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Sherlock Holmes is a fictional consulting detective in London ~1880-1914 created by Scottish author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes, master of disguise, reasoned logically to deduce clients' background from their first appearance. He used fingerprints, chemical analysis, and forensic science.
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A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2005-01-01 (first published in 1887)
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"A Study in Scarlet" is the first published story of one of the most famous literary detectives of all time, Sherlock Holmes. Here Dr. Watson, who has just returned from a war in Afghanistan, meets Sherlock Holmes for the first time when they become flat-mates at the famous 221 B Baker Street. In "A Study in Scarlet" Sherlock Holmes investigates a ...
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Book 2
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The Sign of Four
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2001-10-01 (first published in 1890)
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As a dense yellow fog swirls through the streets of London, a deep melancholy has descended on Sherlock Holmes, who sits in a cocaine-induced haze at 221B Baker Street. His mood is only lifted by a visit from a beautiful but distressed young woman - Mary Morstan, whose father vanished ten years before. Four years later she began to receive an exqui...
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle - 1998-10-22 (first published in 1892)
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Arthur Conan Doyle delivers crime mysteries of the most thrilling kind as Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson look for suspects in three stories: The Adventure of the Empty House / The Adventure of the Devil's Foot / The Adventure of the Abbey Grange. Arthur Conan Doyle delivers crime mysteries of the most thrilling kind as Sherlock Holmes ...
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2015-08-14 (first published in 1894)
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Silver Blaze The Adventure of the Yellow Face The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk The Adventure of the "Gloria Scott" The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual The Adventure of the Reigate Squires The Adventure of the Crooked Man The Adventure of the Resident Patient The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter The Adventure of the Navel Treaty The Final...
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Book 5
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2001-07-01 (first published in 1901)
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The rich landowner Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in the park of his manor surrounded by the grim moor of Dartmoor, in the county of Devon. His death seems to have been caused by a heart attack, but the victim's best friend, Dr. Mortimer, is convinced that the strike was due to a supernatural creature, which haunts the moor in the shape of a...
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Book 6
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The Return of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2013-09-12 (first published in 1904)
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'Holmes,' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?'Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murd...
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Book 7
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The Valley of Fear
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2012-05-12 (first published in 1915)
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Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are preceded by either a murder or a suicide. A secretive organization lies culprit and an infiltration of it is in order. Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and hi...
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Book 8
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His Last Bow
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2006-12-18 (first published in 1913)
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'His Last Bow', the title story of this collection, tells how Sherlock Holmes is brought out of retirement to help the Government fight the German threat at the approach of the First World War. The Prime Minister himself requests Holmes's services to hunt down the remarkable German agent, Von Bork. Several of the detective's earlier cases complete ...
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Book 9
#9
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle - 2020-12-31 (first published in 1927)
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'When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.'In this, the final collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures, the intrepid detective and his faithful companion Dr Watson examine and solve twelve cases that puzzle clients, baffle the police and provide readers with the thrill of the cha...
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