Arthur Conan Doyle - Libros y biografía

Arthur Conan Doyle's second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes, "The Sign of Four" revolves around a blood pact between four convicts in India about a stolen treasure. Holmes is sitting in his armchair in...

A murder was committed at the old professor Coram's house. His secretary Smith was killed while the professor was still in bed. Coram would have been the first suspect if it was not for the fact that...

Sherlock Holmes got a few days of vacation so he and Watson went to Reigate where a friend of theirs, Colonel Hayter, had a home. Their plans changed drastically however when they found out that a gang...

Violet Hunter has been offered a position as a governess by Jephro Rucastle, owner of the country estate the Copper Beaches, in Hampshire. She wants to have Sherlock Holmes opinion, as to whether or not...

The British gentlemen John Scott Eccles comes to see Sherlock Holmes at 221B Baker Street about a "grotesque" affair. But before he has time to say what is so grotesque about it, the police arrive, wanting...

Captain Peter, called also "Black Peter" because of his dark moods, is found dead. The police inspector Hopkins tries to find the murderer but without any success. He then contacts Holmes asking him for...

Smith, a University of Oxford athlete, witnesses strange things. Edward, a student in Egyptology, collects ancient artefacts, a mummy as well. Not only does he collect them, but Smith suspects that Edward...

Um sombrio homem de negócios freta um trem especial para chegar o mais rápido possível a Paris. Ele carrega com ele material incriminatório de muitos políticos de alto e baixo nível... Mas o trem especial...

Na calada da noite, a criada Martha Woods ouve um grito estridente... Será que algo aconteceu com o doutor Lana? Apesar da luz de sua sala da sua sala de estudos continuar acesa a noite inteira, o doutor...

Durante a Rebelião dos Boxers na China, um grupo de pessoas está esperando por sua libertação numa cidade sitiada há quatro dias. As provisões estavam chegando ao fim e o sentimento de desespero crescia......

Desesperado por dinheiro, o jovem Marshall visita seu primo Everard, que voltou recentemente do Brasil para a Inglaterra. Para a surpresa de Marshall, Everard trouxe com ele animais e pássaros bastante...

Sir Dominick Holden decidiu se mudar para uma bela propriedade e aproveitar sua tão merecida aposentadoria. Mas ele está longe de encontrar descanso e paz em seu novo lar: a mansão é assombrada pela aparição...

O capitão de um navio visita uma ilha remota e misteriosa. As pessoas da região se assustam com um demônio perigoso que leva humanos... O que está por trás desta crença inquietante? Infelizmente, é isso...

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....

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...

'Beyond the City' is a short story by Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1892. Set in the changing world of London during the latter stages of the 19th century, the story...

First published in 1894, 'Round the Red Lamp' is a collection of mostly medical themed stories from the famous Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, no doubt drawing on his own experiences as...

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...

Set during the Hundred Years War, 'The White Company' is a historical adventure novel by famous 'Sherlock Holmes' author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Young Alleyne has been brought up in the sheltered world...

Grant Munro reaches out to Holmes because his wife, Effie, is acting strangely lately. First she asked his husband for a large amount of money without explaining why. Then she began going out during the...

Dr. Watson goes to an opium den, trying to track down the husband of one of his wife's friends but the man is not the only person he finds there... Sherlock Holmes is there too and he is searching for...

The pawnbroker Jabez Wilson comes to Sherlock Holmes because his suspicions for his weird but well-paid job got bigger. He was actually hired solely because of his flamboyant red hair. Wilson had to copy...

Doctor Persy Trevelyan gets himself into a strange business arrangement with a man, named Blessington. Blessington is a rich businessman who is willing to invest his money in the doctor's practice if...

Colonel Barclay, a commander of the Royal Mallows Regiment, is dead. His wife is the first and main suspect because the servants in the house heard the couple fight and quarrel over something. Some screams...

John McFarlane, a young solicitor, got himself in a mess which could cost him his future. He is afraid that he is about to be arrested for the murder of Jonas Oldacre, a builder who he met a day earlier....

The criminal Steve Dixie comes to 221B Baker Street, warning Sherlock Holmes not set a foot in Harlow unless he wants trouble with him. But Holmes has just received a message from Mrs. Maberley, who has...

Mr. Hilton Cubbit married a young American girl, named Elsie, a few years ago. Elsie had warned her husband of her dark past and she begged him not dig deeper and ask questions. He managed to keep his...

Mr. Hall Pycroft got left without a job after the company he worked for closed down. When Pycroft finally found a new workplace at Mawson & William's firm, he got suddenly offered yet another position...

Mr. Robert Ferguson thinks his wife might be a vampire. He's caught her sucking their baby's neck and since that discovery, she has locked herself in her room, only allowing their Peruvian maid to bring...

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...