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Sherlock Holmes

By: Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by: Edward Hardwicke
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Publisher's summary

Scandal and betrayal are themes of this collection of 3 vintage Sherlock Holmes tales. "A Scandal in Bohemia" tells of the legendary detective's encounter with Irene Adler, a beautiful and intelligent women, in a story of love, intrigue, and political scandal. In "Silver Blaze," the police must make sense of an unusual knife, a missing horse, and a strange visit in order to find the murderer of a trusted horse trainer. "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" describes a mysterious, sinister house with copper beeches by the front door that reveals a most unnatural betrayal. The stories are read by a true master, Edward Hardwicke, a talented actor who plays Sherlock Holmes's associate, Dr. Watson, as seen on the popular PBS series Mystery!
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Public Domain (P)2000 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.

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"An outstanding audio edition (that) features the splendidly effective narration of Edward Hardwicke". (AudioFile)

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Ok story, excelent performance

The stories are obviously old, familiar, and unsurprising, but still very entertaining. The performance of the reader was excelent thought, clear pleasant emphatic and overall excelent.

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very enjoyable

loved it did a very good job of narrating it I particularly liked the last story

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Sherlock at his best

What is there to dislike. Conan has done it again.
Narrations such as these always thrill me great story telling.

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Absolutely Singular!

Will be difficult to find a book to follow this performance. Even other readings and performances of the very same stories pale in comparison. It's very likely I will listen again with much joy and ejaculation!

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