Returning injured from Afghanistan, former Army Doctor John Watson is introduced to the extraordinary figure, the world's only consulting detctive, Sherlock Holmes. Watson becomes Holmes' flatmate, friend and assistant in what would become the first extraordinary case in a long and astonishing career. This is where the legend of Sherlock Holmes begins: his first case... A Study in Scarlet.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote more than mysteries and historical novels. Doyle's supernatural literature varied from Jamesian ghost stories to Lovecraftian cosmic horror and disturbing psychological thrillers, and included the introduction of a new type of monster, the reanimated Egyptian mummy. Written in about the same decade as the Sherlock Holmes series, they will convince you that Arthur Conan Doyle was a master of more than just the detective story. In this volume you will find a complete collection of his supernatural short stories.