Professor James Moriarty is a criminal mastermind whom Holmes describes as the "Napoleon of crime" and considers him his archenemy. Moriarty is a crime lord who protects nearly all of the criminals of England in exchange for their obedience and a share in their profits. "The Valley of Fear" - Holmes gets led to Moriarty by his perception that many of the crimes he investigated were not isolated incidents, but instead the machinations of a vast and subtle criminal ring. One of Moriarty's agents sends cipher to Holmes, but doesn't give him the key. Holmes manages to decipher the message and...

This edition includes: The Bravoes of Market-Drayton The Holocaust of Manor Place The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker The Debatable Case of Mrs. Emsley The Case of Mr. George Edalji The Case of Oscar Slater Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. Doyle is also known for writing the fictional adventures of Professor Challenger and for propagating the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry,...

This edition includes: Essay: An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes (Conan Doyle's thoughts about Sherlock Holmes) Novels: A Study In Scarlet The Sign of the Four The Hound of the Baskervilles The Valley of Fear Short story collections: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes The Return of Sherlock Holmes His Last Bow The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was a Scottish physician and writer who is most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, which are generally considered milestones in the field of...

Sherlock Holmes lebt in der Baker Street 221b, London. Dort beginnen oft die Geschichten mit Rat suchenden Klienten, die von Holmes' besonderen Fähigkeiten gehört haben und den Detektiv aufsuchen, um ihn um Hilfe zu bitten. Sherlock Holmes arbeitet als "beratender Detektiv", das heißt, er beschäftigt sich mit Mysterien, die von Privatklienten an ihn herangetragen werden. Holmes sieht sich damit als Ergänzung oder Alternative zum police detective. Mitunter bittet auch die staatliche Polizei (z. B. in Gestalt des Inspektors Lestrade von Scotland Yard) um Holmes' Unterstützung. Der...

This edition includes: THE ORIGINAL SERIES by E. W. HORNUNG The Amateur Cracksman The Ides of March A Costume Piece Gentlemen and Players Le Premier Pas Wilful Murder . . . The Black Mask; or Raffles: Further Adventures No Sinecure A Jubilee Present The Fate of Faustina The Last Laugh To Catch a Thief . . . A Thief in the Night Out of Paradise The Chest of Silver The Rest Cure The Criminologists' Club The Field of Philippi . . . Mr. Justice Raffles (Novel) THE SEQUELS TO THE ORIGINAL SERIES by JOHN KENDRICK BANGS Mrs. Raffles The Adventure of the Herald Personal The Adventure of the Newport...

Sir Hugo glaubt, unter einem Fluch zu leiden. In den Mooren soll ein riesiger Hund sein Unwesen treiben. Als der alte Sir Charles Baskerville unter mysteriösen Umständen ums Leben kommt, bittet sein einziger Nachkomme, Henry Baskerville, Sherlock Holmes um Hilfe. Gemeinsam mit seinem Freund Dr. Watson versucht er, dem Geheimnis um die Bestie auf die Spur zu kommen.

The famous detective is called out of rural retirement to help the British Government. They need someone to help them fight off the German threat at the start of WWI. A master spy, Von Bork, needs to be hunted down and the special request comes from the Prime Minister himself.

The Sign of the Four hides a secret pact among four convicts and two corrupt prison guards. According to Mary Morstan, her father requested her to meet him at the Langham Hotel in London upon his safe return from India. When Mary arrived at the hotel, she was told her father had gone out the previous night and not returned. Despite all efforts, no trace has ever been found of him. The second puzzle is that she has received six pearls in the mail from an anonymous benefactor, one per year since 1882. With the last pearl she received a letter remarking that she has been wronged and asking for a...

Sherlock Holmes ist eine vom britischen Schriftsteller Sir Arthur Conan Doyle geschaffene Detektivfigur. Besondere Bedeutung für die Kriminalliteratur erlangte Holmes durch seine neuartige forensische Arbeitsmethode, die ausschließlich auf detailgenauer Beobachtung und nüchterner Schlussfolgerung beruht. Er gilt bis heute weithin als Symbol des erfolgreichen analytisch-rationalen Denkens und als Stereotyp des Privatdetektivs. Inhalt: - Späte Rache: Komplettausgabe - Das Zeichen der Vier: Komplettausgabe - Das Tal des Grauens: Komplettausgabe - Detektivgeschichten: - Skandalgeschichte im...

Sherlock Holmes, der berühmteste Detektiv aller Zeiten, Genie mit herausragender Beobachtungsgabe, und sein Freund Dr. Watson lösen jeden Fall, ganz gleich wie schwierig er sein mag.Der erste Band der Reihe über die Abenteuer von Sherlock Holmes enthält eine Sammlung von zwölf Kurzgeschichten, unter anderem Der Bund der Rothaarigen, Die fünf Orangenkerne, Das getupfte Band, Der blaue Karfunkel und Die Beryll-Krone.