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“The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry…” The final full-length novel in the Sherlock Holmes canon, The Valley of Fear is a fascinating, two-part mystery that bridges classic Victorian detection with American secret-society lore. A cryptic, coded warning from an...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1890. London wird von einer Serie grausamer Morde heimgesucht. Zwischen den Opfern existiert keine Beziehung. Die einzige Gemeinsamkeit ist der Fundort der Leichen – nämlich das Themseufer. Scotland Yard ist ratlos und bittet Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Wird es Holmes und Dr. Watson gelingen, den Mörder zu überführen, bevor dieser erneut zuschlägt?

Aus dem Benediktinerkloster Saint Gabriels Hide im Süden Englands wird ein Mordfall gemeldet: Ein Novize, ein attraktiver junger Mann aus gutem Haus, bricht unmittelbar nach Empfang der Kommunion tot zusammen. Der charismatische Abt wendet sich an Holmes, der mit dem nächsten Zug anreist. Wer ist der Mörder? Was ist das Motiv? War die Hostie vergiftet? Wer hat beobachtet, dass der Novize des Nachts die Gemächer des Abtes aufsucht? Ist es religiöser Fanatismus oder Eifersucht? Holmes und sein Chronist Dr. Watson finden es heraus.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A collection of eight classic Sherlock Holmes stories, culminating in the iconic espionage tale "His Last Bow". Set on the eve of World War I, the retired detective comes out of seclusion to unmask a German spy operating on the English coast. Filled...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A collection of 12 classic Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring iconic cases including Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band-adjacent adventures, the Musgrave Ritual, and the legendary Final Problem at Reichenbach Falls. Follow the brilliant detective...

The Sherlock Holmes & Father Brown Collection, read by Jonathan Keeble (as Sherlock) and Nicholas Boulton (as Father Brown), includes unabridged recordings of the complete short stories featuring two of the most iconic ametuer detectives in literature - Father Brown and Sherlock Holmes.

Step into one of Sherlock Holmes’s most suspenseful cases in The Adventure of the Dying Detective, a gripping short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1913. When Dr. Watson is summoned urgently to Baker Street, he finds Holmes seemingly on his deathbed—ravaged by a mysterious and fatal tropical disease. Refusing medical treatment and behaving with alarming cruelty, Holmes insists instead on confronting Culverton Smith, a man linked to a suspicious and unresolved death.

El cadáver del magnate inglés Charles Baskerville es encontrado en el páramo de Devonshire. La incertidumbre generada por las características de la escena del crimen apunta a que la maldición de los Baskerville se está haciendo realidad y que la vida de Sir Henry, el nuevo heredero, corre peligro.

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. Arguably...

A man is accidentally knocked down outside 221B Baker Street by a carriage. His dying words claim he has seen a man rise from the grave. At the same time, a visitor arrives with a mystery of unparalleled international importance. The Viscount Wrexham is missing, presumed dead, in strange...

"Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes", erschienen 1893 unter dem englischen Originaltitel The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, ist die zweite Sammlung von Detektivgeschichten um Sherlock Holmes von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. In sämtlichen Geschichten des Bandes fungiert, wie auch in fast allen übrigen Sherlock-Holmes-Geschichten, Holmes’ Freund Dr. Watson als Ich-Erzähler.

"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as "His Last Bow", and one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax's disappearance since he himself is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her sex.

"The Adventure of the Red Circle" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is included in the anthology "His Last Bow". Mrs. Warren, a landlady, comes to 221B Baker Street with some questions about her lodger. A youngish, heavily bearded man, who spoke good but accented English who came to her and offered double her usual rent on the condition that he get the room on his own terms. He went out the first night that he was there, and came back after midnight when the rest of the household had gone to bed.

"The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as "His Last Bow", and is the second and final appearance of Mycroft Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans" fourteenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. The monotony of thick smog-shrouded London is broken by a sudden visit from Holmes' brother Mycroft. He has come about some missing, secret submarine plans.

"The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of the eight stories in the cycle collected as "His Last Bow", and one of the few stories in which for much of the plot Watson must act alone and try his best with Holmes left in the background. Holmes sends Dr. Watson to Lausanne to investigate Lady Frances Carfax's disappearance since he himself is too busy in London. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her sex.

"The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. It is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as "His Last Bow". Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot" ninth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves at Poldhu in Cornwall one spring for the former's health, but the holiday ends with a bizarre event.

"The Musgrave Ritual" is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1919, and was collected later in "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes". Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale. It is one of the earliest recorded cases investigated by Holmes, and establishes his problem solving skills.

Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad. Sir Robert's sister, Lady Beatrice Falder, owns Shoscombe, but it will revert to her late husband's brother when she dies. The stable has a horse, Shoscombe Prince, who Sir Robert hopes will win the Derby. He would be out of debt if that actually happened.

Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator from "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his wife Maria in order to clear his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, of the crime. It soon emerges that Mr. Gibson's marriage had been unhappy and he treated his wife very badly. He had fallen in love with her when he met her in Brazil, but soon realised they had nothing in common. He became attracted to Miss Dunbar; since he could not marry her, he had attempted to please her in other ways, such as trying to help people less fortunate than himself.

Klątwa wisząca nad rodem Baskerville'ów zbiera kolejne żniwo. Nie żyje Sir Karol, a miejscowi powtarzają, że za jego śmiercią stoi grasująca na wrzosowiskach hrabstwa Devon bestia. Legenda głosi, że za tajemnicze morderstwa odpowiada jeden z członków rodu - Henryk Baskerville, który zaprzedał duszę diabłu, ściągając klątwę na całą rodzinę. Rozwikłania zagadki podejmuje się najsłynniejszy detektywistyczny duet - Sherlock Holmes i jego wierny pomocnik Doktor Watson.