Private Detective Mystery

Like all great mysteries this begins with a corpse, five in fact, five and a bit if you count the severed head. This particular case has remained undisclosed for almost three decades. Sworn to secrecy, never to divulge the truth while the living were still at risk of reprisals. I've refrained from publishing or even speaking of those Regent's Park murders. It's only safe to do so now due to the fact that those involved are either dead or never to be found again. It remains one of the most astonishing moments in Holmes' career and exposes a shocking revelation about his character.

Sherlock Holmes hatte seiner Klientin Mrs. Westerwell versprochen, das Geheimnis, rund um die Geburt ihres toten Babys vor elf Jahren, aufzudecken. Zusammen mit Dr. Watson und Alice fand er bald heraus, dass das Baby lebt und heute ein fröhliches Mädchen ist. Als jedoch plötzlich Mrs. Westerwell entführt wurde und das Mädchen auch als vermisst galt, hieß es nun für Holmes, dem Täter schnell auf die Spur zu kommen und rasch zu handeln...

Five gripping short stories of Arsène Lupin, one of the most famous and intriguing figures of French detective literature. He was created by Maurice Leblanc, a brilliant journalist, writer and storyteller, and is the hero of a total of 24 books, novels and short stories alike. The fictional gentleman-thief is a master of disguise, a criminal genius and a moral figure well-set in righting a few wrongs himself when Justice can't be bothered.

Neville St. Clair, a respectable businessman, has disappeared and his wife claims she saw him at the upper window of an opium den. Rushing upstairs to the room she found only a beggar who denied any knowledge of St. Clair – whose clothes are later found in the room, and his coat, laden with coins, in the River Thames outside the window.

Two teenagers, a brother and a sister from a strict religious family disappear. The parents are alarmed but Scotland Yard says they are just off sowing their wild oats. A horrific, gruesome package arrives in the post and it becomes clear that a terrible crime is in process. Sherlock Holmes is called in to help. Passions and hatred going back many years are revealed. Holmes, Watson, and Lestrade must act quickly before young lives are lost.

Este libro de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle narrado en castellano y producido por Booka Audiobooks te estremecerá. No solo por la historia, también por como te la contamos. Con una de las mejores voces del doblaje en castellano y para sumergirte aún más en la historia, también con música original. Conan Doyle no solo creó a Sherlock Holmes y al Doctor Watson, también imaginó a Abercrombie Smith.

This gripping tale, "the Seven of Hearts", begins with a mysterious message: "From the moment you open this letter, whatever happens, whatever you may hear, do not move, do not utter one cry. Otherwise you are doomed." This is the beginning of a very strange tale, in which Arsene Lupin will have to prove himself very clever indeed.

Ogni tanto anche Sherlock Holmes e il dottor Watson vanno in vacanza, anche se il soggiorno fuori Londra è legato a motivi di studio. Si tratta, infatti, di un periodo dedicato a ricerche storiche e a un po' di riposo, in una località che ospita una famosa Università inglese. È un college antichissimo, uno dei più importanti del Regno Unito, un luogo mai sfiorato da scandali e vicende poco chiare. E invece accade qualcosa che rischia di infangare e mettere a repentaglio il buon nome dell'Università e dei suoi docenti.

Come racconta Watson all'inizio del racconto di questa indagine svolta da Sherlock Holmes, "nessuo tra i tanti fatti di cui egli dovette occuparsi, nessuno forse presenta caratteristiche più singolari di questo..."

La famiglia Tregennis infatti viene colpita da una maledizione inspiegabile che uccide una povera donna e fa letteralmente impazzire per l'orrore i suoi due fratelli. Cosa può aver causato un tragedia del genere? Per risolvere il caso Sherlok Holmes e il fido Watson rischieranno addirittura la vita affrontando l'orrore nascosto del misterioso "piede del Diavolo".

Die fünf Orangenkerne (The Five Orange Pips) erschien erstmals im November 1891 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 11 anderen Fällen in Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: September 1887: Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden von dem jungen John Openshaw um Hilfe gebeten, der einen Brief erhielt, in dem sich fünf getrocknete Orangenkerne befanden.

In Dr. Watsons Praxis erscheint sehr früh am Morgen der knapp 25jährige Hydraulik-Ingenieur Victor Hatherley, der in der Nacht einen Daumen verloren hat. Da er von einem Mordanschlag spricht, schaltet Watson umgehend Holmes ein. Ihm berichtet Hatherley, dass ihn gestern in seinem miserabel laufenden Laden ein ungewöhnlich dünner Mann mit deutschem Akzent aufgesucht hat, der sich als Oberst Lysander Stark ausgab.

Sherlock Holmes freut sich auf sein Klassentreffen und erscheint natürlich in Begleitung seines Freundes Dr. Watson und deren Beider Vermieterin Alice. Der Abend verläuft vielversprechend, bis Holmes einige Unstimmigkeiten bewusst werden. Schließlich geraten auch noch die beiden Erzrivalen Greg Simmons und Bill Darron böse aneinander. Drohungen werden ausgestoßen. Es kommt zum Gerangel. Als einige Zeit später Alice jedoch einen der beiden Streithähne am Galgen baumelnd in der Damentoilette entdeckt, liegt der Verdacht auf den Täter nahe.

Nach dem Selbstmord von Hershel Jackson befinden sich Holmes und Watson recht unfreiwillig an Bord der `Lady Jane´ und begeben sich somit auf die Seereise nach Südafrika. Während Holmes die Überfahrt zu gefallen scheint, leidet Holmes an der Seekrankheit und an der damit verbunden Übelkeit. Doch Holmes neue Bekanntschaft Hr. Vogt weiß Abhilfe. Zudem scheint er als Archäologe eine ganz besondere Leidenschaft für die großen Wikinger zu hegen.

Original: The Red-Headed League oder The Adventure of the Red-headed League ist eine Sherlock-Holmes-Kurzgeschichte von Sir Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im August 1891 im Strand Magazine erschien und von Sidney Paget illustriert wurde. Die Geschichte wurde im Oktober 1892 in den Sammelband The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (dt. Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes) aufgenommen. Deutsche Übersetzungen wurden unter verschiedenen Titeln wie beispielsweise Der Bund der Rothaarigen oder Die Liga der Rotschöpfe veröffentlicht.

История голубого алмаза — увлекательный рассказ английского писателя Артура Конан Дойла из серии "Приключения Шерлока Холмса". Впервые опубликовано Strand Magazine в январе 1892 года. Голубой алмаз из шкатулки графини волею судьбы попадает в обитель Шерлока Холмса вместе с рождественским гусем.

An engineer, Victor Hatherley, attends Dr Watson's surgery after his thumb is chopped off, and recounts his tale to Watson and Holmes. Hatherley had been hired for 50 guineas to repair a machine he was told compressed Fuller's earth into bricks. Hatherley was told to keep the job confidential, and was transported to the job in a carriage with frosted glass, to keep the location secret. He was shown the press, but on closer inspection discovered a "crust of metallic deposit" on the press, and he suspected it was not being used for compressing earth.

His Last Bow: The War Service of Sherlock Holmes, later titled His Last Bow: An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes, is one of 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in September 1917 in Strand Magazine, and, amongst six other stories, was collected in an anthology titled His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes. The narration is in the third person, instead of the first person narration usually provided by the character of Dr. Watson, and it is a spy story, rather than a detective mystery.

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. Lady Frances is a lone, unwed woman denied a rich inheritance on account of her sex. She does, however, carry valuable jewels with her.

The Gloria Scott, 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. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of the two Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The other is "The Boscombe Valley Mystery".