About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe'. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for the penetrating mind of Sherlock Holmes as he investigates the strangest of cases. A woman receives a gruesome package - two human ears in a box. A vital government secret is threatened with exposure. Miss Brenda Tregennis is found scared to death - could she really have died from fright alone? And when the stability of the country is threatend, Holmes' unrivalled talents are called upon once again ...

Sherlock Holmes is a "consulting detective" known for his proficiency with observation, forensic science, and logical reasoning that borders on the fantastic, which he employs when investigating cases for a wide variety of clients, including Scotland Yard. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction._x000D_ Table of Contents:_x000D_ Introduction_x000D_ An Intimate Study of Sherlock Holmes_x000D_ Novels & Stories:_x000D_ A Study in Scarlet_x000D_ The Sign of Four_x000D_ The Hound of the Baskervilles_x000D_ The Valley of Fear_x000D_ The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:_x000D_ A Scandal in Bohemia_x000D_ The Red-Headed League_x000D_ A Case of Identity_x000D_ The Boscombe Valley Mystery_x000D_ The Five Orange Pips_x000D_ The Man with the Twisted Lip_x000D_ Blue Carbuncle_x000D_ The Speckled Band_x000D_ The Engineer's Thumb_x000D_ The Noble Bachelor_x000D_ The Beryl Coronet_x000D_ The Copper Beeches_x000D_ The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes:_x000D_ Silver Blaze_x000D_ The Yellow Face_x000D_ The Stock-Broker's Clerk_x000D_ The "Gloria Scott"_x000D_ The Musgrave Ritual_x000D_ The Reigate Puzzle_x000D_ The Crooked Man_x000D_ The Resident Patient_x000D_ The Greek Interpreter_x000D_ The Naval Treaty_x000D_ The Final Problem_x000D_ The Return of Sherlock Holmes:_x000D_ The Empty House_x000D_ The Norwood Builder_x000D_ The Dancing Men_x000D_ The Solitary Cyclist_x000D_ The Priory School_x000D_ The Black Peter_x000D_ The Charles Augustus Milverton_x000D_ The Six Napoleons_x000D_ The Three Students_x000D_ The Golden Pince-Nez_x000D_ The Missing Three-Quarter_x000D_ The Abbey Grange_x000D_ The Second Stain_x000D_ His Last Bow:_x000D_ Wisteria Lodge_x000D_ Red Circle_x000D_ Cardboard Box_x000D_ Bruce-Partington Plans_x000D_ The Dying Detective_x000D_ The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax_x000D_ Devil's Foot_x000D_ His Last Bow_x000D_ The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes:_x000D_ Illustrious Client_x000D_ Blanched Soldier_x000D_ Mazarin Stone_x000D_ Three Gables_x000D_ Sussex Vampire_x000D_ Three Garridebs_x000D_ Thor Bridge_x000D_ Creeping Man_x000D_ Lion's Mane_x000D_ Veiled Lodger_x000D_ Shoscombe Old Place_x000D_ Retired Colourman_x000D_ Sketches_x000D_ The Field Bazaar_x000D_ How Watson Learned the Trick_x000D_ Plays_x000D_ Sherlock Holmes: A Drama in Four Acts_x000D_ The Crown Diamond: An Evening with Sherlock Holmes_x000D_ Autobiography:_x000D_ ...

Terrifying, thrilling and addictive - the celebrated tale of chilling murder, played out on the bleak, eerie wilds of a West Country moor. The greatest detective of them all is back... 'Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face'. Death by natural causes? Sherlock Holmes knows that Sir Charles Baskerville's demise was due to no such thing. Was he killed by a phantom hound or is this the work of a calculating murderer?

'Mr Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim of a murderous assault this morning which has left him in a precarious position'. Dr Watson stops dead in his tracks when he reads of the attempt on his friend's life. The forces of nature turn against man, love breeds hatred and cowardice, mothers appear to attack their own children, and Sherlock Holmes, the one man who can redress the balance, seemingly lies at death's door ... When an assassination attempt is made on the great detective's life it seems that no one can escape the death and dread which blights Britain...

This volume one consists of 6 short stories taken from the book. In The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone, Holmes uses a decoy to retrieve a lost precious gem. The Problem of Thor Bridge is about the truth behind a woman’s death on Thor Bridge. The Adventure of the Creeping Man tells the story of Holmes unraveling the cause of a professor’s strange behaviors. In The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, Holmes receives two unexpected letters which make reference to vampires. The Adventure of the Three Garridebs is about a man looking for other men with his unusual surname. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client tells how Holmes stops a marriage between a girl and a roguish, sadistic man.

The greatest detective of them all is back... 'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it'. Arriving in the wilderness of London Dr John Watson finds himself lodging at 221b Baker Street with one Sherlock Holmes. A corpse has been discovered and scrawled in blood across the walls is the word RACHE - revenge. Watson, is baffled by the case but for Holmes the game is afoot...

The greatest detective of them all is back... ''Holmes!' I cried. 'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?'. The Great Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of the capital. But his old enemies are watching his every move. Watching, waiting, plotting...

A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquired over an American mining valley. At the end of the investigation, which Holmes declares is making him lose his wits, it is Professor Moriarty who has the final laugh. - ;A cipher message and a horrible murder in a Sussex village begin this dark and powerful tale as Holmes battles with the forces of the criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Central to the novel lies the story of a terrorist brotherhood and the hold it acquired over an American mining valley. At the end of the investigation, which Holmes declares is making him lose his wits, it is Professor Moriarty who has the final laugh. -

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Illustrated from Top Five Classics is the only fully illustrated, single-volume edition of the entire Sherlock Holmes Canon available, featuring: • All 4 Sherlock Holmes novels and 56 short stories, including the final 1927 collection, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes • More than 480 illustrations, including all 357 Holmes illustrations by Sidney Paget • Alphabetical index of titles & timeline of cases • A helpful introduction, author bio, and bibliography Presenting all of the stories in the order they were first published with the illustrations that accompanied the original Strand Magazine monthly editions, The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Illustrated brings the Sherlock Holmes adventures to you the way they were meant to be read.

These are the last twelve stories Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s and also include some of the wittiest passages in the series.