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Sherlock Holmes erhält eine chiffrierte Nachricht von einem gewissen Porlock. Jener Porlock gehört einer mächtigen Verbrecherorganisation an, die laut Holmes von Professor Moriarty angeführt wird. Einem bekannten und geachteten Mitglied der Londoner Gesellschaft. Nachdem es Holmes gelungen ist, die Nachricht zu entschlüsseln, erhält er Besuch von Inspektor MacDonald, der beim Blick auf die Nachricht zusammenzuckt. Denn was er dort liest, bezieht sich auf den Fall, den er gerade erst auf den Tisch bekommen und dessentwegen er den Detektiv aufgesucht hat: Ein verzwickter Mord in Birlstone.

Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound which is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense.

A colonel receives five seeds in the mail---and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears immediately after her wedding. An old hat and a Christmas goose are the only clues to a stolen jewel. A son is accused of his father's murder. These mysteries---and many more---are brought to the house on Baker Street where detective Sherlock Holmes resides. No case is too tricky for the world's most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction.

The hit BBC series Sherlock has introduced a whole new generation of fans to Arthur Conan Doyle's legendary detective. In this unique collection, Sherlock co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss have selected their all-time favorite Sherlock Holmes adventures, providing listeners a curated masterclass in crime fiction. Each of these 19 tales, from Sherlock's first appearance in A Study in Scarlet to the late classic The Dying Detective, is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge.

A dense yellow miasma swirls in the streets of London as Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson accompany a beautiful young woman to a sinister assignation. For Mary Marston has received several large pearls - one a year for the last six years - and now a mystery letter telling her she is a wronged woman. If she would seek justice she is to meet her unknown benefactor, bringing with her two companions. But unbeknownst to them all, others stalk London's fog-enshrouded streets: a one-legged ruffian with revenge on his mind.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson invite listeners, for the last time, into the world of criminal puzzles. The most famous detective duo gradually approaches the solution to the mysteries of the criminal underworld. This time, among other things, they explain the theft of a precious jewel, search for the "vampire" of Sussex, and solve the mystery of the disappearance of the young wife of a paint merchant.

Als der Hungerkünstler Ricardo Sacco zufällig einem jungen, hübschen Mädchen zu Hilfe eilt und es vor einem brutalen Überfall bewahrt, ist es auch schon um den jungen Mann geschehen. Zum Dank schenkt ihm Ines, die Tochter eines reichen Mannes, einen Brillanten. Ricardo Sacco kann sein Glück kaum fassen, doch es währt nicht lange. Sein langjähriger Feind, der sich als sein Doppelgänger ausgibt, ist ihm auf den Fersen. Und dann nimmt das Unglück seinen Lauf! Doch Holmes und Watson sind schnell zur Stelle.

Eine unerklärliche Serie an Suizide hält London in Atem. Nahe der Burgruine von Pall-Mall werden immer öfter gut situierte Bürger tot aufgefunden. Als Polizeiinspektor Gordon plötzlich ein Erpresserschreiben erhält, indem man ihm seines Lebens bedroht, sollte er nicht umgehend als Oberster Scotland Yards zurücktreten, wendet sich dieser hilfesuchend an Holmes.

Mr. Warren, ein Londoner Bankier, bittet Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Sein Buchhalter, Mr. Hill, wird seit einigen Tagen vermisst. Holmes nimmt sich der Sache an und befragt dessen verzweifelte Frau Eva. Diese berichtet ihm von einer weiteren vermissten Person. Mrs. Cerise Taylor, die Ehefrau des ehemaligen Geschäftspartners des Bankiers Hill, wurde am selben Tag, als der Buchhalter auf merkwürdige Weise verschwand, von ihrem eigenen Mann in die Irrenanstalt eingewiesen.

H. P. Lovecraft is arguably the most important horror writer of the 20th century. Culled from his 1927 essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature”, Lovecraft acknowledges those authors and stories that he feels are the very finest the horror field has to offer, including Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Henry James, Rudyard Kipling, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Guy de Maupassant, Ambrose Bierce, and Arthur Conan Doyle. This chilling collection includes 20 works, each prefaced by Lovecraft's own opinions and insights in each author’s work.

Originally published in 1927, these short stories represent the fifth and final collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's tales featuring Sherlock Holmes. Included are stories originally published in Strand Magazine beginning in 1921 and stretching through 1927.

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?

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".

Three years have passed since Sherlock Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty vanished into the abyss of the Reichenbach Falls. In that time the criminals of London have been able to sleep safe in their beds. But the capital has never been in greater need of its protector.

When Sherlock Holmes met his demise in "The Adventure of the Final Problem," published in 1893, the distress of the unsuspecting reading public was profound. For years fans showed no signs of letting Sherlock Holmes lie down and die. Eventually, Doyle saw fit to continue his Holmes' canon and wrote a series of 13 short stories, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1905.

This collection of stories continues the adventures of Arthur Conan Doyle’s much-loved fictional detective. In these intriguing tales, Holmes and Watson solve cases that range from the suspicious to the downright strange, and encounter mysteries as diverse as vanishing staff, secret plans and eccentric lodgers.

Here are 12 acclaimed, exciting, fully dramatized performances of Conan Doyle classics. It's elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, 12 timeless tales performed as radio theater and linked by violin-music interludes.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was a radio show which aired in the USA from 1939-1950, most famously starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Episodes from 1939 through 1943 were written or adapted by Edith Meiser from the books of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. From 1943 onward, most shows were written or adapted by the team of Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher or Green and Leslie Charteris who replaced Meiser who left the show over her disagreements with a sponsor over the amount of violence in the program. Digitally Remastered by Timely Audio.

Mandarin Companion is a series of easy-to-read novels in Chinese that are fun to read and proven to accelerate language learning. Every book in the Mandarin Companion series is carefully written to use characters, words, and grammar that a learner is likely to know.

Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes es un libro que recopila cuentos policíacos escritos por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle en donde el protagonista es su celebre detective privado "Sherlock Holmes". El libro original fue ilustrado por Sidney Paget. Aquí se cuentan las primeras aventuras de Sherlock Holmes.