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Das Rätsel der Thor-Brücke ist ein Fall von Sherlock Holmes von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, der in der Sammlung Sherlock Holmes’ Buch der Fälle erscheint. Die Geschichte wurde ursprünglich im Strand Magazine und Hearst’s International Magazine im Jahr 1922 veröffentlicht. - Neil Gibson, der Goldkönig und ehemaliger Senator in einem der Weststaaten der USA, beauftragt Holmes den Mörder seiner Frau Maria zu finden. Das will er aber nur, um die Gouvernante seiner Kinder, Grace Dunbar, zu entlasten. Holmes zwingt Gibson, sein Interesse an Dunbar und sein Missfallen an seiner Frau offen darzulegen.

Der Farbenhändler im Ruhestand ist eine der 56 Sherlock-Holmes-Erzählungen des britischen Schriftstellers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle und außerdem ist sie eine der 12 Geschichten aus dem gesammelten Zyklus Sherlock Holmes’ Buch der Fälle. - Sherlock Holmes ist von einem pensionierten Farbenhändler, Josiah Amberley aus Lewisham, engagiert worden, um im Fall des Verschwindens seiner Frau zu ermitteln. Sie hat ihn mit einem Nachbarn, Dr. Ernest Ray, und einer beträchtlichen Menge an Geld und Wertpapieren verlassen. Amberley fordert, dass Holmes die beiden aufspürt.

Trevor Bennett hat beobachtet, wie sich sein Chef Presbury, Professor für vergleichende Anatomie, in bestimmten Nächten seltsam verhält. Der Wissenschaftler bewegt sich in nach vorne gebeugter Haltung und klettert an Wänden hoch. Außerdem wird er von seinem Hund angegriffen, wie Holmes und Watson selbst sehen. Die Erklärung liefert ein nur an Languren getestetes Medikament, das der Professor als Jungbrunnen nutzen wollte, um auf eine junge Frau interessanter zu wirken.

James M. Dodd bittet Holmes um Hilfe, weil er seit einiger Zeit nichts mehr von seinem Kameraden Godfrey Emsworth von der Yeomanry gehört hat, mit dem er gemeinsam im Burenkrieg kämpfte. Als Dodd die Familie Emsworth besuchte, sah er seinen Freund nachts mit sehr blassem Gesicht. Holmes findet heraus, dass Godfrey an Lepra erkrankt und deshalb in einem Gartenhaus isoliert ist. Der Soldat erzählt schließlich, dass er sich in einem Krankenhaus in Südafrika infiziert habe.

Holmes ist auf der Suche nach einem gestohlenen Kronjuwel. Er lockt Graf Sylvius, der den Mazarin-Stein gestohlen hat, zusammen mit dessen gewalttätigem Partner Merton in die Baker Street 221b. Mit Hilfe einer Wachsfigur, wie er sie bereits in dem Abenteuer Das leere Haus verwendet hat, überwältigt er die Kriminellen und kann den wertvollen Stein seinem rechtmäßigen Besitzer zurückgeben.

Der US-Amerikaner John Garrideb berichtet von einem seltsamen Erbe, das er bekommen könne, wenn er zwei weitere Männer mit seinem seltenen Nachnamen findet. Nathan Garrideb, einen alten Wissenschaftler, hat er bereits gefunden. Einige Tage später präsentiert er eine Anzeige mit dem Namen eines dritten Garrideb und schickt Nathan zu ihm. Doch Holmes hat John anhand sprachlicher Abweichungen zwischen britischem und amerikanischem Englisch als Killer Evans entlarvt und überwältigt den Verbrecher, als dieser eine Münzprägemaschine aus Nathans Haus zu stehlen versucht.

Die junge Adlige Violet de Merville hat sich in Baron Gruner verliebt und ignoriert dessen kriminelle Vergangenheit. Holmes versucht Violet mit Unterstützung von Gruners ehemaliger Geliebter Kitty Winter zu überzeugen, dass die Beziehung eine Gefahr birgt. Als Holmes durch einen Anschlag verletzt wird, schickt er Watson unter dem Vorwand eines Gesprächs über chinesisches Porzellan zu Gruner und gelangt so an ein Buch, das Gruner inkriminiert.

This novel is written by the author of, among other novels, the Stories of Sherlock Holmes. It is narrated by John Fothergill West, who tries to discover why the tenant of Cloomber Hall, General Heatherstone, is nervous to the point of being paranoid. Why are his fears becoming stronger every year at the fifth of October? And why doesn't he let his children leave home? This is a great mystery novel with a sharp twist at the end. (Summary by Wikipedia and Stav Nisser)

The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of four crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised 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. (Summary by Wikipedia)

The people of the small town of Tamfield are not used to exciting things happening. When millionaire Raffles Haw moves to town, rumors spread like wildfire about him. The advent of Mr. Haw, however, changes the town, and particularly the lives of the McIntyre family, in ways no one could ever have guessed. (summary by Patrick Wells)

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his sidekick Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and ...

By 1348 the House of Loring has fallen on hard times. Together, the Black Death and the greedy monks of Waverley have bled away all of the Loring wealth. Even the manor house will have to go to pay their debts.Then a chance encounter with the King of England provides Nigel, the last of the Lorings, with the chance to seek his fortune in the constant wars with France. But more importantly for Nigel it also means that he may be able to do the "three small deeds" that will show he is worthy to ask for the hand of the Lady Mary in marriage.Filled with chivalry, humour, and high romance, Sir Nigel ...

Sherlock Holmes, a fictional character of the late 19th and early 20th century created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is a brilliant London-based "consulting detective" famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his enormous scope of observation, his astute logical reasoning and forensic science skills in solving difficult crimes. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, including The Final Problem in which Holmes confronts his arch-nemesis Professor Moriarty, originally published in 1894, which are preceded by The ...

A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new character of Sherlock Holmes, who later became one of the most famous literary detective characters. He wrote the story in 1886, and it was published the next year. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes to his sidekick Doctor Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There’s the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and ...

Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are preceded by either a murder or a suicide. A secretive organization lies culprit and an infiltration of it is in order. (Summary by Katie Riley)

Het verhaal speelt zich af in 1887 of 1888, en draait deels om de Oost-Indische Compagnie en de Muiterij van Sepoy.Sherlock Holmes en Dr. Watson worden benaderd door Miss Mary Morstan, die hun vraagt mee te helpen met de zoektocht naar haar vader. Hij was officier in India, maar is 10 jaar geleden verdwenen toen hij terug zou komen naar Engeland. Een anonieme brief brengt de drie op het spoor van Thaddeus Sholto. Van hem vernemen ze dat zijn vader goed bevriend was met Morstans vader en met hem in dezelfde legereenheid diende in India. Hij vertelt echter ook dat beide mannen dood zijn en dat ...

In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only in the minds of other people? There is no Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. (Summary by Delmar H. Dolbier)

A Study in Scarlet, a short novel published in 1887, was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first Sherlock Holmes story. At the beginning of the book, Dr. Watson meets the detective for the first time and we ride along with them to the scene of a murder. The crime baffles the Scotland Yard detectives, but of course Holmes solves it easily. In the second half of the story, the scene shifts to Utah as we learn the murderer's history. The action returns to London in the last two chapters. In his first adventure, Holmes demonstrates many of the traits for which he later became well known: meticulous study ...

Set during the Hundred Years' War with France, The White Company tells the story of a young Saxon man who is learning what it is to be a knight. Raised by Cistercian Monks and rejected by a violent elder brother, Alleyn Edricson takes service with one of the foremost knights in the country. When Alleyn falls in love with the knight's daughter, he must prove himself to be a courageous and honourable knight before he can win her hand. Alleyn and his friends set forth with the other men-at-arms to join Prince Edward in Bordeaux, from where they will take part in the Prince's campaign into Spain. ...

Abercrombie Smith, Edward Bellingham and William Monkhouse Lee are three students at Oxford University, sharing adjacent lodgings. When people against whom Bellingham holds a grudge are attacked, Smith starts to investigate. Is Bellingham innocent? But what are the strange noises coming from his room when he is not home? This short gothic horror story first published in 1892 is a bit outside the usual haunts of Conan Doyle and has been compared to the writings of Edgar Allan Poe and H. Rider Haggard. - Summary by Availle