Résultats pour "Sherlock Holmes" dans Fiction historique

A series of grisly murders rocks London. At each location, only a jumble of bones remains of the deceased, along with a bizarre sphere covered in strange symbols. The son of the latest victim seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes and his former partner, Dr. John Watson. They discover the common thread tying together the murders. Bizarre geometries, based on ancient schematics, enable otherworldly creatures to enter our dimension, seeking to wreak havoc and destruction. 

Sherlock’s elder - and still more brilliant - brother, Mycroft (read by Rory Kinnear), is too busy to grieve this apparent loss. Working as an agent for the British government, Mycroft is tasked with the politics of maintaining an empire on the verge of collapse. But on the streets of London, a killer is on the loose. A sequence of bloody bodies litter the East End, murders which echo those of Jack the Ripper four years before. Against his better judgement, Mycroft is forced to step out from the shadow of his brother, and join the hunt for the truth.

Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally appearing in serial form, these famous stories are here presented in the order in which they were first published beginning in 1887. Included in this definitive, award-winning collection are four novels and 56 short stories, a total of 60 titles. The 56 short stories are aggregated into five named collections, just as they were originally published in book form.

THE NECRONOMICON OF SHERLOCK HOLMES finds the Great Detective pitting his legendary skills against sinister cults, shambling shadows and malevolent madmen in these twenty-two tantalizing tales spanning two terrifying tomes. Mystery and madness await!THE ADVENTURE FROM BEYOND Stephen HerczegTHE...

Holmes and Watson discover that the missing woman—Hannah Woolfson—was herself on the trail of a missing person, her close friend Sophia. Sophia was recruited to a group known as the Elysians, a quasi-religious sect obsessed with Ancient Greek myths and rituals, run by the charismatic Sir Philip Buchanan. Hannah has joined the Elysians under an assumed name, convinced that her friend has been murdered. Holmes agrees that she should continue as his agent within the secretive yet seemingly harmless cult, yet Watson is convinced Hannah is in terrible danger. 

It’s the autumn of 1890, and a spate of bombings has hit London. The newspapers are full of fevered speculation about anarchists, antimonarchists and Fenians. But one man suspects an even more sinister hand behind the violence. Sherlock Holmes believes Professor Moriarty is orchestrating a nationwide campaign of terror, but to what end? At the same time, a bizarrely garbed figure has been spotted on the rooftops and in the grimy back alleys of the capital.  

Alors que la guerre couve en Europe, une arme bactériologique est dérobée dans un laboratoire clandestin de Londres. Un fléau terrible menace maintenant les populations. Le gouvernement de sa Majesté prie Sherlock Holmes de sortir de sa retraite pour enrayer cette machination. L'intrigue s'oriente vers différents lieux de Londres avant de mener les protagonistes de cette terrible affaire à l'Hôtel du Palais de Biarritz, lieu prestigieux où la haute société internationale côtoie les plus vils espions.

Benedict Cumberbatch reads these four new Sherlock Holmes stories by John Taylor: 'An Inscrutable Masquerade', 'The Conundrum of Coach 13', 'The Trinity Vicarage Larceny' and 'The 10.59 Assassin'. Inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle's original Sherlock Holmes stories, John Taylor has written four more mysteries featuring the world's greatest detective. Read by acclaimed actor Benedict Cumberbatch, these new adventures share all the suspense of the original tales.

Lieben Sie Cornwall mit seinen Meeresfelsen, verträumten Fischerhäfen und Dörfern? Möchten Sie einen englischen Lord kennenlernen? Und lesen Sie gern einen authentischen, gut recherchierten historischen Kriminalroman? Begleiten Sie mit der Autorin den großen Detektiv aus der Londoner Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes, und seinen Freund Dr. Watson, als sie nach Cornwall fahren.

“The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry…" All 4 of the full-length novels in the Sherlock Holmes canon. A Study in Scarlet The Sign of the Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear Fog-choked London streets, a violin in the sitting room, and the...

Kurz vor der Eröffnung seiner Weihnachtsausstellung erhält Sir Edmund Vane, Direktor des South Kensington Museums, einen anonymen Drohbrief: Blut werde die zwölfte Nacht zeichnen. Im Verborgenen sollen Holmes und Watson klären, wer hinter der Drohung steckt, bevor die Krone des Kaspar, der Stolz der Schau und eine Leihgabe aus dem Kölner Dom, am Dreikönigstag heimkehrt.

Printemps 1901. Sherlock Holmes s'ennuie. Aucune affaire ne semble capable de retenir son intérêt. C'est alors que l'inspecteur Lestrade, de Scotland Yard, réclame son aide. Un homme venu des Landes a été assassiné sur le sol anglais. Simple d'apparence, le crime pourrait se révéler plus complexe que prévu.

Antes de convertirse en un icono global, Sherlock Holmes fue el protagonista de estos 12 relatos que cambiaron la literatura policial para siempre. Arthur Conan Doyle no solo escribió misterios; creó la ciencia de la deducción. En esta edición íntegra, viaja al Londres victoriano a través de la niebla y los adoquines del 221B de Baker Street. Escucha cómo la lógica fría de Holmes choca con la calidez humana del Dr. Watson mientras resuelven lo que Scotland Yard no puede.

The iconic duo find themselves swiftly drawn into a series of puzzling and sinister events: an otherworldly stone whose touch inflicts fatal bleeding; a hellish potion to unlock a person’s devilish psyche; a fiendishly clever, almost undetectable method of revenge and many more—including a brand-new Cthulhu Casebooks story.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A collection of 12 classic Sherlock Holmes short stories, featuring iconic cases including Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band-adjacent adventures, the Musgrave Ritual, and the legendary Final Problem at Reichenbach Falls. Follow the brilliant detective...

High-ranking members of England’s socialist movement suspect that Karl Marx’s daughter “Tussy” may be in danger, but can give Holmes no reason as to what kind of danger, or why. Weeks later, Tussy is found dead, an apparent suicide. But why would she bother to change her clothes after drinking cyanide? Why would she leave on her muddy shoes? What happened to the glass and the envelope by her side? Past sins, scandalous relations and smouldering vengeance will all be revealed as Sherlock Holmes unravels the mystery of the Revolutionary’s Daughter!

1913. The clouds of war are gathering. The world’s great empires vie for supremacy. Europe is in turmoil, a powder keg awaiting a spark. A body is discovered on the shore below Beachy Head, just a mile from Sherlock Holmes’s retirement cottage. The local police are satisfied that it’s a suicide. The victim, a young man, recently suffered a disappointment in love, and Beachy Head is notorious as a place where the desperate and depressed leap to their deaths. Holmes, however, suspects murder. As he and Watson investigate, they uncover a conspiracy with shocking ramifications.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. A collection of eight classic Sherlock Holmes stories, culminating in the iconic espionage tale "His Last Bow". Set on the eve of World War I, the retired detective comes out of seclusion to unmask a German spy operating on the English coast. Filled...

“The greatest schemer of all time, the organizer of every deviltry…” The final full-length novel in the Sherlock Holmes canon, The Valley of Fear is a fascinating, two-part mystery that bridges classic Victorian detection with American secret-society lore. A cryptic, coded warning from an...

Ten more cases from the files of The Great Detective, comprising adventures previously published in the anthology 'The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories', as well as some recent additions from Doctor Watson's despatch box. • Mrs Maria Blackwell is concerned by the threatening and persistent observations of a stranger, each time she dines at Simpson's with her husband. • New artwork is appearing, in the style of the great Leonardo. It is not claimed that they are newly-discovered works of The Master, so why is someone prepared to kill to gain their possession?