Edward Hardwicke
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[The devil's foot]: Winner of a Mystery Writers of America Award 1989. When Watson insists Holmes take a vacation in a small Cornish village, he spends his holiday unraveling the mysterious death of a young woman. [Silver blaze]: A highly prized racehorse disappears on the eve of a big race. [The Bruce Partington plans]: Plans for a secret submarine are found in the pocket of a young man brutally murdered on a railway line leading from the underground....
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Bribery & Corruption: Nicholas has always had a schoolboy crush on Emma, the free-spirited wife of the shipyard owner who employed his father. But after her murder, he learns that Emma's life was far more complicated than he had originally suspected.
Front seat: Hugh Branksome never expected to return to the seaside town where his Cecily grew up. Retirement holds even more surprises, though, when Cecily enlists an old flame in a quixotic quest to...
7) Oliver Twist
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A slightly darker version of the classic Charles Dickens tale. After living in poor conditions, Oliver runs away to the streets of London. There he meets a gang of pickpockets and soon Oliver's life is changed forever.
9) Elizabeth
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England, 1554. Henry VIII is dead. The country is divided, Catholic against Protestant. Henry's eldest daughter Mary, a fervent Catholic, is Queen. She is childless. The Catholics' greatest fear is the succession of Mary's Protestant half-sister, Elizabeth. After Mary's death, Elizabeth ascends to the throne, thrust into an edgy world of political and religious flux she struggles to protect her power, life, and independence as the court boils with...
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1. The Adventure of the Empty House – Watson receives the shock of his life on seeing a familiar face, coinciding with the seemingly motiveless murder of one Ronald Adair. 2. The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot – A Cornish holiday ends with a murder investigation for our intrepid duo when a woman is found dead besides her two insane singing and laughing brothers . 3. The Adventure of the Abbey Grange - An early morning awakening leads to an investigation...
11) The Naval Treaty
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"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.
Dr. Watson receives a letter, which he then refers to Holmes, from an old schoolmate, now a Foreign Office employee from Woking who has had an important naval...
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"The Adventure of the Priory School", 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”. Doyle ranked "The Adventure of the Priory School" tenth in his list of his twelve favorite Holmes stories.
Holmes receives a visit from Dr. Thorneycroft Huxtable, the founder and principal of a preparatory school called Priory School in Northern England....
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"The Greek Interpreter", 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”. The story was originally serialised in Strand Magazine in 1893. This story introduces Holmes's elder brother Mycroft. Doyle ranked "The Greek Interpreter" seventeenth in a list of his nineteen favourite Sherlock Holmes stories.
On a summer evening, while engaged...
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Avarice gets top billing in "The Adventure of the Priory School," "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League," and "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle," three masterfully crafted cases from one of the greatest mystery writers of all, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring that most celebrated sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. In "The Adventure of the Priory School," a wicked scheme to kidnap a young lord results in a greater tragedy. In "The Adventures of the...
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Here are three masterfully crafted cases involving intrigue, from the greatest mystery writer of all time, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and starring that most celebrated sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. In "The Crooked Man," a long-lost love returns, horribly changed, revealing awful treachery that has been kept secret for decades. In "The Greek Interpreter," Sherlock Holmes' brother, Mycroft, leads Holmes and Watson to a hideous murder and the betrayal of a foreign...
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Cases of betrayal haunt these three masterful tales starring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's cunning, brilliant detective: "A Scandal in Bohemia," "Silver Blaze," and "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches." "A Scandal in Bohemia" is a story of love, intrigue, and scandal as Holmes first encounters New Jersey born opera singer Irene Adler. In "Silver Blaze," a trusted horse trainer is murdered; Holmes and Watson are on the case, but a strange knife and a missing...