Sherlock Holmes Mystery

The original super-sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is back on the case - When James Wilson retires from journalism, he decides to settle down in Herefordshire with a room-mate, a Mr. Cedric Coombes, and at first thinks little of his new friend's eccentric behaviour. But he can't shake the feeling that he knows him from somewhere else. As Coombes displays his magnificent deductive prowess, and becomes embroiled in the police investigation of the apparent murder of a man in bathtub, Wilson, or should we say Watson, begins to wonder just who this Coombes really is . . .

The original super-sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, is back on the case Having emerged from a Swiss glacier and solved his first murder case in more than ninety-five years, the world's most famous detective now sleuths through modern London seeking a stolen letter purportedly written by Shakespeare. But as Holmes and his roommate, James Wilson, track the letter and its terrorist dealers to a Scottish castle, where a myriad of surprises await, Holmes fears that his 'resuscitation' process may be flawed, and his mind disintegrating . . .

Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson are asked to investigate mysterious hauntings taking place at a waxworks museum. The owner of the museum, Mr Chamberlain, has received reports of objects moving on their own, eerie sounds echoing through the walls, and ghostly figures moving through the many corridors of the old building. As the rumours increase, and his visitor numbers fall as a result, Mr Chamberlain asks Holmes and Watson to find out what, or who, is causing the disturbances. Holmes and Watson are soon on the case. Their initial investigations lead them to several suspects, all have a reason for creating the strange goings-on. To Sherlock's dismay, one of their suspects includes the famous medium, Madam Rosalind, who has crossed paths with them before. As true sceptics of all things paranormal, Holmes and Watson continue with their investigation, knowing that the hand behind the occurrences must be of an earthly nature, and not a spiritual one. But Madam Rosalind has other ideas and soon throws the investigation off course.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson receive a visit from a client by the name of Mrs Fairfax. She is highly concerned about the welfare of her sister, Miss Dorothy Davenport, and enlists their help. Mrs Fairfax tells them her sister left London suddenly and is now in Devon, apparently enjoying a holiday she won. Taking off on such notice is completely out of character for Miss Davenport, and her sister is worried Dorothy has been lured away for dubious reasons. Holmes and Watson begin to make investigations into the abrupt absence of Miss Davenport and soon discover that the holiday could, indeed, be a ruse. But who would want Miss Davenport in Devon? And at such short notice? As they delve deeper into the mystery, they realise that some people in Dorothy's life are not to be trusted. Can they solve the mystery before things take a turn for the worse?

A distraught Mrs Hudson informs Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson that suspected thefts are taking place on Baker Street, right under their noses. She is worried the thief will target their home next.Holmes and Watson leap into action and begin an in-depth investigation. They start with the latest victim, Mrs Thompson, who is adamant her beloved brooch has been stolen from her bedroom, even though there are no signs of forced entry to her home.Following discussions with others in similar situations, Sherlock and Dr Watson are convinced there is a thief at large on Baker Street.It's not long before they come across a suspect, and they use all their wits and experience to bring this person to justice. But will the thief continue to remain one step ahead of them?

Holmes and Watson are visited by a lamplighter who claims his work is being sabotaged.The lamplighter, Percy Wentworth, explains that some of his tools have been damaged or stolen. In addition, some of the lamps on his round are being extinguished during the night by an unknown hand, which could not only affect the safety of the general public but cause him to lose his job.When Holmes asks if Wentworth knows who could be behind the troubles, the lamplighter gives them the name of a rival who has made no secret of his desire to have Wentworth's round for himself. He also tells them about a shadowy figure who has been following him on many occasions.As Holmes and Watson begin their investigation, they discover that the person behind the mystery will stop at nothing to get what they want, even if that means resorting to violence.

Alex Meyer was the East End's most celebrated street magician, amazing audiences with his incredible illusions and daring escapes. But when he disappears for good during one of his performances, his wife suspects foul play and asks Holmes and Watson to find her missing husband.Holmes and Watson proceed with their investigation and are soon presented with many suspects who would benefit from Meyer's disappearance, from a disgruntled rival to an opportunist journalist who will stop at nothing to get a scintillating scoop for his newspaper.But it's not long before their investigation takes a surprising twist, and Holmes wonders if Meyers has unwittingly placed himself in a situation that he will never escape from.Can Holmes and Watson find the missing magician before it's too late? Or has Alex Meyers vanished forever?

Sherlock Holmes takes to the stage for the sake of a beleaguered actress Sherlock Holmes can tell the woman pacing outside of 221B Baker Street is an actress. She mutters to herself and practices gestures in preparation for her meeting with the world-famous detective. It's a matter of life, death, and theater. Flora Adler has come on behalf of her father-the American impresario Florenz Adler, who turned Times Square into a circus, staged Wagner in the Grand Canyon, and has come to England to rebuild Shakespeare's Globe Theatre. This last is a magnificent dream, but anonymous threats have turned it into a nightmare.   A series of notes adorned with quotations from the Bard suggest that something terrible will happen at the venue's inaugural performance, when none other than Queen Victoria will be in attendance. To save queen and country, as well as the English stage, Holmes is taking on Shakespeare.

London's greatest detective suspects the city's most infamous killer of a gruesome new murder Croxley Mews is a typical London street: narrow, winding, and dark. Sherlock Holmes has never trod its cobblestones-until the day a woman is found lying dead on them. It is a murder gruesome enough to shock even the battle-hardened Dr. Watson, who has never before seen a woman disemboweled. It looks unmistakably like the handiwork of that notorious murderer who stalked the alleys of Whitechapel a decade before. Holmes is not fazed. He caught Jack the Ripper once-and he will do so again.   At the height of the Ripper murders, Holmes was called in by his brother Mycroft to catch the killer, whose social position made him impossible to arrest. The killer was exiled, but now he may have returned-bringing all the terrors of the apocalypse in his wake.

A string of murders threatens to draw Sherlock Holmes back into his past It has been too long since his last assignment, and Sherlock Holmes is beginning to come unglued. He stalks around his rooms at 221B Baker Street, too tense to work, and he is about to drive Dr. Watson up the wall when they are rescued by a knock at the door. It is Inspector Lestrade from Scotland Yard, and he has come to save Holmes-with a murder. A man has been found dead in Bayswater, slumped over a piece of homemade stationery marked with the words "Jabez Wilson"-the name of the victim in the long-solved mystery of the Red-Headed League. When Holmes enters the death room, the first thing he spies is the corpse's flaming red hair. The old case is open again.   A series of bizarre crimes follow, each an imitation of one of Holmes's greatest triumphs. Either Europe is in the grip of a madman-or the great detective has finally gone 'round the bend.

Investigating a crooked tabloid magnate, Sherlock Holmes is drawn across the continent Dr. Watson has never been much of an angler, and he is perplexed when Sherlock Holmes invites him on a Scottish fishing expedition. "Come if convenient," reads the telegram. "If not, come anyway." A few years after his near-death experience at the hands of Moriarty, the great detective is restless. If any man needs a vacation, it is Sherlock Holmes. But Watson knows better than to expect a peaceful fishing trip.   As it happens, Holmes has dragged Watson to Scotland not for the fishing-but for a party. The celebration is hosted by John Moxton, an American muckraker who has recently expanded his tabloid empire across the pond. When his paper, the Clarion, turns out to be one step ahead of Holmes in investigating a baffling series of crimes, the detective suspects that Moxton isn't just breaking the news-he's making it.

An invitation to take lunch at the Great Western Hotel at Paddington station leads Sherlock Holmes into a baffling mystery. Who is it that is watching every move made by popular journalist, Farringdon Blake, and why? When the trail goes cold in London, Holmes and his friend, Dr Watson, must travel down to Foxwood Grange, Blake's home in rural Oxfordshire, to seek a solution to the mystery there. But Foxwood Grange, a 300-year-old Elizabethan mansion, is a house with a checkered past and holds mysteries of its own. In this superb evocation of both the spirit and the style of Conan Doyle's earlier Sherlock Holmes stories, Denis O. Smith, acclaimed author of numerous Sherlock Holmes short story collections, here presents the great detective on a larger stage, in a gripping mystery which builds remorselessly to a thrilling and dramatic climax.

A killer hunts the members of an old Oxford club-and Sherlock Holmes's brother is the next target Six months after the bloody return of Jack the Ripper, Sherlock Holmes is starved for entertainment. When a friend of Dr. Watson's suggests a shooting trip in Scotland, Holmes leaps at the invitation. But after nearly a week of dreary Scottish weather, and hardly any shooting at all, Holmes is worse off than before. Watson fears the holiday has been an utter bust-until they are confronted with a murder baffling enough to be worthy of the great detective.   One of the local gentry has been found dead in his library, suffocated in the safe where he kept his most valuable documents. Holmes recognizes the dead man as a member of the same secret society as his brother Mycroft-the Oxford group known as the Seven Sinners. One sinner down, six to go . . . but if Mycroft falls, so does England, and Holmes must be quick in order to save both his brother and his country.