The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including ‘The Red-Headed League’, ‘The Blue Carbuncle’, and ‘The Speckled Band’. The editor of this volume, Richard Lancelyn Green is editor of The Uncollected Sherlock Holmes and The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. With John Michael Gibson, he compiled the Soho Series Bibliography of A. Conan Doyle. 1. A Scandal In Bohemia 2. The Red-Headed League 3. A Case Of Identity 4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery 5. The Five Orange Pips 6. The Man With The Twisted Lip 7. The Adventure Of The Blue Carbuncle 8. The Adventure Of The Speckled Band 9. The Adventure Of The Engineer’s Thumb 10. The Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor 11. The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet 12. The Adventure Of The Copper Beaches
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes : A scandal in Bohemia ; The red-headed league ; A case of identity ; The Boscombe Valley mystery ; The five orange pips ; The man with the twisted lip ; The adventure of the blue carbuncle ; The adventure of the speckled band ; The adventure of the engineer's thumb ; The adventure of the noble bachelor ; The adventure of the beryl coronet ; The adventure of the copper beeches --
Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes : Silver blaze ; The yellow face ; The stock-broker's clerk ; The "Gloria Scott" ; The Musgrave ritual ; The Reigate puzzle ; The crooked man ; The resident patient ; The Greek interpreter ; The naval treaty ; The final problem --
The return of Sherlock Holmes : The adventure of the empty house ; The adventure of the Norwood builder ; The adventure of the dancing men ; The adventure of the solitary cyclist ; The adventure of the priory school ; The adventure of Black Peter ; The adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton ; The adventure of the six Napoleons ; The adventure of the three students ; The adventure of the golden pince-nez ; The adventure of the missing three-quarter ; The adventure of the abbey grange ; The adventure of the second stain.
Volume 2. Introduction / by Loren D. Estleman --
The hound of the Baskervilles --
The valley of fear --
His last bow : The adventure of Wisteria Lodge : The singular experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles ; The tiger of San Pedro ; The adventure of the cardboard box ; The adventure of the red circle ; The adventure of the Bruce-Partington plans ; The adventure of the dying detective ; The disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax ; The adventure of the devil's foot ; His last bow --
The case-book of Sherlock Holmes : The adventure of the illustrious client ; The adventure of the blanched soldier ; The adventure of the Mazarin stone ; The adventure of the three gables ; The adventure of the Sussex vampire ; The adventure of the three Garridebs ; The problem of Thor Bridge ; The adventure of the creeping man ; The adventure of the lion's mane ; The adventure of the veiled lodger ; The adventure of Shoscombe old place ; The adventure of the retired colourman.
Table of Contents Silver Blaze The Cardboard Box The Yellow Face The Stockbroker's Clerk The 'Gloria Scott' The Musgrave Ritual The Reigate Squire The Crooked Man The Resident Patient The Greek Interpreter The Naval Treaty The Final Problem
Cele 13 povestiri din aceasta colectie au fost publicate initial individual in perioada 1903-1904, si pentru prima oara sub forma de volum in 1905. Era prima colectie avandu-l ca protagonist pe Sherlock Holmes aparuta dupa 1883, cand acesta murise", la sfarsitul Ultimului caz" din Memoriile lui Sherlock Holme. Ulterior, Doyle a fost presat insistent sa ‘l reinvie pe faimosul detectiv. Prima povestire se petrece in 1894 si il surprinde pe Holmes la intoarcerea in Londra, oferind explicatii pentru perioada 1891-1894, numita marele hiat" de catre sherlockieni. Autor clasic de romane si povestiri politiste, stiintifico-fantastice si istorice, piese de teatru si poezie, dar si reputat medic, Sir ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE este creatorul celebrului cuplu de detectivi amatori, genialul Sherlock Holmes si modestul doctor Watson, protagonisti a 56 de povestiri si patru romane politiste semnate de scriitorul britanic, dar si creatorul profesorului Challenger, eroul povestirilor sale stiintifico-fantastice. [Holmes] este probabil singura creatie literara de la personajele lui Dickens incoace care a trecut in viata si limbile oamenilor de pretutindeni. - G.K. Chesterton Sherlock Holmes este piatra de temelie e edificiului numit literatura politista. - The Times.
As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadfully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president.
As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda -- whistling a seductive tune he hopes will catch a killer who's still got poison in his heart.
'Fer-de-Lance,' one of the great mystery stories of all time, and yours to enjoy.
Our first meeting with Sherlock Holmes. And it's John Watson's too! They meet at the start of this novel, and the young doctor is astonished by Holmes' many idiosyncrasies including his talents on the violin.
But it's not long before Sherlock Holmes, with Watson in tow, is working with Scotland Yard investigating the murder of two Americans whose deaths have some mysterious connection to sinister groups gathering power in both Britain and America.
Here's where it all began - 'A Study in Scarlet.' Meet Sherlock Holmes, one of the world's leading consulting detectives - fictional of course!
In this, one of the most famous of Doyle's mysteries, the tale of an ancient curse and a savage ghostly hound comes frighteningly to life. The gray towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor will haunt the reader as Holmes and Watson seek to unravel the many secrets of the misty English bogs.
For an instant the two trains ran together, going in the same direction side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth, riding in the one train, witnessed a murder in the other. Helplessly, she stared out her carriage window as a man remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman’s throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.
Who, apart from Miss Marple, would take her story seriously? After all, there were no suspects, no other witnesses... and no corpse. Not the police.
Librarian's note: this entry is for the novel, "4:50 from Paddington." Collections and other Miss Marple stories are located elsewhere on Goodreads. The series includes 12 novels and 20 short stories. Entries for the short stories can be found by searching Goodreads for: "a Miss Marple Short Story."
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her.
With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark he’d overheard back in Jerusalem: ‘You see, don’t you, that she’s got to be killed?’ Mrs Boynton was, indeed, the most detestable woman he’d ever met.
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