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This is a story from The Return of Sherlock Holmes I collection.

Holmes risks his life with an astounding trick in The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone.

A tale of mystery, scandal and murder that may have been committed by the Ku Klux Klan in London. A young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw has a strange story: in 1869 his uncle Elias Openshaw had suddenly come back to England to settle on an estate at Horsham, West Sussex, after living for years in the United States as a Planter in Florida and serving as a Colonel in the Confederate Army....

Dr. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street to find his old friend and colleague keen on a case. Holmes has taken it upon himself to find the missing Crown diamond, the Mazarin stone, which has been stolen by swarthy big-game hunter Count Negretto Sylvius. When the count pays Holmes a visit, the brilliant detective must rely on his cleverness to learn the jewel's location and wrap up the case.

Professor Challenger imperiously summons his three best friends to come this country house, each one to bring a cylinder of pure oxygen. When they arrive, the reason for this strange request becomes terrifying clear. Professor Challenger has become convinced that the earth is entering a poison belt of ether and that life upon this planet is doomed.

Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered, “Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound.”

Nor has three years of absence taken away his power to startle the faithful Dr. Watson. But it is the Park Lane mystery---the murder of the Honorable Ronald Adair---that brings Holmes back to life and the search for the second most dangerous man in London. And when that case is satisfactorily concluded, Holmes is once again free to devote himself to examining 12 more of those interesting little problems that the complex life of London so plentifully presents.

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.

In The Valley of Fear, the great detective Sherlock Holmes has been summoned by a coded message to the house of a man called Douglas. But he and his faithful friend Dr. Watson arrive to find they are too late---Douglas has been murdered, with a mysterious calling card left by his side. Scotland Yard is stumped, but Holmes, detecting the diabolical workings of his arch-enemy Professor Moriarty, has some ideas of his own.

Los dos célebres estudiosos que se especializaban en las ruinas romanas estaban sentados a solas en la confortable habitación de Kennedy, cuyas ventanas daban al Corso. La noche era fría, y ambos habían acercado sus sillones a la imperfecta estufa italiana que creaba a su alrededor una zona más bien de ahogo, que de tibieza. Del lado de fuera, bajo las brillantes estrellas de un cielo invernal, se extendía la Roma moderna, con su larga doble hilera de focos eléctricos, los cafés brillantemente iluminados, los coches que pasaban veloces y una apretada muchedumbre desfilando por las aceras.

The King of Bohemia wishes to marry...but before he can do so, he needs Sherlock's help! Can the sleuth retrieve an embarrassing photograph of the royal, before a scandal erupts and the king is forced to cancel his wedding plans?

Here are two classic Sherlock Holmes tales starring Sir John Gielgud and Sir Ralph Richardson.

In this classic Sherlock Holmes tale of treachery, murder, and theft, "The Crooked Man", a long-lost love returns horribly changed, revealing an awful treachery that has been kept secret for decades.

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".

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.

Peu après Noël, un homme abandonne dans la rue un vieux chapeau et une oie. Lorsque celle-ci révèle une découverte aussi précieuse qu'inattendue, Sherlock Holmes entreprend de remonter la piste de son mystérieux propriétaire. Une aventure de Sherlock Holmes écrite par Arthur Conan Doyle...

"The Adventure of Silver Blaze" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1892 and the first story in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes collection. The story revolves around the mysterious disappearance of Silver Blaze, a famous...

"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story featuring Sherlock Holmes, written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in The Strand Magazine in 1891. It marked the beginning of a long collaboration with illustrator Sidney Paget and is considered one of Doyle's most notable works. The story...

"The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" is a Sherlock Holmes short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, included in The Return of Sherlock Holmes collection. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in the UK in July 1904 and in Collier's in the US in October 1904. The story follows Holmes and...

When Professor Challenger returns from an expedition, he brings back more than just tales—he unveils a jungle teeming with prehistoric creatures and uncharted mysteries. In "Lost World," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle plunges listeners into a thrilling adventure where a ragtag team of explorers, including the skeptical journalist Edward Malone, embarks on a daring journey to a remote plateau in the Amazon rainforest. Their mission? To uncover evidence of creatures long thought extinct and to confront the very real dangers that lurk in this forgotten realm. As the explorers navigate treacherous ...