The Extraordinary Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Puffin Classics)

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Patchwork of Criminal Intentions.......2004-10-14

This Penguin edition of Conan Doyle's deductive logic contains 8 mysteries-7 of which are serious crimes-solved brilliantly by Victorian London's genius sleuth, Sherlock Holmes. These exploits have been faithfully recorded by his friend and ally, Dr. Watson, who also resides at 221-B Baker Street. Doyle's literary style includes the following elements: ample dialogue, a detailed denouement which fills in all the loose ends, and occasional personal touches. Watson appears at
times as bewildered, disappointed, deductive in his own right,
and truly concerned for Holmes' physical and mental health. Sherlock is presented as a man of personal honor and unflappable integrity, compassionate toward victims while ruthless toward criminals, and in one tale very human-delighting in the praise and recognition from Justice professionals. In addition he rarely extracts a serious fee for his services.

The settings for these 8 mysteries range from six in the country to two in town. Holmes is sought out by clients in four tales, while he actively helps the police in the other four; one
mystery he stumbles into while holiday. Most of these crimes involve cruel murder or bizarre death; two concern precious gems and one delves into English history. Readers will find a cypher in one tale and a multi-generational puzzler in another. The knowledge of Geometry will prove valuable on a treasure hunt. Realizing when he needs a little help from his "irregulars," Holmes even relies on the keen nose of man's best friend. Delightful literary fare by the foremost detective in cases that
baffle the pros and boggle the mind. Scotland Yard applauds his amazing brain and fertile imagination!

Wonderful!!.......2002-07-15

This book was great!! It had eight different cases, and all were great. My favorites were The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Silver Blaze, and the Adventure of the Six Napoleans. If you enjoy classics, mysteries, or anything related to o.k. creepy stories, I suggest you read this book.

A Superlative collection.......2000-05-23

This is a must book for every new Sherlock Holmes reader. For anyone out there who has not read any of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries, this book introduces the reader to some of the best Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Silver Blaze, The adventure of the Speckled Band, The adventure of the dancing men, The adventure of the Blue Carbuncle are a few of the Holmes mysteries presented in this book. Each of the mysteries presented in this book expose different facets of Holmes and he is in his elements in each of them. That the book is in large print is icing on the cake.

Sherlock Holmes and the case of the hound Of the Baskervilles (Great Illustrated Classics)

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Sherlock Holmes and the case of the hound Of the Baskervilles (Great Illustrated Classics)
Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle , and Malvina G. Vogel
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Case book of Sherlock Holmes

The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes

Manufacturer: BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000B3KCRW

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BEAUTIFUL BRAND NEW. NO REMINDER MARKS. BEAUTIFUL END PAGES, JACKET, AND ILLUSTRATIONS. A SPECIAL ISSUE.

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Case book of Sherlock Holmes.......2007-05-12

Super service and book exactly as described. Will buy again!

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes (Headline))

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The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes (Headline))
Arthur Conan Doyle
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ASIN: 075533437X

Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case (The Boy Sherlock Holmes)

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Eye of the Crow: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His First Case (The Boy Sherlock Holmes)
Shane Peacock
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ASIN: 0887768504
Release Date: 2007-08-24

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Sherlock Holmes, just thirteen, is a misfit. His highborn mother is the daughter of an aristocratic family, his father a poor Jew. Their marriage flouts tradition and makes them social pariahs in the London of the 1860s; and their son, Sherlock, bears the burden of their rebellion. Friendless, bullied at school, he belongs nowhere and has only his wits to help him make his way.

But what wits they are! His keen powers of observation are already apparent, though he is still a boy. He loves to amuse himself by constructing histories from the smallest detail for everyone he meets. Partly for fun, he focuses his attention on a sensational murder to see if he can solve it. But his game turns deadly serious when he finds himself the accused — and in London, they hang boys of thirteen.

Shane Peacock has created a boy who bears all the seeds of the character who has mesmerized millions: the relentless eye, the sense of justice, and the complex ego. The boy Sherlock Holmes is a fascinating character who is sure to become a fast favorite with young readers everywhere.

Selected Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED]

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Selected Cases of Sherlock Holmes (Classic Books on Cassettes Collection) [UNABRIDGED]
Arthur Conan, Sir Doyle
Manufacturer: Audio Book Contractors
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ASIN: 155685031X
Release Date: 1987-09-01

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"The Adventure of the Speckled Band", "The Adventure of the Greek Philosopher" and "The Adventure of the Six Napoleons" will keep you guessing as to how Holmes and Watson will ever unravel these baffling cases. (Two 90-minute cassettes).

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THE CASE BOOK OF SHERLOCK HOLMES

Manufacturer: BERKLEY
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 0425028038

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, in a preface to this final collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, remarked that his detective "must go the way of all flesh, material or imaginary." Sir Arthur wrote this around 1926, but Holmes is as hale today as ever. Holmes' vitality is felt at once by anyone sampling the stories in The Case Book. These include The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire, with its tantalizing reference to "the giant rat of Sumatra"; and The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier, a case which Holmes must tell himself for "The good Watson had at that time deserted me for a wife, the only selfish action which I can recall in our association." Published by arrangement with The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Estates. N2803

Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, The (Large Print)

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Case Book of Sherlock Holmes, The (Large Print)
Arthur Conan Doyle
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ASIN: 1425008240

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Classics)

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Least favorite of the Sherlock Holmes short story collections
Conan-Doyle treading water
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock's Swan Song

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (The World's Classics)
Arthur Conan Doyle
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ASIN: 0192823744

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The last twelve stories written about Holmes and Watson, these tales reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s in which they were written. Some of the sharpest turns of wit in English literature are contrasted by dark images of psychological tragedy, suicide, and incest in a collection of
tales that have haunted generations of readers.

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The Adventure of the Illustrious Client
The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier
The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
The Adventure of the Three Gables
The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire
The Adventure of the Three Garridebs
The Problem of Thor Bridge
The Adventure of the Creeping Man
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger
The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place
The Adventure of the Retired Colourman

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Super Reader.......2007-08-02

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes contains stories by Doyle that are set later, after the turn of the century, and are probably not quite as strong as the rest of the collection.

There is still the fun of The Sussex Vampire to be found, and the finger on the side of the nose style of The Illustrious Client to enjoy, and Holmes is still Holmes.

Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 01 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 02 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 03 The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 04 The Adventure of the Three Gables - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 05 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 06 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 07 The Problem of Thor Bridge - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 08 The Adventure of the Creeping Man - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 09 The Adventure of the Lion's Mane - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 10 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 11 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place - Arthur Conan Doyle
Case Book of Sherlock Holmes : 12 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman - Arthur Conan Doyle

Royal client, good girl, bad baron.

4 out of 5

Watsonless, with rare skin condition.

4 out of 5

Crown jewel walkabout play.

3.5 out of 5

Crooks so dumb, Holmes blackmails them.

3.5 out of 5

Sussex, Scooby Doo style.

3.5 out of 5

Family tree forensics.

3.5 out of 5

Senator in triangle.

3.5 out of 5

Dogs don't like drug-addled monkey men.

4 out of 5

Watsonless retired detective's investigations have an aquatic angle.

3.5 out of 5

Cowardly strongmen, hungry lion, unhappy wife.

3.5 out of 5

Desperate horseracers.

3.5 out of 5

Art dealer punishes adultery.

3.5 out of 5

Least favorite of the Sherlock Holmes short story collections .......2007-02-06

Although he also wrote several novels featuring the world's greatest fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, it was especially in his short stories that Sir Arthur Conan Doyle perfected the Holmes formula. "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" (published in 1926) is the last of the five collections of Holmes short stories. Like most of the other collections, it features a dozen of these short stories, which on the whole are inferior to his previous efforts. Perhaps the most outstanding contribution here is The Three Garridebs, although The Sussex Vampire, Thor Bridge and Shoscombe Old Place are also worth reading. This is certainly a collection that Holmes fans will not want to miss, but new readers should begin with the more solid and consistent introductory collection "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes".

Here's a list of the stories in this collection (with the better stories marked with stars):

1. The Illustrious Client, 1924 - Holmes is hired to prevent the murderer Baron Gruner's imminent marriage to Violet de Merville, which he does by stealing his lust diary with the assistance of Miss Kitty Winter, Guner's angry former lover.
2. The Blanched Soldier, 1926 - A unique first person account, as Holmes helps James M. Dodd find his friend Godfrey Emsworth, who is being hidden by his family (due to his leprosy).
3. The Mazarin Stone, 1921 - For once a story narrated in the third person, Holmes is hired by the government to recapture the stolen Crown diamond, which he does by some trickery in his apartment with the thieves Count Sylvius and Sam Merton.
4. The Three Gables, 1926 - Holmes ignores the threats of hired ruffians like Barney Stockdale to unravel the mystery of a bizarre robbery of some papers from Mary Maberley's son Douglas, by connecting the theft to his former lover Isadora Klein.
5. *The Sussex Vampire, 1924 - Robert Ferguson's Peruvian wife has been caught sucking her baby's blood like a vampire, but Holmes shows that the real villain is a poisonous and jealous sibling. A clever story!
6. **The Three Garridebs, 1924 - Nathan Garrideb is told by John Garrideb that if they can find a third Garrideb they will inherit millions. Holmes uncovers it as a scheme by the infamous Killer Evans to recover money from the dead forger Rodger Prescott.
7. *Thor Bridge, 1922 - Neil Gibson's wife is jealous of her husband's affection for the governess Grace Dunbar, and when Dunbar is accused of murdering Gibson's wife it is up to Holmes to exonerate her by uncovering a clever suicide.
8. The Creeping Man, 1923 - Why does Professor Presbury's dog suddenly attack him, and why is he seen creeping along hallways on all fours and climbing up the walls of his mansion? Holmes finds out that it is a result of his quest for eternal youth.
9. The Lion's Mane, 1926 - When Fizroy McPherson is found half-dead near a beach with multiple apparent whip-lashings, Ian Murdoch seems the natural suspect. Another first person account, as Holmes unravels the case and explains his dying words "Lion's Mane" only when Murdoch himself nearly becomes a victim in a similar manner.
10. The Veiled Lodger, 1927 - The deductions of Holmes are virtually absent, as Mrs Merrilow's lodger Mrs Ronder explains why she hides her face as a result of an incident involving her husband, a lover and a circus lion.
11. *Shoscombe Old Place, 1927 - Consulted by head trainer John Mason, Holmes must get to the bottom of the bizarre behavioural changes of Sir Robert Norberton, who has bet everything on his horse winning the Derby, and his sister.
12. The Retired Colourman, 1926 - When Josiah Amberley's wife apparently vanishes with his fortune and her lover Dr. Ray Ernest, Holmes is the one who uncovers a clever murder.
-GODLY GADFLY

Conan-Doyle treading water.......2006-06-03

It's no secret that by this point Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle was bored with Sherlock Holmes and wished to let him go forever but the public kept hounding him and he only wrote them out of obligation. The lack of inspiration shows and the stories seem generic.

A few of them are not even told from Watson's perspective, with one being a rather odd third-person story and two being told by Holmes himself. Perhaps the constant narration by Watson is what led to so many movies casting Conan-Doyle lookalikes to play him as a bumbling fool who does no more than follow Holmes around. Or maybe Conan-Doyle was just trying to experiment by not sticking to formula. But Watson is missed in the story 'The Lion's Mane', in which there isn't even any damn crime committed. And there's not even any mystery in the 'Veiled Lodger' story. It was 19 pages of pointlessness!

Don't get me wrong, there are couple of good stories, such as 'The Blanched Soldier' and the one with the wife who commits suicide (the name of that story escapes me). But 'The Case of the Sussex Vampire' and 'The Creeping Gentlemen' have intriquing set-ups but lame endings. And in the case of the latter, just down-right far-fetched and ill-fitting in the Holmes universe.

I think the main problem with most of these is that the never really go anywhere. Literally. Holmes seems to solve them without even leaving his office. Come on! Let's go out and have an adventure rather than staying in and doing work!

By this point Holmes was past his prime. And any discriminating fan will realise this.

Case Book of Sherlock Holmes.......2002-01-17

Buyer beware!! This audio contains only 4 or the original 13 stories contained in the Case Book of Sherlock Holmes. Clearly it is an abridgement. !!

Sherlock's Swan Song.......2001-05-05

"The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes" was Doyle's last collection of short stories on the great detective. The stories may not have been uniformly as good as the earlier Holmes stories, and some of the plots may have been derivative, but they still entertain.

"The Three Garridebs" rehashed the plot of "The Red Headed League". "The Creeping Man" turned in a creepy tale whose premise has been disproved by later science. "The Veiled Lodger" was not even a mystery.

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It's been quite some time since we visited our good friends Mr. Holmes and Dr. Watson. But in The Case of the Scottish Mystery, veteran crime writer June Thomson takes us back to 221 Baker Street for an exciting test of observation and deduction. In the classic style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomson has pitted Sherlock against a ruthless adversary: a murderous gang of revolutionaries bent on revenge. Simon Jones (The Devil's Own, Murder She Wrote) uses his impressive vocal talents to deliver a first-rate narration, offering rich interpretations of the famous heroes and the interesting supporting characters Thomson has created.

At first, the legendary investigators ponder whether to take the dangerous case: "Holmes looked at me with a quizzical smile. 'What do you say, Watson? Are you game?'" Without any hesitation, Dr Watson replies: "If you are, Holmes." And, with resounding momentum, the deal is sealed: "Then the verdict is unanimous. We accept!"

Thomson is perfectly in tune with the conventions of the genre, and Jones's excellent command of language and dialect transports us to Britain in the late 1800s for an intriguing episode of Holmesian adventure. The Sounds Like Murder audio series bills itself as short stories for short commutes. If you're a Holmes fan, you may find yourself in the unlikely position of wishing your daily drive were just a little longer. (Running time: two hours, one cassette) --George Laney

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Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler presents
Sounds Like Murder
original, unabridged mysteries available on audio

1 cassette / 110 minutes
Unabridged
Read by Simon Jones

"This is old-fashioned story-telling at its best. Interesting and involving tales from some of the masters of mysteries."
-Michael Connelly, author of Blood Work

In the grand tradition of English mysteries, June Thomson brings back Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in an all-new cased solved with observation and ingenuity, mixed with plenty of intrigue, and framed in the classic lore of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Other titles in the SOUNDS LIKE MURDER series include:
Driving Lessons by Ed McBain
Clean American Fun by Christopher Newman
The Poster Boy by Stephen Solomita
The Sedgemoor Stranger by Peter Lovesey
A Tale About a Tiger by S.J. Rozan

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4 Stars for Simon Jones - 2 Stars for the Story.......2001-05-28

June Thomson is obviously a Sherlock Holmes fan. The story comes off as something written by a fan writing for other fans. However, that is not necessarily a good thing.

The mystery is rather slight. The appearance of Mycroft Holmes and his dire concerns about the case seem quite unwarranted. In fact when Holmes and Watson arrive on the scene, they are basically told who the culprit is and there is a very brief journey to uncover proof of this. The ending is rather anti-climactic.

However, Simon Jones does a superb reading of the story. He is able to give unique voices to his characters and quite brings the story and characters to life. Mr. Jones is now among one of the actors I will look for when choosing audio books, joining Time Curry and Michael York.

In the final analysis, this audiobook makes a decent distraction for a short commute. It is not gripping, but the performance is strong and worth the listen.

Sounds like the real thing.......2001-05-04

This audio presentation manages to combine an authentic sounding Sherlock Holmes story with the talents of Simon Jones to produce a genuinely enjoyable 2 hours of mystery.

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