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An unidentified woman is found murdered on the North Norfolk Coastal Path and newly promoted Detective Sergeant Kate Brannon and Kings Lynn's CID have the task of figuring out whom, how, and why. A job that's made more difficult when every one of the 40 residents in the village has something to hide and answers her questions with a string of lies. Georgina Temple has her own secrets to keep, and her own reasons to keep them. But her growing attraction to Kate makes it increasingly difficult to keep them.

Inglaterra, 1914. O mundo está em guerra. O capitão Hastings, ferido e abalado, é convidado para ir à mansão Styles para se recuperar. Trata-se de uma grande e antiga casa de campo – propriedade da família de um velho amigo – e um refúgio perfeito. Pelo menos, à primeira vista. Mas, sob o calor escaldante do verão, os problemas vão aparecendo. Tensões latentes estão dividindo a família, e acabam chegando a um desfecho aterrador. Emily Inglethorp, a rica matriarca da família, é torpemente assassinada no meio da noite. E ninguém em Styles está acima de suspeita.

It all began with sheep-stealing. A hateful act among the shepherds of the fells, and yet not a matter of life and death. Then came arson and with the leaping of the flames, death and disorder reached the peaceful moors. Holidaying with his friends the Hoggetts in High Gimmerdale while on a trip to find some farmland for his retirement, Robert Macdonald agrees to help in investigating the identity of the sheep-stealers, before being dragged into a case requiring his full experience as Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard.

The latest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories by well-known author, Denis O. Smith, provides a variety of puzzling and tangled mysteries for the great detective to unravel. What is the explanation for the train which arrives at its destination with not a soul on board? What lies behind the sudden, shocking death of one of the members at an exclusive London club? These cases require all of Holmes's unique investigative skills if the truth is to be uncovered.

The roads around Dingle are whisper-quiet in the small hours of a rainy night, empty of the tourists who throng the town by day. As she and her assistant, Patrick, drive home after an already traumatic day, Dimpna Wilde isn’t expecting to see anyone, let alone her employee, Niamh, standing in the road, dressed in a nightgown and soaked to the skin. Dazed and distraught, Niamh passes out after muttering incoherently, and at her apartment, Dimpna and Patrick make a grisly discovery.

From the curious clauses in a miser’s will, to a plea for help on a tiny scrap of paper, these six cases, from the early years of Holmes’s career in the 1880s, present a singular collection of mysteries for the world’s first consulting detective to resolve. What is the significance of the arrival in the post one morning of a cardboard packet of children’s bricks? Who is the man found dying in a deserted warehouse in London’s East End, and what is he doing there?

From the cold-blooded murder of a man well known in London’s Bohemian society to a sinister tradition in an old Tudor manor house, these six cases from the early years of Holmes’ career in the 1880s present a singular collection of mysteries for the world’s first consulting detective to resolve. In this new collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, well known author Denis O. Smith accurately recreates once more both the atmosphere and the excitement of Conan Doyle’s well-loved original Holmes tales.

Roger Riccard, one of the most respected Sherlock Holmes authors, has again taken pen in hand to bring forth a third set of five adventures in a new series of short stories. Sit back and enjoy this third volume of A Sherlock Holmes Alphabet of Cases....

Um Homem atormentado por dívidas e pela perda de um parente de grande importância, levando-o a realizar ações questionáveis e extravagantes para evitar a falência. Surge a questão: conseguirá nosso estimado SHERLOCK HOLMES desvendar os planos que ele está tramando?

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.

Matt Montana is the favorite son of sleepy Maggody, Arkansas. With the voice of an angel and a smile as charming as that of the devil, he's made a name for himself under the bright lights of Nashville and become one of the most famous faces in country music. Meanwhile, Maggody has sunk into the worst recession in years. So when Matt announces that he's returning home to play a benefit concert, the locals do everything they can to cash in on Montana fever. The oddballs of Maggody smell a payday, and not even murder can stop them from cashing in.

"Skandalgeschichte im Fürstentum O..." (Originaltitel: "A Scandal in Bohemia") ist eine Erzählung des britischen Schriftstellers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im Juli 1891 im Strand Magazine erschien. Es handelt sich hierbei um die erste Erzählung, die Doyle mit den Figuren Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson schrieb. 1887 und 1890 hatten die beiden Romane "Eine Studie in Scharlachrot" und "Das Zeichen der Vier" das Fundament für den Hauptkanon der Sherlock-Holmes-Erzählungen gelegt.

Es war einmal ein Hufschmied namens Jack Oldfield. Dieser galt als besonders geizig und trunksüchtig. In der Nacht auf Allerheiligen erschien ihm in einem Wirtshaus der Teufel persönlich und wollte seine Seele holen. Doch Jack verhandelte noch einen allerletzten Trunk. Da der Teufel kein Geld bei sich hatte, verwandelte er sich selbst in eine Münze, um den Trunk zu bezahlen. Jack steckte diese Münze schnell in seine Börse, in der sich ein silbernes, kleines Kreuz befand und sich der Teufel somit nicht zurück verwandeln konnte.

Es war einmal ein Hufschmied namens Jack Oldfield. Dieser galt als besonders geizig und trunksüchtig. In der Nacht auf Allerheiligen erschien ihm in einem Wirtshaus der Teufel persönlich und wollte seine Seele holen. Doch Jack verhandelte noch einen allerletzten Trunk. Da der Teufel kein Geld bei sich hatte, verwandelte er sich selbst in eine Münze, um den Trunk zu bezahlen. Jack steckte diese Münze schnell in seine Börse, in der sich ein silbernes, kleines Kreuz befand und sich der Teufel somit nicht zurück verwandeln konnte.

"Skandalgeschichte im Fürstentum O..." (Originaltitel: "A Scandal in Bohemia") ist eine Erzählung des britischen Schriftstellers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im Juli 1891 im Strand Magazine erschien. Es handelt sich hierbei um die erste Erzählung, die Doyle mit den Figuren Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson schrieb. 1887 und 1890 hatten die beiden Romane "Eine Studie in Scharlachrot" und "Das Zeichen der Vier" das Fundament für den Hauptkanon der Sherlock-Holmes-Erzählungen gelegt. "Skandalgeschichte im Fürstentum O..." wurde ferner 1892 in der Anthologie "Die Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes" veröffentlicht und gehört zu den populärsten Sherlock-Holmes-Erzählungen. 1927 listete sie Conan Doyle persönlich auf Rang 5 seiner Lieblings-Holmes-Erzählungen.

"Skandalgeschichte im Fürstentum O... "(Originaltitel: "A Scandal in Bohemia") ist eine Erzählung des britischen Schriftstellers Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, die erstmals im Juli 1891 im Strand Magazine erschien. Es handelt sich hierbei um die erste Erzählung, die Doyle mit den Figuren Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson schrieb. 1887 und 1890 hatten die beiden Romane "Eine Studie in Scharlachrot" und "Das Zeichen der Vier" das Fundament für den Hauptkanon der Sherlock-Holmes-Erzählungen gelegt.

O jovem John é convidado a ajudar um tio que nunca conheceu. Ele hesita pois seu tio tem uma terrível reputação e não manteve contato com sua família há muitos anos. Apesar disso, John aceita o pedido incomum e inicia sua viagem, mas começa a ficar preocupado quando percebe que está sendo perseguido por marinheiros misteriosos.

Um sombrio homem de negócios freta um trem especial para chegar o mais rápido possível a Paris. Ele carrega com ele material incriminatório de muitos políticos de alto e baixo nível... Mas o trem especial e seus passageiros desaparecem de repente sem deixar rastros! Quem estaria por trás dessa façanha nunca vista antes?

Quando o trem para, faltam três passageiros e um jovem é encontrado morto numa carruagem vazia... Não há nenhuma maneira de identificar o defunto e ninguém se lembrava de tê-lo visto antes. Além disso, um mistério pairava no ar: o jovem carregava seis relógios valiosos de fabricação americana. Por que tinha tantos relógios consigo? Como poderia ser ele um ladrão se estava tão elegantemente vestido?

Wer ist der geheimnisvolle Mann, der Sherlock Holmes aufsucht? Sherlock Holmes wäre nicht der beste Detektiv der Welt, wüsste er nicht, dass es sich um den König von Böhmen und Mähren handelt. Doch was will er? Nun, die Sache ist pikant, denn es handelt sich um eine Frau. Um DIE Frau, wie Sherlock sie fortan nennt - denn es ist Irene Adler, die einzige, die ihn zu faszinieren vermag. Aber welches Geheimnis verbindet sie mit dem König? Die erste Erzählung mit dem berühmtesten Detektiv aller Zeiten ist auch eine der bekanntesten.