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Creeping paranoia becomes something altogether more sinister, but is it madness or has he discovered a plot that threatens humanity.

A man and his daughter come accross an apparently mad, ill woman in a London park.

Just before his death, Adrian Borlsover develops the power of automatic writing, which creates some unexpected issues for one of his heirs.

When the favorite for the Wessex Cup disappears and his trainer murdered, Holmes travels to Dartmoor to investigate.

Holmes goes in search of a missing man, last seen, by his wife, looking agitated in the second floor window above a seedy opium den.

The story of the poor, downtrodden clerk Akaky - and his overcoat.

As a man pursues the affections of beautiful young girl, he begins to experience a strange phenomenon that up till that point only affected

Holmes helps a banker from whom some expensive gems, taken as security on a loan to an important client, have been stolen.

A student rents an apartment that looks onto the meticulously kept garden of the strange Dr Rappaccini and his beautiful daughter.

A family with an unusual method of transporting large quantities of money cause problems for a young man holidaying in Italy.

Jimmy's life changes for ever when the soldiers come to the door.

Who is the mysterious Mr. W. H. to whom Shakespere dedicated his sonnets? The validity of one bizarre theory hinges on a wonderful painting