Classic Detective

Estudio en escarlata (A Study in Scarlet) es una novela de misterio escrita por Arthur Conan Doyle y publicada en la revista Beeton's Christmas Annual de noviembre de 1887, con ilustraciones de David Henry Friston.​ Se trata de la primera aparición de Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson. Al año siguiente fue publicada como la primera novela de la serie de Sherlock Holmes, y su autor cobraría veinticinco libras esterlinas por todos los derechos del texto. Esta edición fue ilustrada por Charles Altamont Doyle, el padre de Arthur Conan Doyle.

A collection of 6 short stories from the golden age of detective fiction, introducing H. C. Bailey's amateur sleuth Mr. Reginald Fortune, surgeon and general practitioner: a man interested in everything, but not in anything in particular, whose vast store of eclectic knowledge makes him just the man to help Scotland Yard unravel the most complex of murders, no matter how privileged or powerful the perpetrator may be...

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels by Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialized in The Strand magazine from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set largely on Dartmoor in Devon in England’s West Country and tells the story of an attempted murder inspired by the legend of a fearsome, diabolical hound of supernatural origin. Holmes and Watson investigate the case. This was the first story that seemingly endeavored into the world of the supernatural, challenging Holmes’s idea of rational existence.

Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel is the most famous vampire tale ever told. British solicitor Jonathan Harker finds himself imprisoned in a castle in Transylvania and begins to believe his host, Count Dracula, is not entirely human. As his horror mounts, he suspects that Dracula plans to invade and conquer England, one victim at a time.

Penny’s father is a newspaper owner being sued for libel in his home base of New York. He sends her on a western ski vacation in order to avoid the legalities, but she manages to gain entrance to a room with a mysterious Green Door, an entrance to an illegal fur importation racket from Canada. The culprits turn out to be those pursuing the libel situation back east. She is threatened with possible death, but not only solves the fur racket but winds up scooping a rival reporter.

Zehn Männer und Frauen aus ganz unterschiedlichen Kreisen bekommen eine Einladung, die sie auf eine abgeschiedene Insel lockt. Der Gastgeber bleibt unsichtbar. Erst als die Gesellschaft beim Dinner zusammensitzt, ertönt seine Stimme aus einem alten Grammophon und verheißt Unheil. Ein Gast nach dem anderen kommt zu Tode, während die Verbleibenden verzweifelt versuchen, den Mörder zu enttarnen.

As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exquisite gift every year: a large, lustrous pearl. Now she has had an intriguing invitation to meet her unknown benefactor and urges Holmes and Watson to accompany her.

Rick Brant and his friend Scotty travel to Egypt with a Spindrift expert to help with some radio astronomy scientists that are attempting to decipher and interpret some very odd signals that the telescopes are receiving. Before Rick and Scotty leave the United States for Egypt, an Egyptian man asks them to take a plastic figurine of a cat with them and deliver it to a man in Egypt. Thinking that it is nothing more than the simple delivery of a token, Rick and Scotty agree to deliver the item. However, it quickly becomes evident there is far more to the situation than they believed.

Following a mysterious explosion, the offices of Excelsior Joinery Company are no more; the three directors are killed and the peace of a quiet town in Surrey lies in ruins. When the supposed cause of an ignited gas leak is dismissed and the presence of dynamite revealed, Superintendent Littlejohn of Scotland Yard is summoned to the scene. But beneath the sleepy veneer of Evingden lies a hotbed of deep-seated grievances. Confounding Littlejohn's investigation is an impressive cast of suspicious persons, each concealing their own ax to grind.

The Complete Book - His Last Bow is a collection of short stories about Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The collection includes: 'The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge', 'The Adventure of the Red Circle', 'The Adventure of the Cardboard Box', 'The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans', 'The Adventure of the Dying Detective', 'The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfas', 'The Adventure of the Devil's Foot' and 'His Last Bow'.

A Study in Scarlet is the first Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle. The novel establishes the role of Watson as narrator and shows how he came to live and work alongside Holmes. It isn't long before the first mystery is at hand and Holmes sets to work.

The continued adventures of Sherlock Holmes, covering such classics as: "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor", "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet", and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches". This is an HCR104fm audiobook.

Master sleuth Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson pursue a murderer and search for missing treasure in the Far East. This book also examines Holmes' addiction to opiates and introduces us to the love of Dr. Watson's life.

In what is arguably both the best Sherlock Holmes story in the canon and one of the classic all-time mystery novels, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle parlays his interest in the occult with keen scientific detection in a story that prominently showcases Dr. Watson. A lonely English moor, full of ancient woe and inhabited by a hound from hell, and a host of suspects all give Sherlock Holmes and Watson a baffling case to solve.

Es ist unmöglich von Edgar Wallace nicht gefesselt zu sein. Fälscher und Mörder Clay Shelton endet am Galgen und die "Bande des Schreckens" löscht alle aus, die daran Schuld tragen. Nur "Wetter" Long vermag sich gegen sie zur Wehr zu setzen - wetten dass?

Sherlock Holmes is one of the most talented investigators in the world, and has solved case after case with his intelligence and intuition. When he is sent a mysterious coded message from a spy working for his enemy Professor Moriarty, Sherlock takes it upon himself to crack the code and begin investigating a crime that has yet to happen against a man named John Douglas.

Eleven stories including “The Speckled Band”, “The Man with the Twisted Lip” and “The Blue Carbuncle.”

A thrilling tale of murder and intrigue in Victorian London, featuring Detective Harry Pilgrim. Perfect for fans of S. J. PARIS and C. J. SANSOM. Previously published as A KILLING KINDNESS. London 1850. A city of contrasts. Of scientific marvels, poverty, disease and death. When Detective...

As a young medical student in Edinburgh, Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, studied under the pioneering, forensic scientist Dr. Joseph Bell. Taking this fact as a starting point, David Pirie weaves a compelling thriller which partners Bell and Doyle as they investigate crime in the...

Josh Redmont was 27 when the first check arrived, and he had absolutely no idea what it was for. Issued by 'United States Agent' through an unnamed bank with an indeterminate address in D.C., someone seemed to think Josh was owed $1,000. One month later, another check arrived, and then another...