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On a zoology expedition up the Amazon, Professor Challenger has made an inexplicable discovery. Back in London, his claims are ridiculed throughout the professional community. Reluctantly, he recounts to Journalist Edward Malone, "Curupuri is the spirit of the woods, something terrible, something malevolent, something to be avoided. None can describe its shape or nature, but it is a word of terror along the Amazon. Something terrible lay that way. It was my business to find out what it was."

"The Adventure of the Speckled Band" is the 8th of 12 stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1892. Doyle thought that this was his best Holmes story. In fact, he thought so much of it that he wrote and produced a play based on the story. The play, originally called "The Stonor Case," differed from the story in several details but was essentially the same.

A rich American is murdered in mysterious circumstances in a manor house in Sussex, England. Sherlock Holmes, accompanied by Dr. Watson, is invited to help the investigation. Though Holmes solves the mystery at hand, his attention and indeed the mystery itself shifts to the coalfields of North America. The heart of the matter is corruption - the date is 1875. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle outs his finger with uncanny accuracy on civil corruption which so blighted North America in that century.

L'inspecteur Hopkins vient solliciter l'aide d'Holmes pour une affaire survenue dans la maison très isolée d'un vieux savant, M. Willoughby Smith, vivant avec quelques domestiques et un secrétaire, qui, le matin même, a la carotide tranchée. Avant de mourir, il a pu arracher à son agresseur un pince-nez en or et dire : "Le professeur. C'était elle !". Holmes, exerçant sa faculté de déduction, arrivera-t-il à percer le mystère de ce meurtre ?

Le docteur James Hardcastle se remet difficilement d'une tuberculose, et doit impérativement partir quelques mois en convalescence.

Estudio en escarlata (A Study in Scarlet) es una novela de misterio escrita por Arthur Conan Doyle y publicada en la revista Beeton's Christmas Annual de noviembre de 1887, con ilustraciones de David Henry Friston.​ Se trata de la primera aparición de Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson. Al año siguiente fue publicada como la primera novela de la serie de Sherlock Holmes, y su autor cobraría veinticinco libras esterlinas por todos los derechos del texto. Esta edición fue ilustrada por Charles Altamont Doyle, el padre de Arthur Conan Doyle.

A landlady has a mysterious unseen tenant, the police are on the tail of a multiple murderer and coded messages appear in the newspaper. Can the world's most famous detective solve this mystery?

"Il segno dei quattro", secondo romanzo di Arthur Conan Doyle sulle inchieste del più famoso detective di tutti i tempi, rappresenta il momento in cui la saga più fortunata e immarcescibile della letteratura popolare raggiunge la sua maturità, un importante passaggio verso l'evoluzione di Holmes a icona culturale planetaria (è in queste pagine che troviamo l'enunciazione della sua memorabile regola "Quando hai escluso l'impossibile, ciò che rimane, per quanto improbabile, deve essere la verità").

失踪了将近十年的父亲最近传来了奇怪的消息，梅丽小姐雇佣福尔摩斯和华生来帮助自己。然而福尔摩斯没有料想到，他竟然会遇见连他看了也觉得毛骨悚然的死者…… 失蹤了將近十年的父親最近傳來了奇怪的消息，梅麗小姐雇傭福爾摩斯和華生來幫助自己。然而福爾摩斯沒有料想到，他竟然會遇見連他看了也覺得毛骨悚然的死者……

Il mondo perduto (The Lost World), fu scritto nel 1912, ed è una delle opere più note del filone avventuroso del mondo perduto che si sviluppò a cavallo tra il XIX e il XX secolo. In particolare influenzò tutte le opere che in seguito parlarono di dinosauri, a partire da King Kong e a finire con Jurassic Park. In questo romanzo viene introdotto un personaggio, il professor Challenger, che, come dice il none, è quasi all’opposto di Holmes, istintivo quanto quest’ultimo è riflessivo.

En 1913, un aviateur qui cherche à monter de plus en plus haut découvre à trente mille pieds une sorte de jungle de l'altitude dont les créatures monstrueuses l'attaquent. Il manque en être victime, y retourne pour les affronter.

Sherlock Holmes e il Dottor Watson devono confrontarsi con un caso all'apparenza banale: la signora Warren, un'affittacamere, vuole scoprire la vera identità del suo misterioso inquilino. Le parole della preoccupatissima signora Warren fanno scattare una molla nel cervello di Sherlock Holmes, che decide di accettare un caso che si rivelerà molto istruttivo. Passo dopo passo Holmes e Watson riusciranno a scoprire tutti i tasselli che compongono questo intrigato puzzle, un puzzle che porta con sé l'inconfondibile marchio del Cerchio di Sangue.

A haunting Sherlock Holmes mystery that blends secrecy, compassion, and chilling revelation. The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger follows Dr. Watson as he recounts one of Holmes’s most unsettling cases: a woman who hides her disfigured face behind a constant veil and lives in isolation, burdened by a terrible past. As Holmes uncovers the truth behind her self-imposed imprisonment, the story shifts from conventional detective work to a powerful meditation on justice, mercy, and the human cost of violence.

A dark and unsettling Sherlock Holmes mystery, The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place delves into secrets buried beneath aristocratic respectability. When Dr. Watson notices strange changes in the behavior of Sir Robert Norberton and the eerie isolation of his ancestral estate, Holmes is drawn into a case steeped in deception, madness, and hidden crimes. Locked rooms, suppressed truths, and a sinister family secret transform a quiet English manor into a place of dread.

Holmes gelingt es im letzten Moment, die Entführer zu überwältigen und Kardinal Jacobini vor dem Ertrinken zu retten. Allerdings befindet man sich nach wie vor im Visier der Kanonen eines österreichischen Kriegsschiffes.

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson reisen im Auftrag der britischen Regierung als Sicherheitsberater ins süditalienische Bari. In der dortigen Basilika sollen im Rahmen einer internationalen Konferenz die historischen Gebeine des Heiligen Nikolaus geborgen und begutachtet werden. Danach muss eine strittige Entscheidung über den weiteren Aufenthaltsort der Reliquien getroffen werden. Konflikte und Eskalationen erscheinen unvermeidlich.

Presented here are the final three books of the Sherlock Holmes canon: the novel "The Valley of Fear" and two short story collections: "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" and "His Last Bow," all penned by Holmes' legendary creator, the great Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Despite his attempt to kill off his world-famous detective years earlier, Doyle here — decades later — finally brings Sherlock Holmes' adventures to a close. First, we present the stories collected in "Case-Book," including the thriller "The Adventure of the Three Garridebs" and the haunting "Adventure of the Sussex Vampire."

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to solve the mystery surrounding the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. In doing so, they meet survivors of the disaster, including the mastermind of a dangerous conspiracy. Hot on his heels is the woman who once outwitted Holmes: Irene Adler, the woman in the great detective's life. A fierce battle erupts once again between Holmes and Irene Adler.

Die Angst und Sorge um Dr. Watson und Miss Copper treibt Sherlock Holmes schnell voran. Zusammen mit dem treuen Leoparden verfolgt er Professors Flax's Spur bis nach Epirus. Die Entdeckung zweier Leichen trägt Flax's Handschrift. Die Jagd geht weiter bis nach Peking. Dort sieht sich Holmes plötzlich mit einem weiteren schweren Verbrechen konfrontiert. Die Tochter des Deutschen Gesandten wird entführt und die Diamanten der Herzogin von Pandua geraubt.