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The writer of several hundred stories and novels, English author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle began his writing career in 1879. While he introduced the world to his most famous character, Sherlock Holmes, in the 1887 novel "A Study in Scarlet", it would not be until the 1891 publication of "A Scandal in Bohemia" that his illustrative career in writing would truly begin. With this Sherlock Holmes short story, the imagination of the reading public was instantly...
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"The immense talent, passion and literary brilliance that Conan Doyle brought to his work gives him a unique place in English letters."-Stephen Fry
"Doyle's modesty of language conceals a profound tolerance of the human complexity"-John Le Carré
"Holmes has a timeless talent, passion and literary brilliance that puts him heads, shoulders and deerstalker above all other detectives."- Alexander McCall Smith
Arthur Conan Doyle's The Memoirs...
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Sherlock Holmes volume 6
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Dr. Watson accidentally leaves a club with another man's coat, a fortuitous occurrence considering the coat proves to be a key piece of evidence after the other man is murdered later that same evening.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 1
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Dr. John Watson meets private detective Sherlock Holmes and assists him in solving a case that has otherwise confounded Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 7
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Sherlock Holmes seeks a rational explanation for the Winthrop family legend that foretells the death of any family member who unexpectedly finds silver coins in their possession.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 10
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Sherlock Holmes tracks down a criminal who uses a young girl to lure victims into empty houses, where they are then murdered.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 4
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A cowgirl from a visiting rodeo exhibition requests Sherlock Holmes' immediate assistance after she discovers a dead man in her bedroom.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 5
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After Dr. Watson believes he has seen a ghost, Sherlock Holmes is set upon a case that leads to a crime committed in an art museum.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 2
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Lady Beryl confesses to a murder that was committed at her home, but Sherlock Holmes is convinced that she is innocent of any culpability in the crime.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 3
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Holmes and Watson travel to Sussex to investigate the murder of Squire Douglas, a gentleman who was shot to death in a well-fortified castle, with evidence pointing to only two apparent suspects.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 9
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Vaudeville escape artist Harry Crocker turns to Sherlock Holmes for help when he is accused of strangling a chorus girl.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 8
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The only clue left at the site of a pair of grisly murders is a chicken's foot. Baffled, Inspector Lestrade seeks Sherlock Holmes' assistance in the case.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 11
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Sherlock Holmes investigates the details behind a strange story conveyed to him by a shopkeeper who claims to have been a member of the League of Red-Headed Men, until it quickly and unexpectedly dissolved.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 21
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Sherlock Holmes races against time to discover the location of a bomb that was planted somewhere in London by an extortionist.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 12
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When Holmes meets an injured man carrying an unconscious woman, he discovers that the man is an engineer who was hired by another man to fix a large hydraulic press, but upon arriving to tackle the job, things did not go as planned.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 16
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Millicent Channing seeks Holmes' assistance in helping her locate her missing fiance. Millicent mentions how her fiance informed her of a discovery he made prompting him to visit Sir Greystone at his castle. But her fiance never returned.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 38
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While walking along the banks of the River Thames, Watson finds a diamond tooth. The article soon takes on further meaning, however, when Holmes learns that the body of a murder victim was found close to where Watson found the tooth.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 31
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After Sir Charles Farnsworth is found dead in his castle, a clause inserted into his will firmly requests that his death only be investigated by Sherlock Holmes. Testing reveals traces of arsenic in Farnsworth's body, and suspects abound.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 17
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Sherlock Holmes helps one of Dr. Watson's old friends by discovering the source of an odd noise in the man's home, but in doing so, Holmes uncovers a deeper, more serious, mystery.
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Sherlock Holmes volume 39
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A chemist is accused of murdering his fiance's stepfather who was determined to keep the two apart. Although there is evidence pointing towards the chemist's guilt, Holmes is summoned by the old man's housekeeper to investigate the case.
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