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An illustrated adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic
Sherlock Holmes mystery - at an easy-to-read level for readers of
all ages! Also includes a QR code for the free audiobook! Seven
years ago a disturbing incident took place in the village of Abbas
Parva. Mr Ronder, owner of Ronder's Wild Animals Show, met his end
after an escaped lion attacked him. Holmes is confronted with an
old mystery when he is summoned to visit a lady who refuses to show
her face. A grisly crime committed seven years ago has had terrible
consequences, and it is up to Holmes to save the veiled lodger from
her own conscience.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'They all agreed that it was a huge creature,
luminous, ghastly and spectral.' Originally serialised in The
Strand Magazine, Conan Doyle's The Hound of the Baskervilles
follows the infamous Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson as they
investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, whose
dead body is found on the misty and desolate Devon moors. The
locals blame his death on the legend of the fearsome phantom hound
that they claim has haunted the Baskerville family for generations.
When the heir to the Baskerville fortune, Sir Henry, also comes
under threat Holmes' detective skills are put to the test as he
battles to discover the truth behind the legend and to solve one of
the most macabre mysteries of his career.
The Valley of Fear, the last of the four Sherlock Holmes novels,
ranks among Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's best work. The mystery begins
with a coded warning of imminent danger, drawing the illustrious
Sherlock Holmes and the faithful Dr. Watson to a secluded English
country home. A trail of bewildering clues-raincoats, dumbbells, a
missing wedding ring-leads to sleuthing in the finest Holmesian
tradition and the gripping backstory of a cult that terrorized a
valley in the American West. The Valley of Fear is loosely based on
the real-life exploits of the Molly Maguires and Pinkerton agent
James McParland. The story was first published in the Strand
Magazine between September 1914 and May 1915.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote more than mysteries and historical
novels. Doyle's supernatural literature varied from Jamesian ghost
stories to Lovecraftian cosmic horror and disturbing psychological
thrillers, and included the introduction of a new type of monster,
the reanimated Egyptian mummy. Written in about the same decade as
the Sherlock Holmes series, they will convince you that Arthur
Conan Doyle was a master of more than just the detective story. In
this volume you will find a complete collection of his supernatural
short stories.
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