Classic Detective

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson have wandered far from the light of Victorian gas lamps. As Holmes and Watson, they've tangled with Nazis, as Sherlock and John, they roam the corridors of New Scotland Yard. In a world of so many fresh adventures, why not fresh beginnings to those adventures? From an 1879 Kabul train station to a King's College lecture theatre in 2015, The Day They Met includes stories both classic and contemporary, offering 50 intriguing new ways that the world's most legendary partnership might have begun.

This is heralded as the very first mystery novel. Collins, in his great work, created the guidelines for the genre as we know it today: a fabulous diamond stolen, everyone in the house is suspected, three mysterious Indians sworn to protect the jewel at all costs, the upstairs/downstairs tension from the servants, and a brilliant detective who is eccentrically fond of roses.

"Horatio Leavenworth, Esq., a millionaire, is murdered in his library while he is engaged in reviewing a book he plans to publish. He was shot cleanly in the back of the head (with his own pistol), meaning that he did not turn his head when his assassin entered the room. This fact led detective Ebenezer Gryce to conclude that he recognized the footsteps of his assailant and felt he had nothing to fear from this person." Thus begins this first novel in the "Mr. Gryce" series.

Il mitico Shelock Holmes, con l'aiuto dell'inseparabile Dr. Watson, sono chiamati a risolvere l'omicidio dell'anziano sir Charles Baskerville. Morte di cui si ritiene responsabile una creatura diabolica sotto forma di cane.

Scritto nel 1892, Il Carbonchio Azzurro si inserisce a pieno titolo nella tradizione letteraria anglosassone delle Christmas Stories e lega il furto di un celebre gioiello allo smarrimento di una magnifica oca. Solo marginalmente viene coinvolto il Grande Detective in seguito al ritrovamento del magnifico carbonchio azzurro rubato alla Contessa di Morcar nello stomaco del volatile.

Dr. Watson is in his surgery when there is an unexpected knock at the door. It is Sherlock Holmes, who explains that he has arranged a meeting with an Italian musicologist, Alberto Gentili, who has found some long-lost autograph manuscripts of the almost unknown 18th century Venetian composer, Antonio Vivaldi. Gentili explains how the manuscripts represent only half of a larger collection. He wants to find the other half before someone else finds it and disperses the collection.

In this compelling short story, Holmes and Watson receive an early internment as punishment for infiltrating the Body-Snatchers Club. Will they survive to solve the nasty ongoing case of the missing boy sopranos? This Sherlockian gem was first published in 2014 in the third collection of the Final Tales of Sherlock Holmes.

When young Edwin Drood disappears, suspicion centers on John Jasper, a drug-addicted choirmaster who hungers after Drood's fiancé. So does Neville Landless, a Ceylonese who has previously quarreled violently with the missing man. The mystery if further enhanced because it was left unfinished at the author's death. Thus the book has challenged the imagination of generations of readers.

Violet Strange is no ordinary well-to-do young New York City debutante. Unbeknownst to family and society friends, she leads a secret life as a professional sleuth for a private detective agency. On a mission to raise money for an undisclosed project, the determined and gutsy young debutante diligently snoops around sleepwalking widows, violent and sinister characters, whispering clocks and concealed tombs, connecting clues to solve tales of murder, mystery and intrigue.

Hercule Poirot will sich auf einer Kreuzfahrt erholen, als plötzlich die reiche und schöne Linnet Ridgeway ermordet wird. Der Mörder kann nur auf dem Luxusdampfer sein, und Poirot muss ihn überführen, bevor die Fahrt zu Ende ist.

Un incarico nientemeno che in Svizzera, impegna Sherlock Holmes e il suo assistente Watson, nell'indagine sulla scomparsa di una donna...

Tre storie mozzafiato in cui Sherlock Holmes, insieme all'insperabile Dott. Watson, dovrà guardare la morte in faccia per sconfiggere tre astuti e diabolici nemici. Tre sfide giocate sul filo del rasoio tra inseguimenti rocamboleschi, veleni micidiali e travestimenti insospettabili: Sherlock Holmes riuscirà a vincere l'ennesima sfida mortale lanciatagli dai suoi nemici?

Este libro presenta las impactantes aventuras del mejor detective del mundo. Trata seis casos criminales tan enigmáticos que solamente alguien como Holmes es capaz de resolver. Para ello utiliza su gran capacidad de observación y su aguda inteligencia. La solución es obvia; basta analizar los indicios y seguir las pistas dadas.

Over a 25-year period, author Maurice Leblanc wrote of the exploits of gentleman thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin, to the delight of readers on the continent and elsewhere. Often referred to as France's version of Sherlock Holmes, Lupin in this early appearance is wrongfully accused of the death of a prominent German millionaire with nefarious plans. The thief and the mysterious killer find themselves in a race to find an incriminating bundle of letters that, in the wrong hands, could change the political map of the world.

Claimed as the first detective story in the English language, Wilkie Collins weaves his classic mystery through a series of often "meandering" narratives by various characters in the book who had first hand knowledge surrounding the disappearance of a large valuable yellow diamond (the Moonstone) from the room of it's young owner, Rachel Verinder.

The plot involves the uncovering of secret German preparations for an invasion of the United Kingdom and is sited by Winston Churchill as one of the major reasons the Admiralty decided to establish naval bases at Invergordon, the Firth of Forth and Scapa Flow.

Un giovane ingegnere idraulico in cerca di fortuna trova un Cliente disposto a pagarlo molto bene, ma per un lavoro che si rivelerà assai poco remunerativo: il malcapitato finirà infatti in mano ad una banda di feroci criminali.

In this series of five short stories, Holmes and Watson continue their late investigations into dark crimes in 1920s London, joined by their excitable housekeeper at 221B Baker Street, the brilliant, buxom Miss Lily Hudson, and by Jasper Lestrade of Scotland Yard, the ambitious, respectful son of the late George Lestrade.

General Compton, known as the Viking general, is found dead in his study at his country estate. Dr. Watson is first on the scene and calls in his friend, Sherlock Holmes, to solve the complex case. A suspect confesses, but Holmes has his doubts. His investigation has shattering results for all concerned.

Il racconto della Lega dei Capelli Rossi rappresenta uno dei più originali casi che il grande detective Sherlock Holmes si troverà a dovere risolvere.