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Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered, “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound.”

This is the very first Sherlock Holmes novel, published in 1887. In it, Holmes and Watson meet for the first time. It is a fascinating and exciting tale of kidnapping and murder. The detective and the doctor are immediately in fine form as Holmes plucks the solution to the mystery from the heart of Victorian London.

The country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale---the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the devil-beast that haunted the lonely moors around the Baskervilles' ancestral home. The tale warned the descendants of that ancient family never to venture out on the moor "in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted."

The precursor of Jurassic Park. Somewhere in South America, there is a plateau; and roaming in its forests are dinosaurs. Only one man has ever been there, and his reports are so astonishing that no-one is prepared to believe him - except the extraordinary Professor Challenger.

An eclectic collection of many of the spookiest classic tales of horror, including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The New Catacomb"; Edgar Allan Poe's "Masque of the Red Death", "Hop-Frog", and "The Cask of Amontillado"; W. W. Jacobs's "The Monkey's Paw"; Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wallpaper"; and Algernon Backwood's "The Willows".

Twenty-three great Sherlock Holmes mysteries as published in Strand Magazine. These stories have won over readers in the thousands and have helped make Sherlock Holmes the most popular and most famous detective of all times. Arthur Conan Doyle, was born in Scotland in 1859. He was educated in Jesuit schools in England and Austria. In 1881 he finished a medical degree and signed on as a surgeon aboard a whaling vessel in the Arctic. After an unsuccessful medical practice, Doyle started writing. Sherlock Holmes was an instant success.

Fred Wood, einer der aussichtsreichsten und energischsten Studenten an der Universität, möchte Lord Haderley um die Hand seiner einzigen Tochter bitten. Ein lautstarker Streit entsteht und Fred Wood verlässt wutentbrannt das Anwesen. Gleich darauf findet sich Dr. Rowing bei dem Lord ein. Lord Haderley wird von schlimmen Krämpfen geplagt. Schnell schlussfolgert der Arzt eine Vergiftung und verabreicht den Lord ein Gegengift. Wenige Minuten später ist der Lord tot.

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1902) re-introduced the world to the famous consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, who Arthur Conan Doyle seemingly killed off in 1894 in his story "The Final Problem." Based on British legend, this novella has Holmes and his colleague Dr. Watson trying to solve a supernatural killing in the wilds of Devonshire.

"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.

Eine alleinstehende Dame bekommt ein Paket, das zwei frisch abgetrennte menschliche Ohren enthält. Nachdem Holmes, der von der ratlosen Polizei hinzugezogen wird, die grausigen Präsente untersucht hat, ist er sich sicher, dass eines der Ohren zu einer mit der Empfängerin nahe verwandten Frau gehört. Bald erkennt Holmes, dass das Organ zur seit kurzem vermissten Schwester der alleinstehenden Frau gehört und dass hinter dieser ekelerregenden Fracht ein Doppelmord steht.

Step into the shadowed streets of Victorian London with The Cabman’s Story, a gripping crime fiction short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. Told through the keen, world-weary voice of a London cabman, this atmospheric tale reveals how ordinary professions often brush against extraordinary—and dangerous—secrets.

The story follows Holmes as he investigates a puzzling series of incidents where a man repeatedly smashes plaster busts of Napoleon, with no apparent motive beyond destruction. It was first published in Collier's in the US on April 30, 1904, and in The Strand Magazine in the UK in May 1904.

When John Openshaw receives a mysterious envelope containing five dried orange pips, he fears he has inherited more than his family estate. His uncle and father both received the same warning… and both died under sudden, unexplained circumstances soon after. Now the threat has come for him.

Quando o melancólico Josiah Amberley relata a Sherlock Holmes a fuga de sua jovem esposa com seu rival de xadrez, o Dr. Ray Ernest, o relato soa familiar: amor roubado e dinheiro levado. Mas a tristeza de Amberley esconde algo mais sinistro. Holmes capta esses indícios e rapidamente desmantela o álibi perfeito do marido. Intrigado e suspeitando de um crime terrível, Holmes precisa enviar Watson em uma viagem falsa para ter tempo de invadir a casa.

Nach dem Tod von Inspektor Wolfford wird Sherlock Holmes auf einen neuen Fall aufmerksam: Dr. Timothy Thompson, ein alter Freund von Watson, verschwindet während eines humanitären Einsatzes auf der Leprainsel Spinalonga. Holmes, Watson und Alice reisen nach Kreta, wo sie eine isolierte Kolonie voller Krankheit, Angst und Geheimnisse vorfinden. Während Watson sich um die Kranken kümmert, deckt Holmes ein Netz aus Mord, Schmuggel und verborgenen Leidenschaften auf.

Sherlock Holmes, o renomado detetive britânico, utiliza seu excepcional raciocínio lógico e métodos científicos para resolver mistérios e crimes complexos. Em cada caso, ele é acompanhado por seu inseparável amigo e confidente, o Dr. Watson, que o ajuda a desvendar pistas e entender os enredos mais intricados. Juntos, enfrentam desafios que testam os limites da lógica e da dedução.

Durante uma temporada de descanso na costa da Cornualha, Sherlock Holmes e o Dr. Watson se veem envolvidos em um mistério perturbador. A morte repentina de um homem e o colapso mental de seus dois irmãos chocam uma pequena comunidade, todos ligados por um estranho símbolo africano conhecido como "o Pé do Diabo". Ao investigar a origem do símbolo e seus efeitos letais, Holmes descobre a existência de um raro pó venenoso, trazido de terras distantes, capaz de provocar loucura e morte quase instantâneas.

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?

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.

John Watson es un médico militar retirado que busca un piso donde vivir el resto de sus días en paz. Un encuentro con su viejo amigo Stamford lo conduce a Baker Street. Allí, conocerá a su nuevo compañero de piso: un excéntrico hombre que parece saberlo todo sobre él sin necesidad de preguntarle.