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Arthur Conan Doyle

The Return Of Sherlock Holmes

The third Sherlock Holmes collection - includes 'The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons' along with others published between 1903 and 1904.
The Adventure Of The Empty House . . . 18 pages
Several years after the events described in 'The Final Problem', Dr Watson takes an interest in the murder of Ronald Adair who was shot in a locked second floor room.
The Adventure Of The Norwood Builder . . . 21 pages
Just as he is about to be arrested for the murder of a client, a young lawyer pays a visit on Holmes and begs him to help prove his innocence.
The Adventure Of The Dancing Men . . . 23 pages
A man seeks Holmes' advice after his wife becomes terrified at the appearance of a series of drawings of dancing men.
The Adventure Of The Solitary Cyclist . . . 18 pages
After accepting a post as a music teacher at a country house, a woman begins to worry when she is followed by a mysterious stranger on her weekly cycle trips down a usually deserted road.
The Adventure Of The Priory School . . . 27 pages
The headmaster of an exclusive boarding school persuades Holmes to track down the abducted son of a wealthy duke.
The Adventure Of Black Peter . . . 18 pages
An ill-tempered ex-ship's-captain is brutally murdered, pinned agaist the wall of his garden shed by a harpoon.
The Adventure Of Charles Augustus Milverton . . . 16 pages
A young Lady employs Holmes to negotiate with London's most notorious blackmailer.
The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons . . . 19 pages
Lestrade consults Holmes when a number of busts of Napoleon are smashed at various locations around London.
The Adventure Of The Three Students . . . 16 pages
A professor at a top university seeks Holmes' help with a possible case of cheating in a valuable scholarship exam.
The Adventure Of The Golden Pince Nez . . . 20 pages
Up-and-coming detective Stanley Hopkins consults Holmes about the apparently motiveless murder of the secretary of an old professor.
The Adventure Of The Missing Three Quarter . . . 20 pages
Holmes investigates the disappearance of the top player in the Cambridge University Rugby team on the eve of a match against Oxford.
The Adventure Of The Abbey Grange . . . 20 pages
Holmehe murder of Sir Eustace Brackenstall, apparently during a burglary.
The Adventure Of The Second Stain . . . 23 pages
The Prime Minister asks Holmes to investigate the theft of a letter of exceptional diplomatic importance.
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