Arthur Conan Doyle
The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
Chronologically the first collection of Sherlock Holmes adventures including 'A Scandal In Bohemia', 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Man With The Twisted Lip' along with others published between 1891 and 1892.
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A Scandal In Bohemia
. . . 21 pages
Holmes comes to the aid of the King of Bohemia, a case which brings him into contact with the adventuress Irene Adler.
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The Red-Headed League
. . . 22 pages
Mystery in which a pawnbroker is offered an apparently unmissable job opportunity - only red-heads need apply.
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A Case of Identity
. . . 17 pages
Holmes investigates the case of a fiancee who disappeared on the day of the wedding.
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The Boscombe Valley Mystery
. . . 22 pages
When Mr. Charles McCarthy is shot in a wood near Boscombe Pool, all (circumstantial) evidence appears to point at his son. But Holmes has doubts.
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The Five Orange Pips
. . . 17 pages
Holmes investigates a case that begins when a young man finds his uncle terrified by five orange pips he receives in the mail.
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The Man With The Twisted Lip
. . . 21 pages
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.
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The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
. . . 18 pages
A Christmas mystery for detective Sherlock Holmes beginning with a lost hat and an abandoned goose.
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The Adventure Of The Speckled Band
. . . 24 pages
A woman dies at night in a locked room, crying out in pain: 'It was the band! The speckled band!'. Holmes investigates.
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The Adventure Of The Engineer's Thumb
. . . 19 pages
A man arrives at Dr Watson's house with a severed thumb - an injury which apparently occurred in the most unusual circumstances.
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The Adventure Of The Noble Bachelor
. . . 18 pages
Holmes investigates when the Californian bride-to-be of Lord St. Simon goes missing just before the wedding.
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The Adventure Of The Beryl Coronet
. . . 23 pages
Holmes helps a banker from whom some expensive gems, taken as security on a loan to an important client, have been stolen.
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The Adventure Of The Copper Beeches
. . . 23 pages
A young lady asks Holmes' advice as to whether she should accept an excellent appointment as a governess even though it comes with an unusual condition attached.
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