Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Giant Rat of Sumatra written by Richard L. Boyer and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone’s favorite detective finds himself embroiled in two related investigations—one with a connection to a giant rat—in this clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche In deference to Sherlock Holmes’ wishes, Dr. Watson kept the details of “The Giant Rat of Sumatra” a secret. However, before he died, he arranged that the bizarre story of the giant rat should be held in the vaults of a London bank until all the protagonists were dead . . . At long last, discover the tale “for which the world is not yet prepared”—a thrilling mystery involving murder, adventure, and a frightening rodent aboard Matilda Briggs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in this handsomely designed detective story that finally brings to life a tale first mentioned in the 1924 story, “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”. The Further Adventures series encapsulates the most varied and thrilling cases of the worlds’ greatest detective.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and The Giant Rat of Sumatra written by Paul D. Gilbert and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Autumn 1898. London. A scandal in the making. Dockworkers are stunned by the arrival of the Matilda Briggs, a long overdue tea cutter returning from Calcutta. Abandoned by its crew, the dust-covered vessel has seems to have drifted into a vacant berth guided by an unseen hand. The only member of the crew aboard is a lone cabin boy in the throes of death, following a murderous attack. The ship's log has also vanished without a trace. All that remains is a series of indecipherable markings have been scratched into the ship's decking. Sherlock Holmes and his faithful Watson are called to divest the Matilda Briggs of its secrets, only to be subtly warned off by the ship's insurers. Then a young man appears at 122B Baker Street with a mysterious packet from his missing father - who disappeared journeying to London from Calcutta. A confounding conspiracy seems set to boil over. What was in the cargo besides innocent tea chests? Will the violence and rebellion that follow shift the tides from the favour of the Great Detective? Is the world finally ready for this tale?
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Giant Rat of Sumatra written by Alan Vanneman and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A seemingly impossible murder in a London rooming house sends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson on a perilous search for a killer that leads them from England to Egypt, India, and Singapore.
Download or read book Dust and Shadow written by Lyndsay Faye and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dust and Shadow Sherlock Holmes hunts down Jack the Ripper with impeccably accurate historical detail, rooting the Whitechapel investigation in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and clinical psychology. This astonishing debut explores the terrifying prospect of hunting down one of the world's first serial killers without the advantage of modern forensics or profiling. Sherlock's desire to stop the killer who is terrifying the East End of London is unwavering from the start, and in an effort to do so he hires an "unfortuate" known as Mary Ann Monk, the friend of a fellow streetwalker who was one of the Ripper's earliest victims. However, when Holmes himself is wounded in Whitechapel attempting to catch the villain, and a series of articles in the popular press question his role in the crimes, he must use all his resources in a desperate race to find the man known as "The Knife" before it is too late. Penned as a pastiche by the loyal and courageous Dr. Watson, Dust and Shadow recalls the ideals evinced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most beloved and world-renowned characters, while testing the limits of their strength in a fight to protect the women of London, Scotland Yard, and the peace of the city itself.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Giant Rat of Sumatra written by Richard L. Boyer and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone’s favorite detective finds himself embroiled in two related investigations—one with a connection to a giant rat—in this clever Sherlock Holmes pastiche In deference to Sherlock Holmes’ wishes, Dr. Watson kept the details of “The Giant Rat of Sumatra” a secret. However, before he died, he arranged that the bizarre story of the giant rat should be held in the vaults of a London bank until all the protagonists were dead . . . At long last, discover the tale “for which the world is not yet prepared”—a thrilling mystery involving murder, adventure, and a frightening rodent aboard Matilda Briggs. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s timeless creation returns in this handsomely designed detective story that finally brings to life a tale first mentioned in the 1924 story, “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire”. The Further Adventures series encapsulates the most varied and thrilling cases of the worlds’ greatest detective.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Secret Journals written by June Thomson and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2014-06-10 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Secrets, suspense, and conspiracy. London through the eyes of the great Sherlock Holmes As Dr Watson’s old manuscripts, deliberately unpublished to protect the names of those they concern, are released into the public, a multitude of previously unseen cases are revealed. An American millionaire receives threatening letters from a sinister Black Hand... A mysterious box terrifies a shop keeper... Holmes and Watson feel the influence of an old enemy from beyond the grave... And a tragedy occurs which Sherlock Holmes will never be able to forgive himself for failing to prevent. From the smoky streets of London to a countryside mental institution, the renowned detective and his faithful sidekick Watson must use all their cunning skills to solve this array of mysteries. With murders, madness and diamonds abound, June Thomson continues the Holmes canon with a brilliance and ingenuity that perfectly captures where Conan Doyle left off. JUNE THOMSON, a former teacher, has published over thirty novels, twenty of which feature her series detective Inspector Jack Finch and his sergeant, Tom Boyce. She has also written six pastiche collections of Sherlock Holmes short stories. Her books have been translated into many languages. June Thomson lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire.
Download or read book The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Instrument of Death written by David Stuart Davies and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brand-new Sherlock Holmes mystery from acclaimed Sherlockian author David Stuart Davies, featuring the sinister Dr Caligari Sherlock Holmes has just uncovered the truth about the theft of a priceless ruby. The wealthy Lady Damury staged the theft and tried to frame her husband - but just as Holmes reveals the truth, Lady Damury is found murdered. Holmes deduces that this is no crime of passion, but the work of a ruthless killer with no connection to the jewel. With reports of a man in a strange, trance-like state, Holmes finds himself entangled in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with the sinister Dr Caligari...
Download or read book The Angel of the Opera written by Sam Siciliano and published by Scribner. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The setting: 1890 Paris. The scene: The Paris Opera House. The irresistible premise: What if Sherlock Holmes were lured across the English Channel by the beleagured managers of the opera house to lay bare the true secrets of the infamous phantom?
Download or read book The Adventure of the Coal Tar Derivative written by Steven Philip Jones and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holmes and Watson’s exploits during the Great Hiatus are revealed in a series of short stories and novellas. These adventures include how they separately helped stop the Moriarities from starting a world war and using a legendary stone to destroy London. Also revealed are the facts behind the Giant Rat of Sumatra and Holmes’s encounter with Jack the Ripper.
Download or read book The Star of India written by Carole Buggé and published by Titan Books. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holmes and Watson find themselves caught up in a complex chess board of a problem, involving a clandestine love affair and the disappearance of a priceless sapphire. Professor James Moriarty is back to tease and torment, leading the duo on a chase through the dark and dangerous back streets of London and beyond.
Download or read book The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Lindhardt og Ringhof. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 her food. Her behaviour had been strange before that and she had struck Ferguson’s son from an earlier marriage twice. The boy, fifteen, has been left handicapped by a childhood accident. Holmes is immediately convinced he has solved the case upon hearing the story but he follows Ferguson back home to clear the mystery. "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire" is part of "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes". Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. After his studies, he worked as a ship’s surgeon on various boats. During the Second Boer War, he was an army doctor in South Africa. When he came back to the United Kingdom, he opened his own practice and started writing crime books. He is best known for his thrilling stories about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes. He published four novels and more than 50 short-stories starring the detective and Dr Watson, and they play an important role in the history of crime fiction. Other than the Sherlock Holmes series, Doyle wrote around thirty more books, in genres such as science-fiction, fantasy, historical novels, but also poetry, plays, and non-fiction.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Limehouse Horror written by Philip Pullman and published by Nelson Thornes. This book was released on 2001 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a play that both dramatizes and makes fun of the Sherlock Holmes stories, the great detective and Dr. Watson investigate a report of the Giant Rat of Sumatra and match wits with Professor Moriarty.
Download or read book The Whitechapel Horrors written by Edward B. Hanna and published by Carroll & Graf Pub. This book was released on 1993 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes takes on the investigation of the horrific murders committed by Jack the Ripper
Download or read book The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes written by Ted Riccardi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-15 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the fertile crescent to the far east, the great adventures of Holmes and Watson during the three-year gap between Holmes's "death" and his dramatic return. What exactly happened during Sherlock Holmes's “great hiatus” after his supposed death and triumphant return three years later? Riccardi images his travels in Europe and Asia during those years in nine original short stories set in places as far flung as Sumatra and Tibet. Given the uncertain grip of the British empire over its colonies, the murders and other mayhem Holmes confronts often have potentially grave political repercussions. Filled with local color and Holmes’ signature wit and logic, Sherlockians the world over will relish this missing chapter in the life of the world’s greatest detective.
Download or read book The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes written by John H. Watson and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The recent decease of one of the descendants of Dr. Watson has brought to light his personal papers. These include a number of stories that Dr. Watson suppressed at the time for various reasons. As all involved are long dead, the inheritor has agreed to the publication of a set of eight of the most interesting adventures.
Download or read book The House of Silk written by Anthony Horowitz and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, The Game's Afoot... London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap - a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place. Almost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more. And as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society. The Arthur Conan Doyle Estate chose the celebrated, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz to write The House of Silk because of his proven ability to tell a transfixing story and for his passion for all things Holmes. Destined to become an instant classic, The House of Silk brings Sherlock Holmes back with all the nuance, pacing, and almost superhuman powers of analysis and deduction that made him the world's greatest detective, in a case depicting events too shocking, too monstrous to ever appear in print...until now.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and The Unholy Trinity written by Paul D. Gilbert and published by Odyssey of Sherlock Holmes. This book was released on 2023-01-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colourfully dressed Bedouin brandishing a sword interrupts Holmes and Watson at their breakfast table. He brings a cryptic warning: stay out of the affairs of his people, or face the consequences. Just as the detecting duo begin unravelling that mystery, they are summoned to Vatican City. Cardinal Tosca, the Pope's right-hand man, has been murdered at his desk and his translation of an ancient scroll has been stolen from the Papal palace. The great detective and his faithful Watson find themselves battling a fog of secrecy. Rumours swirl about a lost gospel and mysterious packages from Egypt, and whispers of a clandestine group known only as the 'Unholy Trinity' grow louder. What was the Bedouin intruder so desperate to hide? Why was Cardinal Tosca's scroll worth killing for? To find the answer Holmes and Watson must go further than they have ever gone before to uncover a centuries old conspiracy. Does this mystery run too deep for even the world's most famous detective to unravel? In the first part of the carefully crafted first of the Odyssey of Sherlock Holmes Trilogy, Paul D. Gilbert sends this beloved British sleuth from his native Baker Street over land and sea to solve new mysteries.
