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Shot in the shoulder and brought to death’s door by typhoid fever, Dr. John Watson is sent home from the second Afghan war with a small income and nothing to do but recover his health. By his own account, he leads a meaningless existence in London until a chance encounter with an old friend brings news of comfortable lodgings on Baker Street. In a hospital...
A dangerous expedition into the Amazon Basin reveals a land of living dinosaurs in this classic science fiction novel by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
When Professor Challenger, a famous paleontologist, reports that he has discovered dinosaurs living on a remote plateau in South America, he is met with ridicule from the scientific community, particularly his rival, Professor Summerlee. With the help of a young reporter and an experienced
...But what's really interesting is that Holmes is one of those larger-than-life characters that...
After months without a case, the world’s greatest detective is aimless, his only stimulation the daily injection of his drug of choice. “Which is it to-day?” asks a disapproving Watson—“morphine or cocaine?” For a mind as finely tuned as Holmes’s, the dull routine of existence will not suffice....
Enter the world of Sherlock Holmes for this final collection of short stories showcasing one of English literature’s greatest sleuths as he solves some of his more puzzling cases. From the criminal London underworld to the estates of the most illustrious aristocrats, Holmes engages his trademark...
11) Beyond the City
A Victorian suburban soap opera unfolds between three neighboring households in the English countryside in this novel by the acclaimed author.
In late nineteenth-century England, Londoners are beginning to leave the city for suburban homes in the countryside. For fifty years, sisters Monica and Bertha Williams could see their sizeable garden out their front window. Now, they’ve sold off the land, and three square villas have
...A murderer is hounded for the rest of his life—not for his crimes, but for the very act that won his freedom—in a story by the creator of Sherlock Holmes.
As leader of the Bluemansdyke gang, infamous criminal “Wolf-Tone” Maloney plays his part in a series of gruesome murders. But when the gang is finally caught in New Zealand, Maloney betrays his comrades in exchange for a pardon. Though he’s spared the
...This work brings together eight Arthur Conan Doyle mystery classics. When first gathered into one volume in 1908, the book was entitled Round the Fire Stories, since the author recommended that they be read ideally “’round...
A new take on the Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mystery, "The Hound of the Baskervilles."
Think you know this story? Well, you haven't experienced it until you've read it through the eyes of Sherlock's pet dog.
It's the classic tale, now narrated by a dog. A greyhound, in fact, named Septimus.
Holmes and Watson ... and Septimus ... are called to the Baskerville estate to protect the new Baron and see if there
...15) His Last Bow
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A collection of short stories that don't feature Doyle's most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. Stories include: The Horror Of The Heights; The Leather Funnel; The New Catacomb; The Case Of Lady Sannox; The Terror Of Blue John Gap; The Brazilian Cat; The Lost Special; The Beetle-Hunter; The Man With The...
Originally published in The Strand magazine in the 1890s, the tales of Etienne Gerard, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, shows Arthur Conan Doyle at his satiric best. In his own words, Gerard...
Mediums and mummies, séances and out-of-body experiences: they’re all here in tales penned by one of the masters of detective fiction, whose real-life efforts researching the paranormal made him a true believer in spiritualism. In “The Brown Hand,” a member of the Psychical...
19) Sherlock
These twelve short stories by the creator of Sherlock Holmes range from mystery and crime fiction to strange tales of the supernatural.
First published in 1889 as a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle’s early short fiction featuring tales of crime and trickery, Mysteries and Adventures was later expanded to include stories of ghosts, hauntings, and strange sightings, as well as one of the American West that was originally
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