The Adventure of the Dancing Men
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Sherlock Holmes' superb deductive abilities are truly tested in this adventure when a client asks the Great Detective to help him discover what is frightening his new wife. What seems to Watson to be just a child's drawing becomes the key to solving the mystery.
The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Christopher Lee
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A rich American is murdered under 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 puts his finger, with uncanny accuracy, on civil corruption which so blighted North America in that century.
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Holmes and Watson push the limits of the law when they confront the machinations of a blackmailer whose victims either pay dearly or suffer life-destroying humiliation...
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A young music teacher is terrorized by the mysterious figure who follows her as she bicycles. She appeals to Holmes, who is very nearly too late to save her from a monstrous fate.
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
The bride of Lord St. Simon disappears on the day of their marriage. Holmes and Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard are both called to help. Who will be the first to solve this mystery?
The Naval Treaty
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Percy "Tadpole" Phelps, an old school friend of Watson, finds himself in a desperate situation. His career at the Foreign Office has been jeopardized by the disappearance of a secret treaty that was placed in his trust. Sherlock Holmes comes to the rescue of the disgraced diplomat.
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Holmes and Watson arrive at Trinity College summoned by a message that rugby star Godfrey Staunton has disappeared. Staunton is the key man on Overton's rugby team, and they will never win the important match if he cannot be found. Holmes admits that sport is a bit outside his ken, but he takes this case as seriously as any other. It proves not all elementary.
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A murder has been committed, and the most valuable clue is a gold-rimmed pince-nez glasses apparently dropped by the killer. Scotland Yard detective Stanley Hopkins returns as Sherlock's foil to contrast the common policeman's take on the mystery with Sherlock's own genius insight into the matter.
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A Napolean obsession or could there be more to it? A lunatic is roaming London seeking out and smashing Napoleonic sculpted busts. Holmes wonders if he is as addled as he seems, or is there a method to his madness?
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Holmes certainly proves his mastery of disguise and intuition in this tale. His manipulation of the suspects is brilliant!
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A very valuable coronet is damaged and almost stolen. The apparent thief is caught red-handed, or was he the thief? Holmes does not think so. Who wanted to steal the coronet and how does Holmes find the actual thief?
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A son is accused of his father's murder, and the evidence against him looks overwhelming. But Miss Turner, a lovely young woman who has known him since childhood, refuses to believe he is guilty. She calls on Sherlock Holmes to see if he can find some loophole, some flaw in the circumstantial evidence. Holmes is certain that he can discover the true murderer, but will it also be the undoing of Miss Turner?
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ben Werling, Kevin Theis, Sara Nichols
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Presented here is one of only four full crime novels by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his most famous creation: the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes.
In this tale - perhaps the most popular Holmes story of them all - the venerable detective and his faithful companion Dr. John Watson are told of a curse which haunts the wealthy Dartmoor family of Sir Charles Baskerville. This centuries-old curse manifests itself as a gigantic and ferocious hound that is said to prowl the moors adjacent to the Baskerville estate. When Sir Charles drops dead of fright just outside the moor and the footprints of an enormous hound are discovered nearby, the cry goes out for Holmes to come to Dartmoor and solve the mystery. What follows is one of Doyle's greatest Holmes adventures, featuring a love-smitten heir to the Baskerville fortune, a suspicious butler, a malevolent, bearded stranger, a damsel in distress...and a series of clues that point to the unmistakable fact that a giant hound may indeed be haunting the moor.
One of the greatest of Sherlock Holmes many spine-chilling adventures, "The Hound of the Baskervilles" is presented her in its original and unabridged format.
The Sign of Four
by Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Tony Britton
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
In The Sign of Four, Mary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street begging Sherlock Holmes for help in finding her missing father, along with unraveling who is sending her unidentified gifts of pearls along with a letter asking her to meet someone unknown that night. Holmes accepts the challenge presented by this very unusual mystery. He and Watson are off to find the missing fortune and the criminals behind these strange doings that by twists and turns turn into a murderous treasure hunt.
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Behind a great mansion lie ashes that smell of rotting flesh. The wealthy owner has suddenly disappeared after a visit by his new heir.
The Adventure of Black Peter
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Forest Row in the Weald is the scene of a gruesome harpoon murder. A young police inspector, Stanley Hopkins, asks Holmes, whom he greatly admires as a mentor, for some help. Holmes has already determined that it would take a great deal of strength and skill to run a man through with a harpoon, and, embed it in the wall behind him.
The Adventure of the Empty House
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Dr. Watson faints for the first and last time of his life when the believed-to-be-dead Holmes appears in the middle of an investigation of a crime. We find out about what really happened in the fight to the death with the evil Moriarty.
The Adventure of the Priory School
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Motivated by greed and jealousy, the criminal in this classic Sherlock Holmes mystery aims to kidnap a young lord--but causes a far greater tragedy.
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
When an Engineer is offered a magnificent fee for a midnight job and a vow of secrecy, he probably should have second thoughts. In the end, he ended up paying a smaller price for his blind trust than others intended.
The Musgrave Ritual
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Family Tradition steeped in ancient ritual? Is it that simple? The Great Detective doesn't think so. In this mystery, Sherlock Holmes recalls one of his earliest cases. The butler of Reginald Musgrave, one of Holmes' former schoolmates, has disappeared, and the local police can't solve the case. Holmes travels to the Musgrave estate and once there not only discovers the butler, but also finds out about the origin of the centuries-old Musgrave Ritual.
The Red-Headed League
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Some things are just too good to be true. Holmes surely suspects as much. A gentleman gained an office job based on the color of his hair and then lost the position mysteriously. He wants to know why.
The Five Orange Pips
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
A tale of mystery, scandal, and murder that may have been committed by the Ku Klux Klan in London. Who else but Sherlock Holmes can solve these series of deaths?
A Case of Identity
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
The young woman is worried about her fiancé who disappeared right before the wedding. Why had he kept asking her to be true to him no matter what happens? Holmes figures that out quite quickly.
The Adventure of the Creeping Man
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
This case, one of the very last handled by Holmes, involves a highly respected professor whose behavior suddenly turns into that of an animal. One Sunday evening Watson receives from Holmes a typically laconic message: "Come at once if convenient - if inconvenient come all the same."
The Adventure of the Copper Beaches
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Edward Raleigh
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Out of work for so long, the woman takes a position with a family even though they have very strange requirements. Behind the locked door the secret is kept. When does money overtake a father's love?
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
by Arthur Conan Doyle
read by B. J. Harrison
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
Why does Sherlock Holmes declare that the person he is to meet is the worst man in London?
Included in the anthology of short stories, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, this story contains the first meeting of Holmes and Watson, and chronicles their first adventure together.
While also a notable author of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and poetry, Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous creation was that of Sherlock Holmes. His consulting detective is absolutely embedded in Western culture, and we are all better for it.
The Valley of Fear
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
read by Ben Werling, Kevin Theis, Sara Nichols
Part of the Sherlock Holmes Mystery series
"The Valley of Fear" is the fourth and final novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring his greatest creation: the world's first and finest consulting detective, Sherlock Holmes.
In this adventure, Holmes receives an encoded message from an agent of Professor Moriarty that a man's life is in danger. When that man is subsequently murdered, Holmes insists to the authorities that Moriarty is not merely responsible for the murder, but is in fact a criminal mastermind. Moriarty, however - who has carefully constructed a benign public persona - appears to all the world to be an innocent man. With no actual evidence to prove his claims, Holmes' accusations fall on deaf ears.
Thus begins one of the most thrilling and twist-filled adventures from Sherlock Holmes and his faithful companion Dr. John Watson as Holmes pursues the evil kingpin Professor Moriarity and attempts - at last - to bring him to justice.
"The Valley of Fear" is presented here in its original and unabridged format.