential Holmes line "whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." "The Devil's Foot" is what happens when the great sleuth and his doctor attempt to go on a restful holiday. "His Last Bow" is ...

This exciting story is the first of the Sherlock Holmes detective novels and stories and the beginning of the famed duo with Dr. Watson who faithfully chronicles each episode. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colorless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it."