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A young engineer is charged with transporting secret documents across the English channel - but criminal elements are on his trail and thing

A trip to the country, supposedly for a rest, lead Holmes into a mystery involving an apparently random burglary and the murder of a coachma

The confession of a convicted killer sheds light on the disappearance of a mysterious Frenchman - along with the entire train he was travell

When a popular local doctor is murdered, the angry brother of his ex-fiance seems the obvious suspect - until the doctor's uknown past begin

A man arrives at Dr Watson's house with a severed thumb - an injury which apparently occurred in the most unusual circumstances.

Threatening notes are sent to a brilliant inventor, apparently from a former rival for the affections of a young lady.

The misadventures of a group of reluctant soldiers during the American civil war - in many ways, this story anticipates Catch 22.

A bored middle-aged adulterer picks up a young married woman little expecting the great love that will develop.

Confined to a room in an exclusive club during an important dinner, Father Brown notices some unusual sounding footsteps.

Two woodcutters discover a baby where a shooting star falls - but the child it becomes is both beautiful and cruel.