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M. Josiah Amberley est un ancien marchand de couleurs et il vient chercher l'aide de Sherlock Holmes. Sa femme a disparu avec tout son argent. De vingt ans sa cadette, elle était devenue l'amie intime de son partenaire aux échecs, le Dr Ray Ernest. Que s'est-il donc passé ? Qu'est-il advenu de sa jeune et belle épouse ?

Throughout many years, Dr. John H. Watson accompanied his friend and companion Sherlock Holmes in solving countless mysteries and crimes. Beginning in the 1880s and into the 20th century, Holmes consistently held his status as the world's most brilliant and successful detective. The New Adventures brings to the public for the very first time some of Watson's accounts of Sherlock Holmes cases previously kept under lock and key.

The King of Bohemia engages Holmes to recover an indiscreet photograph, by means of an elaborate stratagem discovers the photograph's hiding place.

Holmes se enfrenta a un enigma peculiar cuando una joven desesperada, Mary Sutherland, busca su ayuda para resolver la misteriosa desaparición de su prometido. A medida que Holmes desenreda la compleja red de engaños y disfraces, revela un oscuro secreto que pone en juego la identidad y la astucia.

John Openshaw tells Holmes that in 1883 his uncle died two months after receiving a letter inscribed "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed, and that in 1885 his father died soon after receiving a similar letter; now Openshaw himself has received such a letter. Holmes tells him to do as the letter asks and leave a diary page, which Holmes deduces is connected to the Ku Klux Klan, on the garden sundial. Openshaw is killed before he can do so, but Holmes discovers the killers have been travelling on a sailing ship, and sends the captain a letter with five orange pips. The ship is lost at sea.

The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a gripping Sherlock Holmes mystery first published in 1926. Told uniquely from Holmes’s own perspective, this case explores themes of loyalty, secrecy, and the lingering effects of war.

A troubled young woman, Miss Mary Sutherland, arrives at 221B Baker Street in distress. Her fiancé, the mysterious Mr. Hosmer Angel, has vanished on their wedding day without a trace. Her stepfather insists there’s no cause for alarm—yet something in the case feels far from ordinary.

Some people have basic needs of foods and materials that only theft can provide an answer for, and some others just pursue the taking of what they want, whenever they want and from whoever they want. These are their stories.

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of Sherlock Holmes’ most thrilling tales of espionage and intrigue. When top-secret submarine blueprints vanish and a government clerk is found dead on the London Underground, Holmes and Watson are drawn into a high-stakes mystery that reaches the very heart of the British Empire.

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of Sherlock Holmes’s most atmospheric and chilling mysteries. When a wealthy Englishman receives a cryptic note inviting him to a secluded country estate, he soon finds himself entangled in a bizarre web of murder, deception, and superstition.

Die junge verzweifelte Mary Sutherland wendet sich an Sherlock Holmes. Am Tag ihrer Heirat verschwand ihr Verlobter Hosmer Angel spurlos, nachdem er ihr kurz zuvor das Versprechen abgenommen hatte, sie würde ihm treu sein, was auch immer geschehe. Mary befürchtet nun, dass Hosmer ein Unglück geschehen sei, doch Holmes erkennt schnell, dass man Mary ins Unglück stürzen will und dafür ihre Naivität und Kurzsichtigkeit schamlos ausnutzt. Doch am Ende kann Holmes nicht mehr tun, als zu hoffen, dass seine Klientin darüber hinweg kommen wird, denn die Wahrheit würde sie ihm niemals glauben.

Dès les premières pages, un message codé parvient au 221B Baker Street : un meurtre se prépare. Mais derrière ce crime apparemment isolé se cache une organisation redoutable, une société secrète au pouvoir inquiétant, dont les ramifications s'étendent jusque dans les terres sauvages et menaçantes de la mystérieuse « vallée de la peur ». Dans cette enquête, Holmes déploie toute sa logique implacable, son art de la déduction et son flair inégalé, accompagné par l'indispensable Dr Watson.

Le docteur James Hardcastle se remet difficilement d'une tuberculose, et doit impérativement partir quelques mois en convalescence.

Forty breathtaking short stories of gripping adventures, secrets and strange conspiracies. 'The Dust That Was Barren' by P. C. Wren. 'The Deserter' by Stacy Aumonier. 'The Lighthouse on Shivering Sand' by J. S. Fletcher. 'The Secret of the Smoked Spectacles' by William Le Queux. 'The 39 Steps' by John Buchan. 'Three Pennyworth of Luck' by Basil Murray. 'The Secret of Dr. Vaux’s Intrigue' by William Le Queux. 'A Thread of Scarlet' by J. J. Bell. 'How I Became a Secret Agent' by Dr. A. K. Graves.

The redoubtable Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson face danger in an old mansion and on the moors in this rollicking stage adaptation of Doyle’s classic adventure. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Geoffrey Arend, Wilson Bethel, Seamus Dever, Sarah Drew, Henri Lubatti, James Marsters, Christopher Neame, Moira Quirk, and Darren Richardson.

Catherine Wynne's introduction reappraises the stories by looking at Conan Doyle's medical background and its influence on the creation of the famous detective.

In The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson chronicles some of the more interesting detective cases that he and his good friend, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, have encountered during their association. We see the cases unfold as he does, scratch our heads as he does while the evidence is collected - then marvel at the impeccable observations, remarkable insight, and doggedness which Holmes displays as he teases apart the tangled clues.

Holmes und Watson fahren zum legendenumwobenen Berg Snowdon. Noch vor Einbruch der Dunkelheit müssen sie den Gipfel erreichen, um den dort vermuteten Hinweis zu finden. Sie wissen jedoch nicht, dass sie bereits erwartet werden.

When Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote "The Final Problem" in 1893, in which Sherlock Holmes seemed to plunge fatally to the bottom of the Reichenbach Falls in the grip of his old adversary, Professor Moriarty, he vowed to have nothing more to do with his celebrated sleuth. But the pressure of public demand, not to mention the financial offers from British and American publishers, persuaded him to relent.

La historia comienza con el Dr. John Watson, que se instala en Londres para recuperarse de una herida que sufrió mientras actuaba como médico militar durante la Segunda Guerra de Afganistán. Por una serie de casualidades del destino, Watson conoce al excéntrico detective Sherlock Holmes. Ambos acabarán viviendo juntos, resolviendo un caso de asesinato y formando una de las parejas más reconocidas de la literatura.