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The headmaster of an exclusive boarding school persuades Holmes to track down the abducted son of a wealthy duke.

A man is told by a palm reader that he will commit a murder. A satirical crime story that cleverly reverses the conventions of the genre.

A former mental patient and a deformed eccentric conspire in a fantastic plot.

When Mr. Charles McCarthy is shot in a wood near Boscombe Pool, all (circumstantial) evidence appears to point at his son. But Holmes has do

When an American minister buys Canterville Chase, a long term resident's life (or death) is thrown into turmoil.

A day in the life of the inhabitants of Crescent Bay.

Ella had always admired the work of Robert Trewe, but when she finds herself sub-letting his appartment, her love of the poems starts to bec

A young lady asks Holmes' advice as to whether she should accept an excellent appointment as a governess even though it comes with an unusua

On the rugged Brittany coast, thirty-eight skulls are found buried.

A woman dies at night in a locked room, crying out in pain: 'It was the band! The speckled band!'. Holmes investigates.

A gentleman moves into a reputedly haunted country house; soon the servants are scared witless but the master is not convinced. Plays with d

Adventure story following the circumstances surrounding the escape of a notorious prisoner from his Bermudan jail.