Arthur Conan Doyle

Here are three masterfully crafted cases involving intrigue, from the greatest mystery writer of all time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring that most celebrated sleuth, Sherlock Holmes.

In "The Crooked Man," a long-lost love returns, horribly changed, revealing awful treachery that has been kept secret for decades. In "The Greek Interpreter," Sherlock Holmes' brother, Mycroft, leads Holmes and Watson to a hideous murder and the betrayal

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In London, Dr John Watson convalesces after his disastrous Afghan war experiences. Sharing rooms with an enigmatic, new acquaintance, Sherlock Holmes, their quiet bachelor life at 221B Baker Street is short-lived. A dead man is discovered in a grimy house in south-east London, his face contorted with horror and hatred. On the wall, the word 'rache' - German for 'revenge' - is written in blood, yet there are no wounds on the victim or signs of a struggle....

Includes three Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures: "The Red-headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches."

Relates several of Holmes' adventures where he confronts many an odious character... The eponymous blackmail artist in THE ADVENTURE OF CHARLES AUGUSTUS MILVERTON is requested to call at 221B Baker Street, where we find that Holmes has been hired by Lady Eva Blackwell to retrieve some compromising letters... In THE ADVENTURE OF THE GOLDEN PINCE-NEZ, Inspector Stanley Hopkins visits Holmes and tells him of the murder of Willoughby Smith, where the...

Clive Merrison stars as Holmes with Michael Williams as Watson in these four adventures from the unique, fully dramatised BBC canon of Conan Doyle stories
A Study In Scarlet
The Sign of the Four
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Valley of Fear
A Study in Scarlet introduces the most famous partnership in fiction, as Watson is drawn into Holmes's investigations following the discovery of a body in a blood-stained room in Brixton.

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"Each of these nineteen tales, from Sherlock's first appearance in A Study in Scarlet to the late classic The Dying Detective, is a potent mix of murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge -- a ground-breaking combination of forensic science and bold storytelling. Sherlock Holmes established new rules for what a fictional hero could be, and provided a template for detective stories we still follow today. With introductions by Steven...

A coded warning of danger sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to the country house of the Jack Douglas. When they arrive too late to prevent a tragic death, the great detective and his chronicler must follow a series of clues to find a murderer.