Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
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A Scandal In Bohemia
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 1 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story, third overall work featuring Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. Dr. Watson recounts that a masked visitor to Baker Street is quickly deduced to be the hereditary King of Bohemia. The King is to become engaged to a young Scandinavian princess. However, five years before, he had a liaison with American opera singer, Irene Adler. Fearful that the marriage would be called off, he had sought to regain letters and a photograph of Adler and himself together. The ensuing adventure involves disguise, subterfuge and Holmes' legendary powers of deduction. The story is notable for introducing the character of Adler, often a romantic interest for Holmes in later derivative works.
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The Red-Headed League
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 2 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
"The Red-Headed League" is the second of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, which was published in 1892. In it, Jabez Wilson, a flame-haired London pawnbroker, comes to consult Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. Some weeks before, Wilson responded to a newspaper want-ad offering highly-paid work to only red-headed male applicants. Wilson is hired on the basis of the precise hue of his hair color and performs menial work at a decent wage. When this occupation is suddenly suspended, he enlists Holmes and Watson to find an explanation. One of his more lighthearted shorts, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ranked it as his second-favorite Sherlock Holmes story.
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A Case of Identity: A Sherlock Holmes Short Story
With Original Illustrations by Sidney Paget
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 3 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigate the curious disappearance of a young woman's fiance in this mysterious case of stolen identity.
When Mary Sutherland comes to Sherlock Holmes to request he find her missing fiance, the remarkable detective wastes no time solving the puzzling case. After being abandoned at the altar on what should've been her wedding day, Mary is convinced that the disappearance of her husband-to-be is the result of a more sinister plot. Through his deductive powers, Holmes is able to unravel a web of deceit, false identities, and hidden motives to uncover the truth behind the case.
First published in 1891, 'A Case of Identity' is a gripping short story from the master of detective fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle. This edition features a specially commissioned introduction alongside an article by the author and the original illustrations by Sidney Paget.
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A Case of Identity
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 3 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "A Case of Identity" Miss Mary Sutherland, a woman with a substantial income is engaged to a quiet Londoner who has recently disappeared. Of the fiancé, Mr. Hosmer Angel, Miss Sutherland only knows that he works in an office in Leadenhall Street. All his letters to her are typewritten, even the signature, and he insists that she write back to him through the local Post Office. The climax of the sad liaison comes when Mr. Angel abandons Miss Sutherland at the altar on their wedding day. Holmes reaches a conclusion quite quickly and advises his client to forget "Mr. Angel. " A Case of Identity" is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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A Case of Identity
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 3 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
Follow Sherlock Holmes in this classic mystery from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with re-imagined illustrations from CK Dreamaker, and find out what happened to the fiance of Miss Mary Sutherland.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 4 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "The Boscombe Valley Mystery", Inspector Lestrade summons Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local landowner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes, employing his trusty magnifying glass quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail. This is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 4 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
Follow Sherlock Holmes in this classic mystery from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with re-imagined illustrations from Imodraj, and find out how Charles McCarthy died
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The Five Orange Pips
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 5 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "The Five Orange Pips", a young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw tells the strange story of his uncle Elias Openshaw, who came back to England after living in the United States as a planter in Florida and serving as a colonel in the Confederate Army. His uncle begins receiving threatening letters inscribed "KKK" and including five orange pips. He is killed shortly thereafter. The job of unraveling this sordid transatlantic mystery falls to Holmes and his trusty companion Dr. Watson. The fifth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, this is also one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help.
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The Man with the Twisted Lip
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 6 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "The Man with the Twisted Lip", Dr. Watson is called upon late at night by a female friend of his wife whose husband has been absent for several days. Frantic with worry, she seeks help in fetching him home from an opium den. Watson finds his friend Sherlock Holmes in the den, disguised as an old man, trying to extract information about a new case from the addicts therein. The case of double identity and potential murder presents Holmes with a task that is anything but elementary. This is the sixth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, originally published in 1891.
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 7 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
Follow Sherlock Holmes in this classic mystery from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, with re-imagined illustrations from Roberto Irace, and find out what happened to the priceless Blue Carbuncle jewel.
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 7 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
"The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle", the only Holmes mystery set during the Christmas season, is the seventh story of twelve in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. During the festive season, newspapers report the theft of the near priceless jewel, The "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. When the Blue Carbuncle appears in a goose's crop to an acquaintance of Sherlock Holmes, the hunt is on for the real thief. In the process, Holmes pretends to be an expert in geese husbandry to gain the information needed to vindicate John Horner.
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The Adventure of the Speckled Band
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 8 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
"In ""The Adventure of the Speckled Band"", Sherlock Holmes and Watson come to the aid of Helen Stoner, who has reason to fear her life is being threatened by her abusive stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. Her sister, who died two years before, spoke of a "speckled band" right before she died in mysterious circumstances. To solve the mystery of the "speckled band", Holmes and Watson stake out Miss Stoner's room and make a momentous discovery. The eighth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Doyle considered it the best of the Holmes stories.
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The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 9 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
"The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb", is the ninth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. A young London engineer, contracted to service a hydraulic press at a country house, discovers that the owner is using the machine for illegal purposes. After confronting the owner, the engineer narrowly escapes death and loses a thumb when the owner turns on him. Holmes deduces the actual use of the machine and sets off to bring the evildoers to justice.
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The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 10 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor", Miss Hatty Doran, after several strange episodes on the day of her marriage to Lord St. Simon, disappears from the reception. St. Simon tells Holmes that he noticed a change in the young lady's mood just after the wedding ceremony, having been uncharacteristically sharp with him. Also unusual: she dropped her wedding bouquet and a gentleman in the front pew handed it back to her. For Holmes, it proves rather an elementary case, though it causes considerable confusion for Dr. Watson and Inspector Lestrade. This is the tenth of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 11 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet", a banker, Mr. Alexander Holder, makes a loan of £50,000 to a socially prominent client, who leaves a beryl coronet - one of the most valuable public possessions in existence - as collateral. Feeling that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewelry in his personal safe at the bank, he takes it home with him. Awakened by a noise in the night, he is horrified to see his son playing with the coronet and apparently trying to bend it. Three beryls are now missing from it. In a panic, Mr. Holder travels to see Holmes, who agrees to take the case.
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The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Part 12 of the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series
In "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches", Violet Hunter asks Holmes, whether she should accept a job with very strange conditions. She has been offered £120 per year as a governess, but only if she will cut her long hair short. This is only one of many peculiar conditions to which she must agree. The employer, Jephro Rucastle, seems pleasant enough, yet Miss Hunter obviously has her suspicions. After a fortnight, Miss Hunter beseeches Holmes to come and see her in Winchester, as the situation has become even stranger. This is the last of the twelve stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
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