The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Publication Year:
2014

ISBN-13: 9781480489691

<DIV><B>A dozen classic cases featuring the world&rsquo;s greatest detective </B><BR /><BR />This first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories includes many of the consulting detective&rsquo;s best known cases. &ldquo;A Scandal in Bohemia&rdquo; finds Holmes matching wits with&mdash;and being outfoxed by&mdash;a beautiful American opera singer named Irene Adler. A struggling shop owner stumbles into a lucrative side job, and a criminal conspiracy, in &ldquo;The Red-Headed League.&rdquo; And in &ldquo;The Adventure of the Speckled Band,&rdquo; which Arthur Conan Doyle named as the best of his Sherlock Holmes stories, our brilliant hero and his loyal friend Dr. Watson pay a visit to a young heiress&rsquo;s bedroom late one night only to stumble across another, far deadlier, visitor.&#160;<BR />&#160;<BR />Other beloved tales collected here include &ldquo;The Five Orange Pips,&rdquo; &ldquo;The Boscombe Valley Mystery,&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle.&rdquo; Originally appearing in the <I>Strand&#160;</I><I>Magazine</I>, these twelve stories catapulted Holmes and Watson to international fame and established Doyle as one of the most popular and influential mystery writers of all time.<BR />&#160;<BR />This ebook features a new introduction by Otto Penzler and&#160;has been professionally proofread to ensure accuracy and readability on all devices.<BR /><BR />&#160;</DIV>