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古老的巴斯克维尔家族一直被猎犬的诅咒所困扰。所有家族的继承人，都生活在会被猎犬咬死的阴影下。一天早上，巴斯克维尔庄园的管家发现庄园的主人查尔兹·巴斯克维尔爵士死在他经常散步的水松夹道旁…… 古老的巴斯克維爾家族一直被獵犬的詛咒所困擾。所有家族的繼承人，都生活在會被獵犬咬死的陰影下。一天早上，巴斯克維爾莊園的管家發現莊園的主人查爾茲·巴斯克維爾爵士死在他經常散步的水松夾道旁……

Against the wishes of her stepfather, Mary Sutherland has become engaged to Hosmer Angel. Will Sherlock reveal Hosmer's true identity?...

Lord Robert St. Simon's new American bride, Hatty Doran, has disappeared almost immediately after the wedding. Hatty had been seen in whispered conversation with her maid, and Inspector Lestrade arrives with the news that Hatty's wedding dress and ring have been found floating in the Serpentine...

An engineer, Victor Hatherley, attends Dr Watson's surgery after his thumb is chopped off, and recounts his tale to Watson and Holmes. Hatherley had been hired for 50 guineas to repair a machine he was told compressed Fuller's earth into bricks. Hatherley was told to keep the job confidential, and was transported to the job in a carriage with frosted glass, to keep the location secret. He was shown the press, but on closer inspection discovered a "crust of metallic deposit" on the press, and he suspected it was not being used for compressing earth.

All Watson wants is a nice quiet holiday with Holmes, but that's not what he's getting. When Brenda Tregennis is found dead at her dinner table, with no clues as to how or why, all eyes turn to the detective duo to solve the mystery. With deadly experiments, lethal poisons and a suspicious explorer to deal with, there's no time for relaxation!

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is the second published collection of short stories featuring the famous consulting detective and his friend and colleague Dr. Watson.

"Sir Nigel" is a historical novel set during the Hundred Years' War, by the British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1906, it is a fore-runner to Doyle's earlier novel "The White Company", and describes the early life of that book's hero Sir Nigel Loring in the service of King Edward III at the start of the Hundred Years' War.

Mysteriöses ereignet sich in Dartmoor: Auf der adligen Familie Baskerville scheint ein Fluch zu lasten. Der exzentrische Kriminologe Sherlock Holmes...

Dr. Watson kann es kaum glauben: Sherlock Holmes, den alle für tot gehalten haben, steht plötzlich leibhaftig bei ihm im Zimmer...

Les circonstances dramatiques de la mort de Sir Charles ont réveillé le souvenir de la malédiction qui plane sur la famille des Baskerville : en effet, dès que l'heure de la mort a sonné pour l'un de ses membres, un démon lui apparaît sous la forme d'un chien monstrueux. Sherlock Holmes, mis au courant de l'affaire, envoie son fidèle compagnon, le docteur Watson, veiller sur sir Henry Baskerville, dernier héritier de la famille, tandis que lui-même, décidé à faire la lumière sur cette énigme, mène son enquête à l'insu de tous...

This is a story from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Volume II collection. In the last six stories written by Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, the duo face some of their most challenging cases. In "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", Holmes puts his own life in danger as he tries to cut short a young girl’s infatuation with the notorious wife-murderer Baron Gruner. Why is Mrs. Maberley offered a handsome price for the Three Gables, provided she leaves at once and takes nothing with her?

Together with Dr. John Watson, he investigates in sinister opium dens and a mysterious moated castle. Along the way, he meets a shady opera singer, an enigmatic gnome, and a derelict abortionist.

A wonderful collection of classic thrillers, mystery stories, crime tales and weird accounts of uncanny events.1. Query by “Seamark” 2. The Furnished Room by O. Henry 3.The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 4. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 5. The 19 Club by A. J. Alan 6. The Interruption by W. W. Jacobs7. Laura by Saki 8. A Descent into the Maelström by Edgar Allan Poe 9. The Diver by A. J. Alan10. The Man of the Night by Edgar Wallace11. The Burglary by Arnold Bennett

Als der König von Böhmen kurz vor seiner standesgemäßen Hochzeit steht, droht ihm eine ehemalige Geliebte mit der Veröffentlichung einer kompromittierenden Fotografie. Der junge Monarch wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes und bittet ihn um Hilfe. Holmes schmiedet daraufhin einen raffinierten Plan, um das fragliche Bild in seine Hände zu bekommen.

In "The Red-Headed League", the legendary Sherlock Holmes catches one of London's most daring criminals while investigating the strange business of the League, a suspicious organization that gives its members money for "nominal work".

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.

"Holmes, appelai-je. J'étais en train, ce matin-là, de regarder par notre fenêtre dans Baker Street. Holmes, répétai-je. Un fou en liberté se promène. Triste spectacle ! On ne devrait pas lui permettre de sortir seul ! Paresseusement mon ami émergea de son fauteuil."

Le souverain d'un royaume d'Europe vient demander l'aide de Sherlock Holmes pour une affaire bien délicate : la belle Irène Adler, qui a été la maîtresse du monarque, détient une photo compromettante qu'il faut absolument récupérer. La stabilité d'un royaume en dépend.

A couple of law students, Tom Donague and Jack Turnbull, who have run out of money, set off for South Africa to make their fortune. For three years, they fail to make any money, but then one day, as they are up country in a remote spot, their luck changes. A friend, Dick Wharton appears unexpectedly one night during heavy rain, telling a strange tale of having seen a ghost in the cursed Sasassa Valley. Tom Donague is particularly excited by the story, and determines to uncover the mystery of the apparition.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most intriguing novella. Austin Gilroy is a scientist and is by nature sceptical of anything to do with the occult. So when his colleague, Professor Wilson, introduces him to the mysterious and sinister hypnotist, Miss Penclosa, he is inclined to view her as a fraud. But when Gilroy's fiancée is hypnotised and Miss Penclosa makes her do the unthinkable, Gilroy is forced to change his views.