Arthur Conan Doyle
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SAGA Egmont
Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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El aristócrata solterónTras una majestuosa boda, la novia desaparece durante la recepción. El adinerado Lord Simon, su nuevo esposo, no tiene la más mínima idea si su nueva esposa se encuentra viva, secuestrada o si a escapado con otro hombre a sus espaldas.La ansiedad y los nervios de perderla influirán para que Simon, desesperadamente y con el corazón en la mano, solicite la ayuda de Sherlock Holmes y su fiel compañero Watson. Se supone...
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Pan Macmillan
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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Three years after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street, to the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of readers worldwide. From kidnapped heirs to murder by harpoon, Holmes and Watson have their work cut out for them in these brilliant later tales. This collection also includes His Last Bow, a series of recollections from an older Sherlock Holmes of further adventures from his life.
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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly - see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He...
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The Floating Press
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Craving a classic mystery tale? You can't go wrong with Arthur Conan Doyle, a towering figure in the origination of the detective fiction genre. This short story features master detective Sherlock Holmes attempting to pinpoint the origins of a mysterious and gory parcel.
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson invite their readers to follow their adventures one last time, as they solve more mysteries from the criminal underworld. This last collection about the famous and eccentric duo takes you on an adventure full of mysterious lodgers, missing diamonds, lions, vampires, and lover’s quarrels. One last time, let yourself be swept away by the curious cases and Holmes' grandiose talent of deduction.
This collection includes:...
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The pawnbroker Jabez Wilson comes to Sherlock Holmes because his suspicions for his weird but well-paid job got bigger. He was actually hired solely because of his flamboyant red hair. Wilson had to copy the Encyclopaedia Britannica four hours a day but suddenly the office was closed without any explanation. Will Holmes find out what the Red-Headed League was aiming?
"The Red-Headed League" is part of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".
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Graf von Schulling died and his legacy got sent to the University of Budapest. The legacy consisted of letters and weapons, one of which – a silver hatchet. A few days after the objects had already arrived, tragic cases began to occur. A few people were found brutally killed. The perpetrator - still unknown. The weapon as well. Until shortly after two medical students find a silver hatchet in the snow. What follows after that is more than unexpected....
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Colonel Barclay, a commander of the Royal Mallows Regiment, is dead. His wife is the first and main suspect because the servants in the house heard the couple fight and quarrel over something. Some screams followed and shortly after the driver found the commander dead and his wife passed out on the coach. Sherlock Holmes takes up on the case and investigates the crime scene. As always there is much more to the story than it seems in the beginning...
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Doctor Persy Trevelyan gets himself into a strange business arrangement with a man, named Blessington. Blessington is a rich businessman who is willing to invest his money in the doctor’s practice if he gets three-fourths of the total Trevelyan earns per day. Everything seems to go as planned but suddenly Blessington starts acting more and more weird with every passing day. He gets even to the point of accusing two of the doctor’s patients of...
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Violet Smith, a young music teacher, reached out to Holmes. She was worried because she noticed someone stalking her on her everyday bicycle ride to the train. Holmes took up the case and found out that Violet’s life had changed drastically a few months ago when two friends of her distant uncle arrived in Surrey. Could this event have something to do with Violet’s stalker? Is there some connection between the sudden interest that both of them...
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Mr. Hall Pycroft got left without a job after the company he worked for closed down. When Pycroft finally found a new workplace at Mawson & William's firm, he got suddenly offered yet another position in the Franco-Midland Hardware Company. Pycroft was going to receive three times higher salary if he accepted to work for the latter. However he was not to hand his resignation to "Mawson & William". Something did not quite add-up and Pycroft’s suspicion...
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Mrs. Merrilow of South Brixton's lodger, Mrs. Ronder, is usually very quiet. The woman never shows her face and with reason, for it is severely mutilated – Mrs. Merrilow only saw it once. But lately she has started shouting in her sleep and her health has been going downhill. She refuses help from anyone, except Holmes, and charges Mrs. Merrilow, when she brings her case to him, to mention "Abbas Parvas". The detective knows just what that means.
"The...
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A murder was committed. Sir Eustace Brackenstall was killed. Holmes and Watson are a part of the investigation. The first they interview is Brackenstall’s wife, Lady Mary. Then they speak with the maid Theresa. Both of them were in the house during the murder. But still their versions are a bit different. Holmes gets more and more suspicious and he digs deeper in the case ... until he finds a man Lady Mary travelled together with from Australia...
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After a sumptuous wedding, the bride disappears during the party. The wealthy Lord Simon, the groom, doesn’t know whether his new wife – Hetty Doran of San Francisco – is dead or alive, or if she’s been kidnapped, or has left with another man behind his back. There had been some strange happenings before her disappearance, including at the wedding, when Hetty dropped her bouquet and a man at the front row of the church handed it back to her....
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General Heatherstone, who was a while ago a part of the Indian Army, moved to Cloomber Hall. The general was however acting strange and was paranoid for most of the time. His fears were apparently caused by things that happened in his past during the First Afghan War. The situation worsened when three priests from Kurrachee arrived and demanded a meeting with the general. What will happen with him? Will he have the courage to face his past or he will...
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Mr. Hammond is on his way to America when he hears two passengers discussing a suspicious plan that was going to be executed at 10 o'clock in the evening. The two unknown passengers got aboard in the very last minute. Their baggage was not searched. And their plan consisted of some mysterious box. What do you think happened in the evening? Did Mr. Hammond try to warn the rest of the crew or he escaped with a life boat? Can all be a big misunderstanding...
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Ronald Adair, a quiet young man whose only hobby was playing cards, got killed. Watson attempted to crack the case but with no success. One day he decided to examine the area around the victim’s house and then he ran into a strange old man.
Who is he? Can it be the murderer who came back to the crime scene in disguise? Or the old man is simply a witness? Will Watson find out what happened by applying Holmes’ methods or this will not be enough?...
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Nathan Garrideb comes to Sherlock Holmes, asking for help to find someone with the same surname as him. If he can find such a person, Nathan can touch a $5 million inheritance. He has himself been tracked down by an American Garrideb from Kansas. The latter says they need to be three people of the same name to be able to touch the total amount of $15 million. The case seems most curious to Holmes, who decides to look further into it.
"The Adventure...
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Mary Sutherlands fiancé, Hosmer Angel, has disappeared on their wedding day, leaving Mary alone at the altar with a broken heart and no explanations. She knows very little about him, and the letters he wrote to her were typed. She wants answers but is she ready to get them?
"A Case of Identity" is part of "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are travelling in Cornwall when Mortimer Tregennis comes to them with the strangest of cases. His sister Brenda was found dead next to their two brothers, George and Owen, who had gone mad. They had spent the evening playing whist together. Tregennis is convinced it’s the work of the Devil. The housekeeper fainted upon finding them, and so did the doctor who was summoned. It seems that Sherlock Holmes will have to outsmart...