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A Study in Scarlet, published in 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes novel, introduces Dr. John Watson, a wounded army doctor who returns to London and takes lodgings with the eccentric consulting detective Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street. When a man is found murdered in an empty house with the German word "RACHE" scrawled in blood on the wall, Scotland Yard is baffled and turns to Holmes.

In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Sherlock Holmes and Watson come to the aid of Helen Stoner, who has reason to fear her life is being threatened by her abusive stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Her sister, who died two years before, spoke of a "speckled band" right before she died in mysterious circumstances. To solve the mystery of the "speckled band", Holmes and Watson stake out Miss Stoner's room and make a momentous discovery. The eighth of the 12 stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Doyle considered it the best of the Holmes stories.

Holmes encounters one of his most formidable adversaries and must unlock the mystery of the demonic hound, the curse of the Baskerville family. Published in The Strand magazine in episodes between August 1901 and April 1902, The Hound of the Baskervilles became one of the most popular of all the Sherlock Holmes mysteries.

In the first of all the Sherlock Holmes stories, Dr. John Watson, discharged from military service after suffering severe wounds, is at a loose end until a chance encounter leads him to take rooms with a remarkable young man. The arrogant, irascible Sherlock Holmes is a master chemist, a talented musician, and an expert on all aspects of crime.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Cada año, el mismo día, una joven institutriz recibe por correo una perla de gran valor. No sabe quién se la envía ni por qué. Su padre, oficial del ejército británico en la India, desapareció sin dejar rastro cuando ella era niña. Ahora el...

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.

Ein ehemaliger Studienkollege von Dr. Watson hat offenbar den Verstand verloren: Er behauptet, eine Maschine zur Reise durch die Zeit erfunden zu haben und bereits in der Zukunft gewesen zu sein. Als Beweis legt er ein Paar unbekannte Blumen aus dem Jahr 802.701 vor. Watson ist irritiert und macht sich Sorgen, weshalb er Sherlock Holmes hinzuzieht.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. When wealthy banker Alexander Holder stumbles breathlessly into 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are confronted with a case that threatens national disgrace and destroys a family’s peace. Holder has accepted an invaluable national...

 The Red-Headed League is the second of the 12 stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892. In it, Jabez Wilson, a flame-haired London pawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Some weeks before, Wilson responded to a newspaper want ad offering highly paid work to only redheaded male applicants.  

Two American travelers have been killed—one with poison, the other with a knife through the heart—and the only clues at the scene are a woman’s wedding ring and the German word for “vengeance” written in blood. The military surgeon Dr. John Watson is brought in to investigate, along with his clever, arrogant new roommate, Sherlock Holmes.

Greed, betrayal, and vengeance set the stage for this Sir Arthur Conan Doyle classic. Sherlock Holmes is rescued from boredom by the strange case of Jonathan Small and the tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge. The mystery leads Holmes and Dr. Watson into an intricate plot regarding a lost treasure belonging to four convicts on the Andaman Islands.

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.

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.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. ¿Alguna vez has sentido que alguien puede influir tanto en ti que terminas pensando y actuando de una manera que nunca habrías elegido por voluntad propia? En El parásito, Arthur Conan Doyle explora los límites de la voluntad humana, la influencia...

Im März 1896 fehlen im Bankhaus Alderton, Pryce & Co. in der Lombard Street fünfzehnhundert Pfund in Gold, obwohl der Tresor verschlossen und unversehrt ist. Ausgerechnet ein Constable der Metropolitan Police hielt in der Nacht Wache, und Inspektor Lestrade soll den Fall bis Freitag klären. Doch der Tresor gibt keinerlei Spur preis.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What if the most terrifying creature on the moors were not a supernatural beast, but a secret waiting to be uncovered? In *The Hound of the Baskervilles*, Arthur Conan Doyle delivers one of the greatest mysteries in detective fiction. Against the...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Join Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as they unravel the tangled mystery of the Agra treasure, following a trail of clues from foggy London streets to the banks of the Thames, in this classic tale of hidden loot, betrayal, and the iconic detective's...

In The Adventure of Silver Blaze, Sherlock Holmes is hired by a young clerk, Hall Pycroft, who has been lured from a solid London job by a suspiciously generous offer from a new firm. The “employer,” who looks uncannily like Pycroft, sends him to Birmingham on busywork while a look-alike takes his place at the original firm. Holmes, Watson, and Pycroft arrive in time to find the impostor and his brother—the Beddingtons—caught mid-robbery of the stockbroker’s office. The scheme collapses, and the stolen securities never leave the building.

After a draining case on the Continent, Holmes recuperates at a friend's house near Reigate, where a nearby burglary is quickly followed by the shooting of a coachman. Holmes treats the two crimes as connected and focuses on a scrap of a torn note found in the dead man's hand. The trail leads to the wealthy Cunninghams next door, who staged the burglary to hide a forgery and then killed their coachman when he threatened to expose them. Holmes tricks the pair into betraying themselves, and the torn note supplies the proof that closes the case.

Ein brillanter Ingenieurstudent aus Cambridge steht vor einer schweren Entscheidung. Die Wahl wird noch schwieriger, als ein Kommilitone ermordet wird. Die Mutter wird entführt. Wenn ihr Sohn die geheimen Pläne nicht preisgibt, wird sie gefoltert und ermordet. Die Schurken haben nicht damit gerechnet, von einer unerwarteten Quelle überlistet zu werden: der Mutter selbst.