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"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...
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"The Adventure of the Dying Detective", in some editions simply titled "The Dying Detective" (first published 1913), is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Together with seven other stories, it is collected as His Last Bow (published 1917).
Dr. Watson is called to tend Holmes, who is apparently dying of a rare tropical disease, Tapanuli fever, contracted while he was on a case. Watson is shocked, not having...
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"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...
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"The Yellow Face", one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the third tale from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in 1893 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget.
Sherlock Holmes, suffering from boredom due to a want of cases, returns home from a walk with Dr. Watson early in spring to find he has missed a visitor but that the caller has left his pipe behind. From...
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"The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge" is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes".
Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English...
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Audiolibro narrado en castellano. La banda de lunares es uno de los relatos cortos de la Serie Las aventuras de Sherlock Holmes, publicado en la revista The Strand Magazine en 1891 del prolífico Arthur Conan Doyle cuya obra incluye relatos de ciencia ficción, novela histórica, teatro y poesía. Doyle reveló que creía que ésta era la mejor historia del inspector y esto le llevó a escribir y producir una obra de teatro basada en esta historia,...
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'There are no other beryls like these in the world, and they would be impossible to replace. I leave it with you, Mr Holder, trusting that it shall stay safe and sound.'
Mr Holder's life is turned on its head when a piece of the priceless crown he's been asked to guard goes missing. The police have no clues and...
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
A valuable jewel known as the Blue Carbuncle was stolen from the jewel case of the Countess of Morcar yesterday. A reward of £1,000 has been offered by the countess for information leading to the stone's return ...
While the police work to trace a missing diamond, Holmes attempts to reunite a Christmas dinner and...
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'Am at Goldini's Restaurant, Gloucester Road, Kensington. Please come at once. Bring a jemmy, a lantern, a chisel, and a gun.'
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The secret plans for a submarine super-weapon have been stolen and it's up to Sherlock Holmes to find them. But with the government, the military and even his own brother turning...
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Este cuento trata sobre la infidelidad de una mujer a su marido. Lady Sannox era una mujer hermosa a la que le gustaba ser admirada. Douglas era un cirujano al que le gustaba lady Sannox por lo que le mando una carta para quedar. La carta se extravió y llego a Lord Sannox.
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Tell me, Watson, do you get a creeping feeling when you watch the snakes in the zoo? That's how I feel when I see Milverton. I've met more than fifty murderers in my life, but he is worse than all of them.
In an attempt to save a woman's marriage, Holmes is forced to come face to face with one of his worst enemies:...
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
Mr Holmes - Please be at the Black Swan Hotel in Winchester at midday tomorrow. Do come! I am at my wits' end.
After a frightened Violet Hunter turns to Holmes and Watson for advice, the crime-fighting duo find themselves pulled into a dangerous mystery. For there's far more than secrets hiding in the halls of The...
13) The Creeping Man
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'If convenient, come to Baker Street at once.
If inconvenient, come anyway.'
Holmes.
When Watson rushes to Baker Street only to find it is for a case about a professor's misbehaving dog, he is not pleased. What he doesn't know is that Holmes is really investigating the professor's seriously strange behaviour -...
14) The Crooked Man
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"The Crooked Man", one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Crooked Man" 15th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.
Holmes calls on Watson late one evening to tell him about a case that he has been working on, and also to invite him to be a witness to the final stage of the investigation....
15) The Dancing Men
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'These drawings have a meaning, I am sure. They are hieroglyphics of some kind. If we could crack the code, we could solve the mystery.'
When it comes to mysterious pasts, Elsie Cubitt certainly has one. So when she starts receiving secret coded messages around the house, her husband begins to worry and turns...
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DAS TAL DER ANGST beginnt mit einem rätselhaften Mord im Herzen Londons, der Holmes' unvergleichliche Fähigkeiten herausfordert. Die Auflösung des Falls führt ihn zusammen mit seinem treuen Begleiter Dr. Watson jedoch in die abgelegenen Berglandschaften eines gefährlichen Tals in Amerika.
Holmes und Watson sehen sich mit einem mysteriösen Verbrechen konfrontiert, das nicht nur Verbindungen zu einer mysteriösen Geheimorganisation aufweist,...
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DAS ZEICHEN DER VIER entführt seine Hörer:innen erneut in das viktorianische London, wo Holmes und Watson in einen neuen Fall verwickelt werden. Die Geschichte beginnt mit der geheimnisvollen Mary Morstan, die sich an die beiden wendet, um das rätselhafte Verschwinden ihres Vaters zu klären. Die Ermittlungen führen das ungleiche Duo durch düstere Straßen, an exotische Schauplätze und auf die Spur eines geheimnisvollen Schatzes.
Während sich...
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DER HUND DER BASKERVILLES führt den legendären Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und seinen treuen Begleiter Dr. John Watson in die nebligen Moorlandschaften von Dartmoor. Sir Charles Baskerville ist unter mysteriösen Umständen gestorben und der übernatürliche Fluch, der auf seiner Familie lastet, scheint wieder zum Leben erwacht zu sein.
Holmes und Watson werden beauftragt, den Tod von Sir Charles zu untersuchen und das Rätsel um den geheimnisvollen...
19) The Devil's Foot
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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages!
'You should write about the case of the Devil's Foot. I am sure your readers would love to hear about the day we almost died.'
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All Watson wants is a nice quiet holiday with Holmes, but that's not what he's getting. When Brenda Tregennis is found dead at her dinner table, with no clues as to how or why,...
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"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....
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