Arthur Conan Doyle - Libros y biografía

First published in 1921, 'The Wanderings of a Spiritualist' is a personal account of spiritualism by the 'Sherlock Holmes' author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle had publicly professed his belief in spiritualism...

'The Parasite' is a short, psychological thriller from Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Professor Austin Gilroy is deeply dubious about the genuine powers of hypnotism. When his colleague...

Best-known as the author of the Sherlock Holmes series of detective novels, in 'The Crime of the Congo' Sir Arthur Conan Doyle attempts to lay bare the atrocities which had taken place in the Congo under...

Gerard is a downright legend. At least in his own mind. Old and retired, the French brigadier muses over past adventures serving in the Napoleonic wars, and while he certainly should not be called a liar......

Sir James comes to 221B Baker Street in the name of an anonymous but illustrious client. It concerns General de Merville's daughter, Violet, who has fallen for the Baron Adelbert Gruner. The man has a...

A thick smog has fallen over London. Mycroft comes to visit his brother Sherlock Holmes, asking for his help. A ten-page secret document has gone missing and three pages have just been found... in the...

On Christmas Eve, the invaluable Blue Carbuncle has been stolen from the Countess of Morcar's hotel room. A plumber is arrested on the spot but the expensive missing gem is still nowhere to be found....

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson come to the help of the landlady Mrs Warren. She has rented out a room to a man who has offered to pay twice the asking price, as long as she meets his requirements. The...

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are travelling in Cornwall when Mortimer Tregennis comes to them with the strangest of cases. His sister Brenda was found dead next to their two brothers, George and Owen,...

Whilst the retired art supplier Josiah Amberley was at the theatre, his wife ran away with a young man and a good deal of their money. Amberley wants Holmes to track her down but the latter is too busy...

Dr Watson is called to Holmes' sickbed, who is suffering from a highly infection tropical disease contracted whilst he was working on one of his cases. Yet when Watson arrives Holmes will not him help....

After a sumptuous wedding, the bride disappears during the party. The wealthy Lord Simon, the groom, doesn't know whether his new wife – Hetty Doran of San Francisco – is dead or alive, or if she's been...

The powerful Duke of Holdernesse's son is missing. The boy was last seen in the Priory School but shortly after he received a letter from his father, he was nowhere to be seen. The main suspect was the...

"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the very last Sherlock Holmes story. This ultimate investigation takes him to Berkshire, to a racing stable called Shoscombe Old Place. It's the head trainer,...

Holmes has been following the diamond thief, Count Negretto Sylvius, and is convinced that the man is going to try to kill him. The detective has therefore set up a clever visual trick at 221B Baker Street...

Holmes and Watson go to Dartmoor to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a racehorse named Silver Blaze, but that is not the only strange occurrence that has happened there... The day before the...

Trevor Bennett is engaged to Edith Presbury and works for her father, a professor. The latter is himself engaged to another young lady and colleague's daughter, Alice Morphy. But Professor Presbury has...

Trelawney Hope, secretary for European Affairs, reaches out to Holmes. A very important letter was stolen from Hope's safe and he wants Holmes to track it down. The letter's content was of political importance...

"The Adventure of the Gloria Scott" which is a part of "The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes" sends us back to the very first case of Sherlock Holmes. While Holmes was still a student, he visited an old friend...

A series of break-ins occur in London. All of them have one thing in common – a bust of Napoleon is smashed. Inspector Lestrade comes to a dead end, so he reaches out to Holmes. The next break-in takes...

James Dodd comes to Sherlock Holmes about the whereabouts of his friend Godfrey Emsworth. The two men fought in the Second Boer War together, where Ensworth was wounded. Dodd has not heard from his friend...

The banker Alexander Holder has been the victim of a theft and his son Arthur has been caught red-handed. An important client had entrusted Alexander with the Beryl Coronet – a rare and precious piece...

A young girl fearing for her life comes to ask Sherlock Holmes for his help. After having announced her engagement to her stepfather, his behaviour has become even stranger than usual. She is set to inherit...

Um grupo de amigos acolhe hesitantemente um novo participante para a sessão espírita: o francês Paul Le Duc. Ele é um estudante de ocultismo bastante conhecido, um médium, um visionário, um místico......

Uma antiga preciosidade judaica de imenso valor foi roubada do museu! Antes do roubo ocorrer, o curador recebeu uma carta anônima alertando-o sobre as falhas de segurança do museu... O remetente seria...

Quando o trem para, faltam três passageiros e um jovem é encontrado morto numa carruagem vazia... Não há nenhuma maneira de identificar o defunto e ninguém se lembrava de tê-lo visto antes. Além disso,...

Dr. Hamilton vê o anúncio de um estranho trabalho no jornal. Três condições são necessárias para trabalhar: uma formação médica, um físico forte e um vasto conhecimento em besouros... Apesar dessas estranhas...

O jovem John é convidado a ajudar um tio que nunca conheceu. Ele hesita pois seu tio tem uma terrível reputação e não manteve contato com sua família há muitos anos. Apesar disso, John aceita o pedido...

Devido ao seu grande interesse pelo ocultismo, o jovem Lionel Dacre reuniu uma enorme biblioteca de literatura ocultista e muitos itens misteriosos. Um desses itens é um funil de couro ao lado do qual...

Após meses procurando trabalho, Harold Weld finalmente encontra um cargo na Lea House Academy. Mas há uma estranha exigência: o professor que aceitar o cargo deve ter um bom temperamento imperturbável....