Showing results for title "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", by author "Arthur Conan Doyle" in Action & Adventure

'The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. In this frame tale, Holmes recounts the events of a particular case he worked on in relation to a university acquantance, whose domestic staff vanished after secretly reading a family document. The document was in fact a riddle, which - in order to understand the peculiarities of the case - Holmes must solve.

'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes and Watson encounter a young woman who feels mortally threatened by her stepfather. She tells of her twin sister's mysterious and untimely death two years earlier - and her dying words, "The speckled band!" What does it all mean? Holmes agrees to take the case.

'The Adventure of the Final Problem' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes goes head to head with a criminal mastermind whom he regards as his only intellectual equal.

'The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes takes on a peculiar case which entails the disappearance of Lord St. Simon's bride on the day of their marriage.

'The Man with the Twisted Lip' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Dr Watson is called upon by a friend of his wife to assist in the retrieval of her husband from an opium den. When he arrives at the den, he discovers Holmes disguised as an old man. The mystery deepens when the husband is nowhere to be found, and his coat - heavy with coins - is found in the river Thames beside the building.

'The Adventure of the Copper Beeches' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Sherlock and Watson endeavour to solve one of their strangest cases yet. Violet Hunter has accepted a job as governess, with a remarkable salary, but is most concerned about the peculiar conditions to which she must agree....

'A Case of Identity' is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is hired by Miss Mary Sutherland, a wealthy lady who is desperate to solve the mystery behind the disappearance of her fiancé, Mr. Hosmer Angel.

'The Five Orange Pips' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It details a peculiar case that revolves around the deaths of several individuals who had received letters containing orange pips prior to their demise.

'The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. In this story, Dr Watson stumbles across a peculiar case, described to him by a patient who had his thumb severed by a cleaver the night before. Watson brings the story to the attention of Holmes, who agrees to get to the bottom of it.

An engineer, Victor Hatherly, attends Dr. Watson's Surgery after his thumb is chopped off, and recounts his tale to Watson and Holmes. Hatherly had been hired for 50 guineas to repair a machine he was told compressed Fuller's earth into bricks. Hatherly was told to keep the job confidential, and was transported to the job in a carriage with frosted glass, to keep the location secret. He was shown the press, but on closer inspection discovered a "rust of metallic deposit" on the press, and he suspected it was not being used for compressing earth.

Lord Robert St. Simon's new American bride, Hatty Doran, has disappeared almost immediately after the wedding. The servants had prevented an old love interest of his from forcing her way into the wedding breakfast, and Hatty had been seen in whispered conversation with her maid. Inspector Lestrade arrives with the news that Hatty's wedding dress and ring have been found floating in the Serpentine.

'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes asks Watson to accompany him to Boscombe Valley to assist in a peculiar case revolving around the death of Mr Charles McCarthy.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a series of short stories that made the fortunes of the Strand magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including 'The Red-Headed League', 'The Blue Carbuncle', and 'The Speckled Band'.