Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in one eBook, Bantam Classics presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero-a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime! Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first brought Holmes together with Dr. John Watson. Next, The Sign of Four presents Holmes's famous "seven percent solution" and the strange puzzle of Mary Morstan in the quintessential locked-room mystery. Also included are Holmes's feats of extraordinary deception in such famous cases as the chilling "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," the baffling riddle of "The Musgrave Ritual," and the ingeniously plotted "The Five Orange Pips." Volume II begins with The Hound of Baskervilles, a haunting novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written. The Valley of Fear matches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty. In addition, the loyal Dr. Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes's feats of extraordinary detection in such famous cases as the thrilling "The Adventure of the Red Circle," Holmes's tragic and fortunately premature farewell in "The Final Problem," and the twelve baffling adventures from The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle's incomparable tales bring to life a Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at 221 B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes earned his Intro -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Sherlock Holmes Volume I -- Contents -- A Study in Scarlet -- Part I - Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., Late of the Army Medical Department -- Chapter 1 - Mr. Sherlock Holmes -- Chapter 2 - The Science of Deduction -- Chapter 3 - The Lauriston Garden Mystery -- Chapter 4 - What John Rance Had to Tell -- Chapter 5 - Our Advertisement Brings A Visitor -- Chapter 6 - Tobias Gregson Shows What He Can Do -- Chapter 7 - Light in the Darkness -- Part II - The Country of the Saints -- Chapter 1 - On the Great Alkali Plain -- Chapter 2 - The Flower of Utah -- Chapter 3 - John Ferrier Talks With the Prophet -- Chapter 4 - A Flight for Life -- Chapter 5 - The Avenging Angels -- Chapter 6 - A Continuation of the Reminiscences of John Watson, M.D. -- Chapter 7 - The Conclusion -- The Sign of Four -- Chapter 1 - The Science of Deduction -- Chapter 2 - The Statement of the Case -- Chapter 3 - In Quest of A Solution -- Chapter 4 - The Story of the Bald-Headed Man -- Chapter 5 - The Tragedy of Pondicherry Lodge -- Chapter 6 - Sherlock Holmes Gives A Demonstration -- Chapter 7 - The Episode of the Barrel -- Chapter 8 - The Baker Street Irregulars -- Chapter 9 - A Break in the Chain -- Chapter 10 - The End of the Islander -- Chapter 11 - The Great Agra Treasure -- Chapter 12 - The Strange Story of Jonathan Small -- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- A Scandal in Bohemia -- The Red-Headed League -- A Case of Identity -- The Boscombe Valley Mystery -- The Five Orange Pips -- The Man With the Twisted Lip -- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle -- The Adventure of the Speckled Band -- The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb -- The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor -- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet -- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.
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