Download or read book The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by John Joseph Adams and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-09-01 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The game is afoot! Night Shade Books is proud to present the fantastic adventures of the world's greatest detective — mystery, fantasy, science fiction, horror, no genre can escape the esteemed detective's needle-sharp intellect and intuition. This reprint anthology showcases the best Holmes short fiction from the last 25 years, featuring stories by such visionaries as Stephen King, Neil Gaimen, Laura King, and many others.
Download or read book The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by John Joseph Adams and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features short stories about Sherlock Holmes and Watson solving mysteries where a particular piece has been changed, which alters the course of the story and conclusion.
Download or read book New Sherlock Holmes Adventures written by Packages and published by Packages. This book was released on 2000-05-24 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After Arthur Conan Doyle created the detective, Sherlock Holmes, many writers borrowed him to be the hero of their stories. The anthology offers a selection, old and new.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Improbable Prisoner written by Stuart Douglas and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2018-07-03 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new novel from the author of acclaimed Sherlock Holmes patisches The Albino's Treasure and The Counterfeit Detective. WRONGLY IMPRISONED Following a summons to a fictional patient, Dr. Watson finds himself arrested for the horrific murder of an elderly woman. Imprisoned at Holloway, and with the evidence stacked against him, Watson's only hope is that Sherlock Holmes can discover the identity of the real killer. But when a mysterious letter appears to link Watson to blackmail and a notorious street gang, Holmes must use all his powers of reasoning to save his friend from the hangman's noose.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Titanic Tragedy written by William Seil and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson board the Titanic on its ill-fated maiden voyage, where Holmes is to carry out a secret government mission. Soon after departure, highly important submarine plans for the US navy are stolen. Holmes and Watson must work through a list of suspects which includes Colonel James Moriarty, brother to the late Professor Moriarty - but will they find the culprit before tragedy strikes? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless creation returns in a new series of handsomely designed detective stories, encapsulating the most varied and thrilling cases of the world's greatest detective.
Download or read book The Improbable Casebook of Sherlock Holmes written by Nick Cardillo and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where does the improbable end and the impossible begin? Nick Cardillo (author of The Feats of Sherlock Holmes) presents seven improbable adventures of the World's Greatest Detective collected for the first time in one place. These tales of mystery and suspense will test the minds of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson like never before as they confront a wide array of monsters, madmen, impossible crimes, and the wildest aberrations of nature beyond their wildest nightmares. Also included are two never-before-published short stories which chronicle some of the darkest chapters of Holmes and Watson's career. In "The Adventure of the Deadly Inheritance," a frightened man seeks Holmes' help after his brother suddenly disappeared performing an arcane family ritual, and in "In the Footsteps of Madness," Holmes and Watson descend into the sewers of London to confront a bloodthirsty killer who may be more than just human. The Improbable Casebook of Sherlock Holmes is the long-awaited second collection from an exciting new voice in the world of Sherlockian pastiche.
Download or read book The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories written by Otto Penzler and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2015-10-27 with total page 817 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest collection of Sherlock Holmes stories ever assembled! Arguably no other character in history has been so enduringly popular as Sherlock Holmes. Ever since his first appearance, in Arthur Conan Doyle’s 1887 novella A Study in Scarlet, readers have loved reading about him almost as much as writers have loved writing about him. Here, Otto Penzler collects eighty-three wonderful stories about Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, published over a span of more than a hundred years. Featuring pitch-perfect cases by acclaimed modern-day Sherlockians Leslie S. Klinger, Laurie R. King, Lyndsay Faye and Daniel Stashower; pastiches by literary luminaries both classic (P. G. Wodehouse, Dorothy B. Hughes, Kingsley Amis) and current (Anne Perry, Stephen King, Colin Dexter); and parodies by Conan Doyle’s contemporaries A. A. Milne, James M. Barrie, and O. Henry, not to mention genre-bending cases by science-fiction greats Poul Anderson and Michael Moorcock. No matter if your favorite Holmes is Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett, Robert Downey, Jr., or Benedict Cumberbatch, whether you are a lifelong fan or only recently acquainted with the Great Detective, readers of all ages are sure to enjoy The Big Book of Sherlock Holmes Stories. Including - Over a century’s worth of cases, from Conan Doyle’s 1890s parodies of his own creation to Neil Gaiman’s “The Case of Death and Honey” (2011) - Appearances by those other great detectives Hercule Poirot and C. Auguste Dupin - 15 Edgar Award–winning authors and 5 Mystery Writers of America Grand Masters - Stories by Laurie R. King, Colin Dexter, Anthony Burgess, Anne Perry, Stephen King, P.G. Wodehouse, Kingsley Amis, and many, many more.
Download or read book The Living Dead 2 written by John Joseph Adams and published by Start Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Living Dead 2 has more of what zombie fans hunger for — more scares, more action, more... brains! Experience the indispensable series that defines the very best in zombie literature with original stories by Kelley Armstrong, Karina Sumner-Smith, Carrie Ryan, Jamie Lackey, Genevieve Valentine, Brian Keene, Simon R. Green, David Wellington, David Barr Kirtley, Matt London, Joe McKinney, Walter Greatshell, Bob Fingerman, S. G. Browne, Jonathan Maberry, Mira Grant, Marc Paoletti, cherie priest, Robert Kirkman, Max Brooks, David Moody, Sarah Langan, Steven Gould, and John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow. In addition to these original stories, The Living Dead 2 features 18 additional reprint zombie stories. All this adds up to a Landmark volume that helps define what zombie godfather John Skipp calls "The New Zombie Literature."
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Holmes and the Crusader s Curse written by Stuart Douglas and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2020-12-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new novel from the author of acclaimed Sherlock Holmes patisches The Albino's Treasure, The Counterfeit Detective and The Improbable Prisoner The last Lord Thorpe, reclusive owner of Thorpe Manor, has died. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are invited to the auction at which the estate will be sold off, in hopes Holmes can uncover the whereabouts of the missing De Trop Diamond, a jewel-encrusted gemstone brought back from the Crusades by an earlier member of the Thorpe dynasty - and the source of a legendary curse. from TI 9781789091588 TR.
Download or read book The Return of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Volume 4 written by and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's immortal detective returns for ten puzzling cases ranging from his earliest career to his final bows. "The Adventure of the Improbable American" tells of Sherlock's first U.S. friend, while "The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson" recounts Holmes's and Watson's first Christmas together. Other cases depict the Great Detective endeavoring to untangle the struggle between mudlarks over a diamond ring of great value, and then unraveling the mystery of a nobleman found seated before his own fireplace--without his head! The early 20th century finds Dr. Watson reuniting with the orderly who saved his life in Afghanistan, concluding with "The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell," reuniting Holmes with Algernon Blackwood's enigmatic Dr. John Silence. CONTENTS: Introduction The Adventure of the Improbable American The Misadventure of the Ring of Regret The Adventure of the Christmas Lesson The Improbable Misadventure of the Blackish Bottle The Conundrum of the Absent Cranium The Adventure of the Doss-House Ramble The Second Adventure of the Five Orange Pips The Difficult Ordeal of the Paradol Chamber The Impossibility of the Premature Postmortem Message The Disquieting Adventure of the Murmuring Dell
Download or read book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by First Avenue Editions ™. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No mystery is too challenging for the infamous detective Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson. Holmes is at his best when the job seems impossible—or just plain absurd. From cases involving a strange group for red-headed men to a missing thumb, Holmes uses his powers of observation and deduction to solve even the weirdest mysteries. Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published his first twelve original Sherlock Holmes short stories as serials in the UK's Strand Magazine from 1891-1892. This unabridged collection of the stories is taken from the book form, originally published in 1892.
Download or read book An Improbable Truth written by A. C. Thompson and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-20 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."Sherlock Holmes is one of the most recognizable characters in Western literature. Conan Doyle's inimitable detective has been the subject of literally thousands of books, movies, television shows, plays and even songs. With the rise of the BBC series and the release of most copyrights, the beloved character has found a new life among modern audiences. In An Improbable Truth: The Paranormal Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, 14 authors of horror and mystery have come together to create a unique anthology that sets Holmes on some of his most terrifying adventures. A pair of sisters willing to sacrifice young girls to an ancient demon for a taste of success, a sinister device that can manipulate time itself, and a madman that can raise corpses from the dead are just a few among the grisly tales that can be found within these pages. Curl up with a warm cuppa and leave all the lights on. This is not your grandfather's Sherlock Holmes.
Download or read book The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-05-05 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the strange case of 'The Red-Headed League' to the extraordinary tale of 'The Engineer's Thumb', Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challening for the immortal detective's unique power of deduction.
Download or read book The Devil s Promise written by Veronica Bennett and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the death of her father, Catriona goes to stay with long-lost relations in Drumwithie Castle. Handsome 21-year-old Jamie calls her Cat, for the faerie cat associated with the Other World who roams the Scottish hills. He believes that Cat was meant to come here so that all the castle's secrets would be revealed - most of all, what it is the ghost girl who visits the tower wants to tell them?
Download or read book The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Moriarty written by Maxim Jakubowski and published by Constable. This book was released on 2015-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We think of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but far more seductive is the pairing of Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, 'the Napoleon of crime' - a rivalry unparalleled in the world of crime fiction. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Moriarty is the super-villain as megastar. This wonderfully diverse collection by writers such as Martin Edwards, Jürgen Ehlers, Barbara Nadel, L. C. Tyler, Michael Gregorio, Alison Joseph and Peter Guttridge reveals not just the evil side of Moriarty's personality, but his humanity, his motivations and his human failings. Some of the stories are humorous, some scary, but all are hugely entertaining.
