Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes's famous 'seven percent solution' and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero-a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. The woman has to comply to bizarre requirements and senses something amiss in the environment of the house.About the Book A collection of Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures, including 'A scandal in Bohemia,' 'The five orange pips,' and 'The adventure of the Engineer's thumb.'īook Synopsis Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. He discovers his son trying to harm it and he has a case against him when he begs for the expert help of Sherlock Holmes.Īdventure 12: “The Adventure of the Copper Beeches”Ī woman employs Sherlock Holmes to keep watch over her as she takes a mysterious position as a governess. Simon marriage in which the bride disappears after the ceremony, excusing herself to her room claiming to have a sudden indisposition.Īdventure 11: “The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet”Ī banker makes a very big loan to a prominent customer and receives a beryl coronet to hold. Sherlock Holmes is faced with the case of the Lord St. They resolve to go see Sherlock Holmes about the case.Īdventure 10: “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor” Now the woman is afraid that she will meet the same fate.Īdventure 9: “The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb”Ī man knocks on Watson’s door early in the morning and he discovers he has a missing thumb from a murderous attack in the night. Quite a sum of money is offered for their dowries and her sister consequently died before her wedding day.

Adventure 8: “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”Ī woman comes to Sherlock Holmes begging for his help to solve the mystery of her sister’s death. Sherlock Holmes is trying to figure out who the hat belongs to, when a blue carbuncle is found in the goose.

On the day before Christmas a man is caught in a fight and looses a goose and his hat. All that was found was a deformed man with a limp and traces of the man’s blood and clothes with no apparent violence.Īdventure 7: “The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle” Holmes is studying a case in which a man disappeared from the upstairs room of the den. Watson finds Holmes in an opium den when looking for a friend who had been missing. Adventure 6: “The Man with the Twisted Lip” When it comes to be the son’s turn, he begs Holmes for his advice. Two brothers and a son all receive letters from the KKK, addressed from India that contain five dried orange pips, the omen of death. Sherlock Holmes is faced with a bizarre case that is a family affair. Sherlock Holmes is faced with the Boscombe Valley Tragedy, in which a man is murdered and is son is accused of the crime.

However, he did not give her enough information in their rushed engagement.Īdventure 4: “The Boscombe Valley Mystery”

Miss Sutherland entreats Sherlock Holmes to help her find her mysterious fiancee that has disappeared. Adventure 2: “The Red-Headed League”Ī man comes to Sherlock Holmes seeking advice about the disappearance of a bizarre society of red-headed young men that are funded by a man who sympathized with red-headed men. The King of Bohemia seeks the help of Sherlock Holmes in securing a picture that could be used against him in the political scene. (1892) The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes London, England: George Newnes Ltd.

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