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Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker, consults Holmes about a job, gained only because of his red hair, which took him away from his shop for long periods each day; the job for to simply copy the Encyclopædia Britannica. After eight weeks, he was suddenly informed that the job ended. After some investigation at Wilson's shop, Holmes contacts a police inspector and the manager of a nearby bank. With Watson, they hide in the bank vault and catch two thieves who had dug a tunnel from the shop while Wilson was at the decoy copying job.

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.

Inspector Lestrade asks for Holmes's help after Charles McCarthy is murdered, and his son, James, is implicated. McCarthy, and another local landowner, John Turner, are both Australian expatriates, and Lestrade was originally engaged by Turner's daughter, Alice, who believes James is innocent. Holmes interviews James, and then inspects the scene of the murder, deducing a third man was present. Realising Holmes has solved the case, Turner confesses to the crime, revealing that McCarthy was blackmailing him due to Turner's criminal past.

Against the wishes of her stepfather, Mary Sutherland has become engaged to Hosmer Angel. On the morning of their wedding Hosmer elicits a promise that Mary will remain faithful to him "even if something quite unforeseen" occurs, then mysteriously disappears en route to the church. Holmes deduces that Hosmer was Mary's stepfather in disguise, the charade a bid to keep Mary a spinster and thus maintain access to her inheritance. Holmes does not reveal the truth to Mary because "There is danger for him who taketh the tiger cub, and danger also for whoso snatches a delusion from a woman".

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. The beggar is arrested, but a few days later St. Clair's wife receives a letter from her husband. Holmes concludes, then proves, that the beggar is actually St. Clair in disguise; he confesses that he has been leading a double life as a beggar, making more money that way than in his nominal work.

"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated.

"The Adventure of the Lion's Mane" (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. It is notable for being narrated by Holmes himself, instead of by Dr. Watson (who does not appear in the story).

"The Adventure of the Retired Colourman" (1926), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.

"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the series The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921–April 1927. The original title "The Adventure of the Black Spaniel" was changed before publication.

The fantastic Londonbased "consulting detective", famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take almost any disguise, and his use of forensic science skills to solve difficult cases. This nine hour audiobook contains twelve of his most exciting adventures!

The Ultimate Classics Collection: Volume One is a continent-hopping, century-spanning collection of 15 essential classic novels by British, American, and Russian authors, read by a cast of incredible narrators including Stephen Fry, Jason Isaacs, Adjoa Andoh, David Rintoul, and many more.

The Classic Crime Collection is a collection of 12 classic detective novels, read by an esteemed cast of award-winning narrators. Included here are stories by some of the most iconic crime writers in history, including Arthur Conan Doyle; Wilkie Collins; Josephine Tey; AA Milne; and more.

When the Baskervilles are haunted by a giant, ghostly hound that glows eerily and howls outside their estate at night, no one can crack the case but Sherlock Holmes! Holmes and Watson track the fearsome hound through the Grimpen Mire and solve the mystery, along the way learning lessons about greed, truth, and illusion.

Die galaktischen Fälle des Sherlock Holmes (Band 6): Der großartige Sherlock Holmes braucht nicht auf die Wiederauferstehung des Fleisches zu warten! Über 200 Jahre nach seinem Ableben benötigt die Crew des Raumschiffes Ultimo-1 dringend einen cleveren Detektiv und reist in die Vergangenheit, um ihn abzuholen. Leicht irritiert vom technischen Fortschritt und teils lockeren Sitten, kann Holmes dennoch seine Logik zielgerichtet einsetzen und knifflige Fälle lösen, denn das Böse lauert immer und überall.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden per Telegramm nach Monte Carlo beordert. Frederic Woodville bittet Holmes eindringlich um dessen Hilfe, da ihm jemand nach dem Leben trachtet. Noch während der Anreise erreicht Holmes ein weiteres Telegramm von Woodville´s Geliebter, dass ihn über den Tod Frederic Woodville´s in Kenntnis setzt. Doch wie wurde der heimtückische Mord begangen? Waren doch alle Türen des Hotelzimmers fest von innen verschlossen, als das Opfer von hinten erstochen wurde.

Eine Depesche erreicht Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson. Henry Norton, der Verbrecherkönig, soll noch heute Nacht bei Ralph Sidney in Poplar einbrechen und ihn morden. Schleunigst machen sich die zwei Männer auf nach Poplar. Doch sie kommen zu spät. Von dem Verbrecherkönig keine Spur. Einzig, eine kopflose Leiche liegt in Ralph Sidneys Wohnung.

Inspektor Lestrade bittet Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson um Hilfe bei einem verstörenden Fall. Zwei Veteranen des Zweiten Afghanistankrieges wurden in ihren Londoner Wohnungen ermordet. Der mutmaßliche Täter scheint ein paschtunischer Stammeskrieger zu sein, der seine Opfer enthauptet.

The diary is that most intimate of journals, of records. Within its pages the writer records and gives expression to their thoughts, their feelings, their emotional state on all the things that make up and surround them in this world. With authors of the calibre of Bulgakov, Woolf, Tolstoy, Twain and many others this volume explores characters whose lives seem dominated by these diaries, and the events that unfold are both compelling and literary journeys into the very personal and intimate side of their characters’ lives.

Als der Notar Obrien bei Sherlock Holmes vorspricht, berichtet er ihm vom Diebstahl eines Testamentes aus seiner Kanzlei. Der Ersteller dieses Testaments war ein berühmt berüchtigter Sklavenhändler, der erst vor wenigen Tagen, unter mysteriösen Umständen den Tod fand. Als am darauffolgenden Tage die Leiche des Notar Obrien geborgen wird, nimmt Holmes, zusammen mit seinem treuen Partner Dr. Watson, die Ermittlungen auf. Diese führen ihn bis nach Paris; in die tiefsten Katakomben.

Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson und Pater Brown treffen sich erneut in der Waltham Abbey, um über die weitere Vorgehensweise im Fall der verschwundenen Mönche zu beratschlagen. Sherlock Holmes glaubt, dass Bruder Gabriel in die mysteriösen Fälle verwickelt ist und unter dem Einfluss einer geheimen Organisation steht, der er in die Hände gefallen ist. Außerdem ziehen Sherlock Holmes und Pater Brown Parallelen zu einer internationalen Serie von Kriminalfällen aus den 1840er Jahren, bei der der international bekannte Auguste Dupin als leitender Detektiv fungierte.