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A Study in Scarlet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Peter Mesney
Part 1 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
A Study in Scarlet is the novel that introduced Arthur Conan Doyle's eccentric detective Sherlock Holmes, as well as his faithful associate Dr. Watson, to the literary world.
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A Study in Scarlet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Clarke
Part 1 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
From the moment Dr John Watson takes lodgings in Baker Street with the consulting detective Sherlock Holmes, he becomes intimately acquainted with the bloody violence and frightening ingenuity of the criminal mind.
In A Study in Scarlet, Holmes and Watson's first mystery, the pair are summoned to a south London house where they find a dead man whose contorted face is a twisted mask of horror. The body is unmarked by violence but on the wall a mysterious word has been written in blood.
The police are baffled by the crime and its circumstances. But when Sherlock Holmes applies his brilliantly logical mind to the problem he uncovers a tragic tale of love and deadly revenge...
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A Study in Scarlet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David McCran
Part 1 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
“A Study in Scarlet” is an 1887 detective novel by Scottish author Arthur Conan Doyle. The story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become the most famous detective duo in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, a consulting detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it.
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A Study in Scarlet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Stephen Thorne
Part 1 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Brought together by a mutual friend, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson discover that they have much more in common than the fact that they're roommates. As Watson begins assisting Sherlock with his work as a consulting detective, he notices that Sherlock has an uncanny ability to assemble deductions based on seemingly minor details.
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The Sign of the Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Carl Mason
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
The story is set in 1888. The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's drug habit and humanizes him in a way that had not been done in the preceding novel, A Study in Scarlet (1887). It also introduces Doctor Watson's future wife, Mary Morstan.
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The Sign of the Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Marnye Young
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
First published in 1890, The Sign of the Four is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second book starring legendary detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The story is complex, involving a secret between four ex-cons from India and a hidden treasure. More complex than the first Holmes novel, The Sign of the Four also introduces the detective's drug habit and leaves breadcrumbs for the listener that lead toward the final resolution. Each year following the strange disappearance of her father, Miss Morstan has received a present of a rare and lustrous pearl. Now, on the day she is summoned to meet her anonymous benefactor, she consults Holmes and Watson.
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The Sign of Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Patrick Tull
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Holmes is rescued from boredom by the strange case of Jonathan Small and the tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge.
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The Sign of Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Clive Hayward
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator of Frankenstein and Dracula, BBC actor Clive Hayward brings Doyle's legendary and beloved characters Holmes and Watson to sparkling new life in this superb audiobook production. This whirlwind murder-mystery of intrigue, betrayal and stolen treasure is a whodunit of epic proportions, read by a master narrator.
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The Sign of Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Timson
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
From the moment Mary Morstan tells Holmes about the mysterious disappearance of her father and the yearly gift of a pearl from an unknown benefactor, Holmes and his companion Watson are involved in an exotic tale of stolen treasure, secret oaths and murder, culminating in a breath-taking chase down the Thames. Holmes is in top form, and Watson falls in love.
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The Sign of the Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Clarke
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman — Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her. And in the ensuing investigation — which involves a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog and a love affair — even the jaded Holmes is moved to exclaim, 'Isn't it gorgeous!'
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The Sign of the Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Michael Ward
Part 2 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
"By the table, in a wooden arm-chair, the master of the house was seated all in a heap, with his head sunk upon his left shoulder, and that ghastly, inscrutable smile upon his face. He was stiff and cold, and had clearly been dead many hours. It seemed to me that not only his features but all his limbs were twisted and turned in the most fantastic fashion. By his hand upon the table there lay a peculiar instrument,-a brown, close-grained stick, with a stone head like a hammer, rudely lashed on with coarse twine. Beside it was a torn sheet of note-paper with some words scrawled upon it. Holmes glanced at it, and then handed it to me.
"You see," he said, with a significant raising of the eyebrows.
In the light of the lantern I read, with a thrill of horror, "The sign of the four."
"In God's name, what does it all mean?" I asked.
"It means murder," said he, stooping over the dead man."
Published in 1890 in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, the Sign of the Four or The Problem of the Sholtos is the second of the Sherlock Holmes stories penned by Arthur Conan Doyle. Presenting Sherlock and Watson with a case of a mysterious murder in a seemingly locked room, with the theft of over half a million pounds in jewels seemingly as the motive. Can even Sherlock Holmes track down the criminals before they escape the country?
Narrated by Michael Ward.
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The Sign of the Four
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ralph Cosham
Part 3 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
In this second Sherlock Holmes novel, the indomitable sleuth is visited by a woman in distress. Each year for the past six years, on the anniversary of her father's mysterious disappearance ten years ago, Miss Mary Morstan has been receiving pearls, she knows not why or from whom. This time, her anonymous benefactor wants to meet. In the letter, he promises to reveal the mystery and to "right the wrongs" against her. "If you distrust me," he writes, "bring two friends." And so she approaches Holmes and Watson. Naturally the great detective cannot pass up such a singular puzzle, so he and Watson agree to accompany her to the mysterious meeting. The ensuing investigation turns up a wronged woman, a stolen hoard of Indian treasure, a wooden-legged ruffian, a helpful dog, and a love affair.
From London to India and back again, this case once more reveals the incomparable talents of the world's only consulting detective.
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Alexander Spencer
Part 4 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Eleven short stories including The Musgrave Ritual, The Reigate Squires and The Final Problem.
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Simon Prebble
Part 4 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close-the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. When "The Final Problem" was first published, the struggle between Holmes and his arch nemesis, seemingly to the death, left many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes, but it also led to his immortality as a literary figure. The stories that precede it included two narratives from Holmes himself-on a mutiny at sea and a treasure hunt in a Sussex country house-as well as a meeting with his brilliant brother Mycroft.Included in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are "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," and "The Final Problem."
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ben Werling, Kevin Theis, Sara Nichols
Part 4 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
In "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attempted a feat that even the greatest criminal minds in England could not accomplish: He tried to kill off Sherlock Holmes. (And he very nearly succeeded.)
Doyle's 1894 collection of short stories - which featured some of the most enoyable tales in the Holmes canon, including "Silver Blaze," "The Musgrave Ritual" and "The Crooked Man" - concludes with what was meant to be the last Sherlock Holmes story, "The Final Problem." In this narrative (spoiler alert!), Holmes finally comes face to face with his arch-nemesis, the cunning and cruel Professor Moriarty and, in a thrilling climax, both men confront each other, come to blows and plunge to their respective deaths over the Reichenbach Falls. (Holmes would be miraculously brought back to life in "The Adventure of the Empty House" in 1903.)
An essential collection for any serious Holmes fans, "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" is presented here in its original and unabridged format.
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ralph Cosham
Part 4 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
These delightful stories of the famous hawkeyed detective are told by his friend and foil, Dr. Watson. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle draws us into nineteenth-century London-hansom cabs, train rides, and foggy nights-where Holmes astutely solves the most complex and perplexing cases of the day. Among the short stories included in this collection is "The Gloria Scott," an account of Holmes' very first case, and "The Greek Interpreter," in which we finally meet Holmes' intellectual brother, Mycroft.
The various adventures in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes are overshadowed by the event with which they close-the meeting of the great detective and Moriarty, the Napoleon of Crime. That struggle, seemingly to the death, was to leave many readers desolate at the loss of Holmes but was also to lead to his immortality as a literary figure.
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The Hound
by Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Full Cast
Part 5 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Full cast performances with immersive sound design and stirring music. Embark on a four part, thrilling adventure with Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in this gripping adaptation of The Hound of the Baskervilles.
Adaptation, direction, and sound design by Craig Hart.
PART 1
The legendary detective duo begins to hear whispers of a monstrous hound haunting a country estate. Brimming with suspense, clever deduction, and Victorian atmosphere, this audio drama sets the stage for an unforgettable tale of mystery and peril.
The cast for Part 1 includes: RJ Bayley (Sherlock Holmes), A.W. Miller (Dr. Watson), Simon Alison (Mortimer), Andy Harvey (Dr. Granger), and Chloë Elmore (Mrs. Hudson). Violin solo by NinaViolin.
PART 2
Watson travels to Baskerville to learn more about the mystery and the terrifying hound that reportedly lives upon the moor.
The cast for Part 2 includes: RJ Bayley (Sherlock Holmes), A.W. Miller (Dr. Watson), Simon Alison (Mortimer), Craig Hart (Sir Henry), Jonathan Cooke (John Clayton), Hunter Adkins (Guard), Toby J Smith (Barrymore), Taylor Shaye (Mrs. Barrymore), Daniel Cross (Stapleton), and Kera O'Bryon (Beryl).
PART 3
The mystery deepens as a life is lost upon the moor and Watson makes a startling discovery.
The cast for Part 3 includes: RJ Bayley (Sherlock Holmes), A.W. Miller (Dr. Watson), Craig Hart (Sir Henry), Toby J Smith (Barrymore), Daniel Cross (Stapleton), and Stephanie Németh-Parker (Laura Lyons).
PART 4
The mystery comes to a head as terror leaps from the moor and the villain is unmasked!
The cast for Part 4 includes: RJ Bayley (Sherlock Holmes), A.W. Miller (Dr. Watson), Jason Markiewitz (Lestrade), Craig Hart (Sir Henry), Stephanie Németh-Parker (Laura Lyons), Kera O'Bryon (Beryl), and Bethany Baldwin (Nurse). String ensemble by NinaViolin.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Carl Mason
Part 5 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in The Strand Magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England's West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson investigate the case. This was the first appearance of Holmes since his apparent death in "The Final Problem", and the success of The Hound of the Baskervilles led to the character's eventual revival.
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The Greyhound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Steve Hendrickson
Part 5 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
This is a new edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic mystery, The Hound of the Baskervilles. It's the same story. Mostly. That is, it contains the same characters, the same action, and much of the same dialogue.
What's different? Well, it's a little shorter, a little leaner, a little less verbose in some sections.
But the chief difference is that it's now narrated by a dog. A greyhound, in fact, named Septimus.
In this new edition, he tells his story of how he became "The Greyhound of the Baskervilles."
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Geoffrey Giuliano, The Icon Players
Part 6 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character of the late 19th and early 20th century created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is a brilliant London-based "consulting detective" famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his enormous scope of observation, his astute logical reasoning and forensic science skills in solving difficult crimes.
Produced by Devin Lawrence
Edited by Macc Kay
Production executive Avalon Giuliano
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Music By AudioNautix With Their Kind Permission
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Clarke
Part 6 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city.
Among thirteen further brilliant tales of mystery, detection and deduction, Sherlock Holmes investigates the problem of the Norwood Builder, deciphers the message of the Dancing Men, and cracks the case of the Six Napoleons.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Mark Young
Part 6 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
“The Return of Sherlock Holmes” is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the “Strand Magazine” in Great Britain, and “Collier's” in the United States.
The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901—1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. The first story is set in 1894 and has Holmes returning in London and explaining the period from 1891—1894, a period called "The Great Hiatus" by Sherlockian enthusiasts. Also of note is Watson's statement in the last story of the cycle that Holmes has retired, and forbids him to publish any more stories.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Stephen Thorne
Part 6 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The thirteen mysteries in this collection were originally published in The Strand Magazine and Collier's in Great Britain and the United States. Published in 1905, this book was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes died in a confrontation with his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty in The Final Problem. The success of The Hound of the Baskervilles, which was published in 1901—1902 and is set before Holmes's death, created great pressure on Doyle to revive his famous character. This collection was followed by two more short novels and a final collection titled The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes.
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Sam Kusi
Part 6 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
“The Return of Sherlock Holmes” is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the “Strand Magazine” in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States.
The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on 7 March 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (London) and was the first Holmes collection since 1893, when Holmes had "died" in "The Final Problem". Having published The Hound of the Baskervilles in 1901—1902, which was set before Holmes' "death", Doyle came under intense pressure to revive his famous character. The first story is set in 1894 and has Holmes returning in London and explaining the period from 1891—1894, a period called "The Great Hiatus" by Sherlockian enthusiasts. Also of note is Watson's statement in the last story of the cycle that Holmes has retired and forbids him to publish any more stories.
Contents:
"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"
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ralph Cosham
Part 6 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The one and only Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of England's capital city.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of many dreadful murders, but the one which astonished and distressed readers the most was when the author, anxious to try something new, killed off Sherlock Holmes. Trapped in mortal combat with the dastardly Professor Moriarty, Holmes and his opponent plunged to their deaths in the Reichenbach Falls. For ten long years, Baker Street was without its most revered resident. Then, in 1903, Doyle took pity on his readers and brought the sagacious sleuth back to life. The thirteen stories included in this masterful book tell of his return. Cases of mysterious codes, persecuted millionaires, stalkers, abductions, and a meeting with "the worst man in London" are all tackled with renewed vigor. But Holmes' old enemies are watching his every move.
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The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Patrick Tull
Part 7 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
When a strange coded message arrives at 221B Baker Street, sent by a member of Professor Moriarty's criminal organization, Sherlock Holmes soon deciphers it and finds a warning: someone is about to be murdered. A visit from a Scotland Yard inspector confirms that one John Douglas has been mysteriously killed in Sussex. Even Sherlock Holmes, well accustomed to the bizarre, finds the elements of this case unusual. John Douglas lived at Birlstone Manor House, built on the ruins of a castle surrounded by a moat. Every night he drew up the bridge as a precaution against potential villains. Nevertheless, Douglas was found dead, shot in the face at close range with a sawed-off shotgun. And the bereaved are strangely dry-eyed. The mystery spans the Atlantic, from Sussex and the foggy streets of London to a coal-mining region in Pennsylvania, and the ultimate twist can only be untangled by the incomparable skill of the legendary Holmes.
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The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Timson
Part 7 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Sherlock Holmes and his friend, Dr. Watson, are summoned to a country house in rural Sussex by a coded message. They arrive too late to save a wealthy American's life, but decide pursue the trail which leads to the unmasking of the murderer.
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The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Clarke
Part 7 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
From the annals of D.r Watson comes this dark tale of Sherlock Holmes' early encounter with Professor Moriarty. When Holmes and Watson receive a cipher from one of Moriarty's henchmen warning of dark doings at a manor house, they find themselves on the trail of a murderer.
Almost immediately, they are on their way to Sussex where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces. But all is not as it seems. For the origins of this case lie in America, and involve a Pinkerton's man and the doings of a terrible and secretive lodge...
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His Last Bow
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Loretta Watchung
Part 8 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
"His Last Bow" is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Arthur Conan Doyle, and one of eight stories in the volume, His Last Bow.
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His Last Bow
Short Stories of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Simon Prebble
Part 8 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Gathering together in one volume the later exploits of Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, His Last Bow includes tales published individually between 1908 and 1917. It also contains one early story, 1892's "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box," which, with its themes of adultery, was previously considered too "scandalous" for American audiences.Here, Holmes must contend with mysterious bearded men, stolen secret submarine plans, a missing lady aristocrat, and his own near-fatal illness. The stories contained in His Last Bow are "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge," "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," and "His Last Bow."
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His Last Bow
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ian Whitcomb
Part 8 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887, Sherlock Holmes was a brilliant London-based consulting detective, famous for his intellectual prowess and powers of deductive reasoning. His Last Bow is the fourth of Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short story collections and features eight mysterious tales: "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge," "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 Francis Carfax," "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot," and the title story, "His Last Bow." It is in this last story that Holmes emerges from a retirement of beekeeping to stop the spy Baron Von Bork from disclosing secret English documents at the approach of World War I.
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His Last Bow
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by David Clarke
Part 8 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Could a woman die of fright alone? And who is the sender of a most grizzly package — two human ears in a box? Holmes and Watson tackle a whole host of new mysteries before Baker Street's most famous detective finally leaves London for the quiet of a Sussex farm. But one final adventure puts an end to his retirement. As Britain stands poised on the brink of the First World War, can Sherlock Holmes keep a terrible new super-weapon from falling into the enemy's hands?
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His Last Bow
Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Frederick Davidson
Part 8 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
A body on the London Underground; the strange disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax; a parcel containing some coarse salt and two freshly severed human ears. This collection of eight world-famous cases from Doctor Watson's portfolio illustrates the singular mental faculties of Sherlock Holmes. In the course of his investigations, Holmes himself is struck down by a virulent Eastern disease, and we are reintroduced to his remarkable brother Mycroft: "all other men are specialists, but his specialism is omniscience." Finally, with the approach of the German War, Holmes emerges from retirement among his books and bees on the South Downs to lay his unique intellect at the disposal of the British Government, with the historic results disclosed in "His Last Bow."
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
by Conan Doyle
read by Thomas Copeland
Part 9 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927. These tales, puzzling to everyone else, prove no match for the observational skills of Sherlock Holmes.
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Matthew Lloyd Davies
Part 9 of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
‘The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes’ contains twelve stories written about the legendary consulting detective by his creator Arthur Conan Doyle. Like all the other Sherlock Holmes adventures, these stories were originally published in the Strand Magazine, in this case between October 1921 and April 1927. What sets the stories collected in ‘The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes’ from all other anthologies is that that they represent the winding down of a literary sensation. These are the last original mysteries of Holmes to be published in the Strand and this is the last collection of original stories penned by Doyle.
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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Rupert Wexley
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Venture into one of Sherlock Holmes's most disturbing and atmospheric cases in The Adventure of the Devil's Foot, a chilling tale of death, madness, and deduction set against the windswept cliffs of Cornwall.
When a peaceful retreat turns into a grim investigation, Holmes and Watson must uncover the cause behind a mysterious and horrifying death that left one woman dead and her brothers mad with terror. As the local village is gripped with fear and superstition, Holmes remains steadfast in his rational methods, drawing closer to a deadly truth buried beneath layers of secrecy and guilt.
This expertly narrated audiobook brings to life one of Conan Doyle's most psychologically intense stories. Featuring gothic tension, scientific intrigue, and the masterful logic of Holmes, The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is a must-listen for fans of mystery fiction, classic detective stories, and psychological thrillers.
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The Five Orange Pips
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.
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The Man With the Twisted Lip
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Neville St. Clair, a respectable businessman, has disappeared and his wife claims she saw him at the upper window of an opium den. Rushing upstairs to the room she found only a beggar who denied any knowledge of St. Clair – whose clothes are later found in the room, and his coat, laden with coins, in the River Thames outside the window. The beggar is arrested, but a few days later St. Clair's wife receives a letter from her husband. Holmes concludes, then proves, that the beggar is actually St. Clair in disguise; he confesse that he has been leading a double life as a beggar, making more money that way than in his nominal work.
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A Scandal in Bohemia
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The King of Bohemia engages Holmes to recover an indiscreet photograph showing him with the renowned beauty, adventuress and opera singer Irene Adler – the revelation of which would derail his marriage to a daughter of the King of Scandinavia. In disguise, Holmes witnesses Adler marry the man she truly loves, then by means of an elaborate stratagem discovers the photograph's hiding place. But when Holmes and the king return to retrieve the photo, they find Adler has fled the country with it, leaving behind a letter for Holmes and a portrait of herself for the King. The king allows Holmes to retain the portrait as a souvenir.
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Helen Stoner worries her stepfather may be trying to kill her after he contrives to move her to the bedroom where her sister had died two years earlier, shortly before her wedding. Stoner is herself now engaged, and Holmes learns that her stepfather's annuity (from the estate of his wife - Stoner's mother) would be greatly reduced if either sister married. During a late-night investigation of the bedroom, Holmes and Watson discover a dummy bell-pull near a ventilator. As they lie in wait a whistle sounds, then a snake appears through the ventilator. Holmes attacks the snake with his riding crop; it retreats to the next room, where it attacks and kills Stoner's stepfather.
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
A "Blue Carbuncle" is stolen from a hotel suite, and a former felon is soon arrested. However, an acquaintance of Holmes discovers the carbuncle in the throat of a Christmas goose. Holmes traces the owner of the goose, but soon determines that he was not the thief by offering him a replacement goose. The detective continues his search, first to an inn and then a dealer in Covent Garden. The dealer refuses to provide Holmes with information about the source of the goose, but Holmes observes another man trying to find the same information, and confronts him. The man, the head attendant at the hotel, confesses to his crime. Holmes allows him to remain free, arguing that prison could make him a hardened criminal later.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Inspector Lestrade asks for Holmes's help after Charles McCarthy is murdered, and his son, James, is implicated. McCarthy, and another local landowner, John Turner, are both Australian expatriates, and Lestrade was originally engaged by Turner's daughter, Alice, who believes James is innocent. Holmes interviews James, and then inspects the scene of the murder, deducing a third man was present. Realising Holmes has solved the case, Turner confesses to the crime, revealing that McCarthy was blackmailing him due to Turner's criminal past. Holmes does not reveal the crime, but secures James's release because of the presence of a third person at the crime scene.
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The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Violet Hunter consults Holmes after being offered a governess job subject to a number of unusual conditions, including cutting her hair short. The wage is extremely high, £120, and she decides to accept the job, though Holmes tells her to contact him if she needs to. After a number of strange occurrences, including the discovery of a sealed-off wing of the house, she does so. Holmes discovers that someone had been kept prisoner in the wing, but when Holmes, Watson and Hunter enter, it is empty. They are accused of freeing the prisoner, who was the daughter of Hunter's employer, who sets his dog on them, though it attacks him instead. It is revealed that Hunter had been hired to impersonate her employer's daughter so that her fiancé would believe she was no longer interested in seeing him, but the daughter had escaped and the pair later married.
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The Valley of Fear (Part 1: The Tragedy of Birlstone)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Carl Mason
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty. After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's discovering that he is a traitor. He decides not to send the key to the cipher, but he sends Holmes a note telling of this decision.
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The Valley of Fear (Part 2: The Scowrers)
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Carl Mason
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is loosely based on the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915. The first book edition was copyrighted in 1914, and it was first published by George H. Doran Company in New York on 27 February 1915, and illustrated by Arthur I. Keller.
The novel starts with Sherlock Holmes receiving a cipher message from Fred Porlock, a pseudonymous agent of Professor Moriarty. After Porlock sends the message, however, he changes his mind for fear of Moriarty's discovering that he is a traitor. He decides not to send the key to the cipher, but he sends Holmes a note telling of this decision.
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The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
Lord Robert St. Simon's new American bride, Hatty Doran, has disappeared almost immediately after the wedding. The servants had prevented an old love interest of his from forcing her way into the wedding breakfast, 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. Holmes quickly solves the mystery, locating Hatty at a hotel with a mysterious, "common-looking" man who had picked up her dropped bouquet after the ceremony. The man turns out to be Hatty's husband Frank, whom she had thought dead in America, and who had managed to locate her only moments before she was to marry Lord St. Simon. Frank and Hatty had just determined to go to Lord St. Simon in order to explain the situation when Holmes found them.
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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jono Pearce
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
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. He confronted his employer, who attacked him, and during his escape his thumb is chopped off. Holmes deduces that the press is being used to produce counterfeit coins, and works out its location. However, when they arrive, the house is on fire, and the criminals have escaped.
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The Adventure of Black Peter
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Jess Leander
Part of the Sherlock Holmes (Doyle) series
The Adventure of the Black Peter is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Retired whaling captain Peter Carey-nicknamed "Black Peter" for his savage temper-is found brutally murdered, harpooned through the chest inside his locked garden shed one stormy night. His terrified family calls in Holmes after the police arrest an innocent young man (John Neligan) whose father had once been ruined by Carey. Holmes quickly realizes the murder is connected to a past crime at sea and sets a clever trap by advertising for a skilled harpooner. The real killer, Patrick Cairns, another tough sailor, is caught when he returns to retrieve incriminating evidence. The story ends with Holmes handing the culprit over to Inspector Hopkins and features some of Holmes's best practical detective work, including reading tracks in the snow and staging the trap. It's a dark, atmospheric tale with a strong nautical flavor.