Private Detective

..wirklich ein Mord ohne Motiv ..? Lesung mit musikalischem Feature in neuer Übersetzung. Kriminalroman-Serie von Arthur Conan Doyle um den weltberühmten Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson und deren teils kniffeligen Fälle und Abenteuer. Der goldene Kneifer. Der Yoxley-Fall! Ein Mord – auf den ersten Blick alles sehr einfach – ein Mord, ein Toter – aber absolut keinen Grund für die Tat - es gibt schlicht kein Motiv. Es wurde nichts gestohlen – keinen Hinweis auf Rache oder was auch immer.

..ein ganz besonderes Puzzle.. Lesung mit musikalischem Feature in neuer Übersetzung. Kriminalroman-Serie von Arthur Conan Doyle um den weltberühmten Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson und deren teils kniffeligen Fälle und Abenteuer. Der Baumeister aus Norwood. Ein brennender Holzstapel. Und ein verkohlter Gegenstand. Die Spuren eines Kampfes. Und ein blutverschmierter Spazierstock: Mehr Mosaiksteine gibt es nicht, die das Verschwinden des wohlhabenden Baumeisters Jonas Oldacre von seinem Anwesen erklären könnten.

...ein ganz besonderes Puzzle... Lesung mit musikalischem Feature in neuer Übersetzung. Kriminalroman-Serie von Arthur Conan Doyle um den weltberühmten Detektiv Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson und deren teils kniffeligen Fälle und Abenteuer. Die sechs Napoleons. Es war nichts Ungewöhnliches, dass Mr. Lestrade vom Scotland Yard bei Dr. Watson und Sherlock Holmes zu einem abendlichen Besuch vorbeikam und wie beiläufig über eine absurde und mysteriöse Angelegenheit berichtete. Ein zweifellos Wahnsinniger treibt sein Unwesen...

Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson werden ins Wachsfigurenmuseum der Familie Tussaud gerufen. In der Kammer des Schreckens befindet sich neben den Modellen auch eine echte menschliche Leiche, deren Herkunft rätselhaft ist.

Flora Titchbum wartet gespannt am Viktoria-Bahnhof auf den Schnellzug aus Liverpool. Soll doch heute ihr, vor neun Jahren nach Amerika ausgewanderter Bruder Artur, nach dem Tod ihres Vaters, endlich wieder nach London heimkehren und die hiesigen Bankgeschäfte und das stattliche Erbe antreten. Doch schnell überschatten die anfängliche Freude erste Zweifel. Als sich die junge Nelly, Artur Titchbums damalige Liebschaft, verzweifelt an Holmes wendet und seine Hilfe erbittet, stößt der Detektiv bald auf verstörende Zusammenhänge.

Detectives Alexandra Winter and Jack Daniels have been close friends and partners ever since they started working at the San Diego Police Department. In fact, on their latest case there's only one thing separating them: the fact that Alexandra's been murdered by their main suspect. But that doesn't mean either of them have stopped in their hunt for the killer...

Der Hund von Baskerville (Originaltitel: The Hound of the Baskervilles, in neueren Übersetzungen auch Der Hund der Baskervilles) ist der dritte Roman mit Sherlock Holmes und eine der bekanntesten Detektivgeschichten Arthur Conan Doyles. Der Roman spielt im England des späten 19. Jahrhunderts in der Region Dartmoor. Auf der Familie Baskerville lastet ein dämonischer Fluch, wie aus einem Familiendokument aus dem Jahre 1742 hervorgeht.

Sherlock Holmes reappears in London after a three-year absence, shocking Dr. Watson, who believed his good friend had been killed in a confrontation with Professor Moriarty at Reichenbach Falls. Holmes is compelled to outwit the “second most dangerous man in London” who has a good reason to hope for Holmes’ demise.

Shortly after private eye Howard Moon Deer decides to settle down with his latest lady love, he accepts a new case that takes him away from the home front and introduces him to the dangerous passions that drive San Geronimo's thriving art scene. Howard and ex-police commander Jack Wilder have been hired to investigate Sherman Stone, a man notorious for his torrid liaisons and low-life friends. Rumor has it that he's planning to have his wealthy wife killed. But before Howard can separate fact from fiction, a local hobo is murdered, and then Sherman himself meets an untimely end.

Dies ist der erste Band von den neuen Abenteuer des Sherlock Holmes: Über Jahre hinweg begleitete Dr. John H. Watson seinen Freund und Kompagnon Sherlock Holmes bei der Aufklärung einer Vielzahl von Verbrechen und Geheimnissen. Beginnend mit den 1880er Jahren und in das 20. Jahrhundert hineinragend, stellte Holmes seinen Status als brillantester und erfolgreichster Detektiv der Welt immer wieder unter Beweis. Davon zeugen die schriftlichen Notizen Watsons, die dieser gewissenhaft angelegt hat, und in denen von den Abenteuern von Sherlock Holmes erzählt wird.

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle is one of 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the seventh story of twelve in the collection The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in January 1892. As London prepares for Christmas, newspapers report the theft of the near-priceless gemstone, the "Blue Carbuncle", from the hotel suite of the Countess of Morcar. John Horner, a plumber and a previously convicted felon, is soon arrested for the theft. Despite Horner's claims of innocence, the police are sure that they have their man.

The Two Barques is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Pearson's Magazine in march 1897. 2nd story of the Captain Sharkey saga. In Kingston, an elderly logwood-cutter saw Captain Sharkey's pirate barque, the Happy Delivery, careening at Torbec on the south-west of Hispaniola, as well as Sharkey himself, with four men, buccaneering on the outlying island of La Vache. Stephen Craddock, an adventurer comes to the Governor Sir Edward Compton with a plan for the extirpation of Sharkey.

"The Adventure of the Reigate Squire", also known as The Adventure of the Reigate Puzzle or "The Adventure of the Reigate Squires", was one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventure of the Reigate Squires was first published in 1893. It is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Reigate Squire" twelfth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. The elder Cunningham's confidence is broken after his arrest and he tells all.

The Problem of Thor Bridge is a Sherlock Holmes murder mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle in The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, first published in 1922 in The Strand Magazine (UK) and Hearst's International (US). Neil Gibson, the Gold King and former Senator from "some Western state", approaches Holmes to investigate the murder of his wife Maria in order to clear his children's governess, Grace Dunbar, of the crime. It soon emerges that Mr. Gibson's marriage had been unhappy and he treated his wife very badly. He had fallen in love with her when he met her in Brazil, but soon realised they had nothing in common.

The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is contacted by Miss Violet Smith of Farnham, Surrey about an unusual turn in hers and her mother's lives. Violet's father has recently died and left his wife and daughter rather poor. There was an ad in the news asking about their whereabouts. Answering it, they met Mr. Carruthers and Mr. Woodley, the former a pleasant enough man, but the latter a bullying churl.

The Adventure of the Naval Treaty, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Naval Treaty 19th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. Holmes explains that several clues all pointed to Joseph: the thief knew the ways of the office well, given that he had rung the bell before seeing the treaty; Phelps had shown his relatives around the office; Joseph had dined in London that evening, and took the 11:00 PM train to Woking.

The Adventure of the Dancing Men, a Sherlock Holmes story written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle published as The Return of Sherlock Holmes in 1905.Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Dancing Men third in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories. This is one of only two Sherlock Holmes short stories where Holmes' client dies after seeking his help. The other is "The Five Orange Pips", part of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

The Adventure of the Empty House, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Public pressure forced Conan Doyle to bring the sleuth back to life, and explain his apparently miraculous survival of a deadly struggle with Professor Moriarty. This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, as recounted in "The Final Problem". The Hound of the Baskervilles had seen the return of a pre-Reichenbach Falls Sherlock Holmes, which only served to whet readers' appetites.

The Boscombe Valley Mystery, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1891. Lestrade summons Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local landowner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail.

The Adventure of the Crooked Man, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked The Adventure of the Crooked Man 15th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories... He met Nancy that evening, who was shocked to learn he was alive. Unknown to her, however, he followed her home and witnessed the argument, for the blinds were up and the glass door open. He climbed over the low wall and entered the room.