"About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe"'. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases. A woman receives a gruesome package - two human ears in a box. A vital government secret is threatened with exposure. Miss Brenda Tregennis is found scared to death - could she really have died from fright alone?...
"About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe"'....
In The Lost World, the first in a series of books to feature the bold Professor Challenger--a character many critics consider one of the most finely drawn in science fiction--Challenger and his party embark on an expedition to a remote Amazonian plateau where, as the good professor puts it, "the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended" and numerous prehistoric creatures and ape-men have survived. "Just as Sherlock Holmes set the standard--and in some sense established the formula--for the detective story . . ., so too has The Lost Worldset the standard and the formula for...
In The Lost World, the first in a series of books to feature the bold Professor Challenger--a character many critics consider one of the most f...
When Sherlock Holmes and Watson are summoned to the country to investigate John Douglas's murder, it begins to look as though the past might finally have caught up with him. This title offers activities designed to support the KS3 Framework for Teaching English and help students to meet the Framework objectives.
When Sherlock Holmes and Watson are summoned to the country to investigate John Douglas's murder, it begins to look as though the past might finally h...
Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequity ... The twelve mysteries gathered in this first collection of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson's adventures reveal the brilliant consulting detective at the height of his powers. Problems involving a man with a twisted lip, a fabulous blue carbuncle and five orange pips tax Sherlock Holmes' intellect alongside some of his most famous cases, including A Scandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League.
Out of his smoke-filled rooms in Baker Street stalks a figure to cause the criminal classes to quake in their boots and rush from their dens of inequi...
The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle are the complete adventures of the original and best detective, containing four novels and fifty-six short stories about the most engaging detective of all time, with a foreword by crime writer Ruth Rendell. The detective Sherlock Holmes - who continues to enthral millions in film and TV adaptations starring actors like Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch - was the creation of Arthur Conan Doyle, whose crime stories have thrilled readers for well over a century. Sherlock Holmes is not only the most famous character in crime...
The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle are the complete adventures of the original and best detective, containing four novels and ...
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse. It is left to Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson to solve the mystery of the legend of the phantom hound before Sir Charles' heir comes to an equally gruesome end.
When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family cur...
Erstmals komplett im Taschenbuch: sämtliche Sherlock Holmes-Geschichten und -Romane in neuen Übersetzungen. Die neunbändige Ausgabe versammelt vier Romane und 56 Kurzgeschichten um den exzentrischen Kriminologen.
Erstmals komplett im Taschenbuch: sämtliche Sherlock Holmes-Geschichten und -Romane in neuen Übersetzungen. Die neunbändige Ausgabe versammelt vier...
The detective's triumphant return from the dead With an introduction by Mark Gatiss.
After his deadly plunge over Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes seemed gone forever but, as mysteriously as he left, he returns three years later. Now he is reunited with Watson, and a host of thrilling new adventures through London's underworld awaits, battling thieves, kidnappers, and killers alike. But Holmes is about to meet his most despised villain yet: the dastardly Charles Augustus Milverton."
The detective's triumphant return from the dead With an introduction by Mark Gatiss.
After his deadly plunge over Reichenbach Falls, ...
The final Sherlock and Holmes adventure, with an introduction by Steven Moffat
Could a woman die of fright alone? And who is the sender of a most grizzly package two human ears in a box? Holmes and Watson tackle a whole host of new mysteries before Baker Street's most famous detective finally leaves London for the quiet of a Sussex farm. But one final adventure puts an end to his retirement. As Britain stands poised on the brink of World War I, can Sherlock Holmes keep a terrible new super-weapon from falling into the enemy's hands?"
The final Sherlock and Holmes adventure, with an introduction by Steven Moffat
Could a woman die of fright alone? And who is the send...
