Arthur Conan Doyle: 1906 books

Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag, Vol V. by Louisa M. Alcott..

In “The Adventure of the Three Students”, Holmes and Watson, on a research trip in a university town, are approached by a professor. The professor believes someone has entered his office and seen, and perhaps copied, the examination papers he is to administer the next day. Holmes begins by narrowing...

Violet Hunter visits Holmes, asking whether she should accept a job asgoverness; a job with very strange conditions. She is enticed by the phenomenal salary which, as originally offered, is £100 a year, later increased to £120 when Miss Hunter balks at having to cut her long hair short...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RUTH RENDELL INCLUDES 'THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND' The Baskerville family curse tells of how a terrifying, supernatural hound roams the moors around Baskerville Hall and preys on members of the family in revenge for a ghastly crime committed by one of...

Throughout the annals of literature there is one detective who reigns supreme — Mr. Sherlock Holmes of 221B Baker Street, London. From that celebrated address, Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson set out to solve the most difficult cases and bring to justice the master criminals of Victorian England. Now...

'... that strange internal kingdom of which we are the hapless and helpless monarchs.' From the master of the detective story and creator of Sherlock Holmes, the first ever tale to feature a supernatural Egyptian mummy. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series,...

An anthology of over 75 classic mystery stories. Stories include: The Dead Hands A Difficult Problem and The Adventure of the Dying Detective.

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In “The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist”, a young woman explains to Holmes that an unknown man has been following her by bicycle on her weekly trips from the house where she works to the railroad station. Having met two friends of her recently-deceased uncle, one of the men, Carruthers, hires...

These are stories of medicine as it used to be. It was a time before production-line office visits, before computerized CAT scans—for that matter, it was even before X-rays had been invented. It was an era when physicians routinely made house calls; and the “family doc” not only knew your medical...

Sherlock Holmes est appelé par Miss Alice Turner pour qu’il vienne disculper son ami d’enfance et prétendant, James Mac Carthy, que tout semble accuser du meurtre de son propre père. On les a vu se disputer violemment près de l’étang de la Vallée de Boscombe, mais il clame son innocence....