Arthur Conan Doyle
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Scholastic
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Reading Group Set
When Holmes is visited by a distressed young woman one dark night, he listens intently as she tells him of her father's disappearance ten years before and how, four years after his death, she began to receive a large and beautiful pearl once a year every year. Now she has a letter from the person who sent her the pearls: they wish to meet her.
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Appears on list
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When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead in his grounds, with a large animal footprint near his lifeless body, the locals are convinced that the hound is back. It is up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to uncover the truth and keep the new heir to Baskerville Hall safe from danger.
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Publisher
BBC Audiobooks
Pub. Date
2006
Description
The great detective's melancholy mood is lifted by the arrival of Mary Morstan at 221B Baker Street. Mary's father vanished ten years ago. Four years later she began to receive annually a large pearl. Now she's had an invitation to meet her benefactor.
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Hesperus
Pub. Date
2003
Description
When a select party of American and English tourists board the Korosko in search of eastern magic, they are ill prepared for what is to follow. Taken hostage by Islamic fundamentalists, they encounter the ultimate in cross-cultural experiences - one that leaves them fearing for their lives.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014
Description
This selection of 12 of the best Sherlock Holmes stories is designed to give a full sense of their world, taking Holmes's career from its early days to its close. It includes the book-length 'The Sign of the Four' and notes by Barry McCrea that give a sense of the different currents running beneath the stories' surface.
14) The poison belt
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Series
Publisher
Hesperus
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The legendary Professor Challenger hits the headlines once again when he claims that the Earth is heading towards inevitable destruction. Is this a strange ruse of the Professor's or is total annihilation really only hours away?
15) The lost world
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Vintage Classic
Pub. Date
2011
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Journalist Ed Malone asks for a mission with adventure and danger in it. But interviewing touchy Professor Challenger, Ed gets more than he bargained for.
16) His last bow
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Publisher
ABC/Audible Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Description
Ever since he made his first appearance in A Study In Scarlet, Sherlock Holmes has enthralled and delighted millions of fans throughout the world. Now Arthur Conan Doyle's complete works - four novels and five collections of short stories - has been brought to life by Stephen Fry, a lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, in this The Definitive Collection. In addition, Stephen has written and narrated nine insightful, intimate and deeply personal...
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Pimlico
Pub. Date
2009
Description
As the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous man who never was, Arthur Conan Doyle remains one of our favourite writers. Writer, doctor, cricketer, public figure and family man, his life was no less fascinating than his fiction. Russell Miller has been granted unlimited access to Conan Doyle's private correspondence.