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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 Audible is proud to present Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes, read by Stephen Fry. A lifelong fan of Doyle's detective fiction, Fry has narrated the definitive collection of Sherlock Holmes - four novels and four collections of short stories. And, exclusively for Audible, Stephen has written and narrated eight insightful introductions, one for each title.

A colonel receives five seeds in the mail---and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears immediately after her wedding. An old hat and a Christmas goose are the only clues to a stolen jewel. A son is accused of his father's murder. These mysteries---and many more---are brought to the house on Baker Street where detective Sherlock Holmes resides. No case is too tricky for the world's most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction.

It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is the series of short stories that made the fortunes of The Strand Magazine, in which they were first published, and won immense popularity for Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels, and his increasing interest in spiritualism and the occult to produce a spectacular array of Gothic tales. Many of Doyle's writings are recognized as the very greatest tales of terror. They range from hauntings in the polar wasteland to evil surgeons and malevolent jungle landscapes. This collection brings together over 30 of Conan Doyle's best Gothic tales

Sir Eustace Brackenstall wurde auf seinem Anwesen Abbey Grange erschlagen. Für Inspektor Lestrade stehen die Täter sofort fest: Es war eine polizeibekannte Einbrecherbande. Sherlock Holmes misstraut Lestrades schnellem Ermittlungserfolg und zieht seine eigenen Schlüsse aus den Beweisen. Ein Knoten bringt ihn schließlich auf die Spur des wahren Täters.

Am berühmten Elite-Internat Eton kommt es zu einem mysteriösen Todesfall. Holmes, der dort gerade einen Lehrauftrag im Bereich Chemische Studien innehat, hegt sogleich einen Verdacht. Hat es die Schule mit einem genialen jungen Giftmörder zu tun…?

Recognised as the ultimate dramatisation of Conan Doyle's famous stories, these recordings have been acclaimed since their reissue by Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks in 1995. They have been carefully remastered so that the sound is as good as possible without destroying the unique ambience of the original performances.

The third volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio, brilliantly performed by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.

1895. Der Papst weilt in London zu Gesprächen mit der anglikanischen Kirche. Als der an den Gesprächen beteiligte Kardinal Tosca tot aufgefunden wird, wendet sich ein Vertreter des Papstes an Sherlock Holmes und bittet um Mithilfe bei der Aufklärung des Falles.

Inspektor Hopkins von Scotland Yard bittet Sherlock Holmes um Mithilfe in einem ganz besonderen Fall. Captain Peter Carey wurde tot aufgefunden, aufgespießt mit einer Harpune und an die Wand genagelt. Die Spur führt zuerst zu dem jungen John Hopeley Neligan, dessen Vater der Captain auf dem gewissen zu haben scheint, doch Sherlock Holmes befindet, dass dies nicht die endgültige Lösung sein kann.

Scotland-Yard-Inspektor Lestrade sucht Holmes' Hilfe in einem mysteriösen Fall: Drei Männer wurden tot in ihren Wohnungen aufgefunden, ein jeder mit einem merkwürdigen Gegenstand im Mund – besteht ein Zusammenhang zwischen den Fällen? Und wenn ja, welcher?

The second volume of classic Sherlock Holmes stories on audio, brilliantly performed by John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson.

Who would suspect that the same mind that created the most famous literary detective of all time also took on the eternally popular genre of vampires? Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, a contemporary of Bram Stoker, gave us some fascinating works of vampire fiction. From the bloodsucking plant in "The American's Tale" to the bloodsucking wife in "The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire," he reveled in the horror created by creatures who survived on the blood of men and women.

La historia comienza con el Dr. John Watson, que se instala en Londres para recuperarse de una herida que sufrió mientras actuaba como médico militar durante la Segunda Guerra de Afganistán. Por una serie de casualidades del destino, Watson conoce al excéntrico detective Sherlock Holmes. Ambos acabarán viviendo juntos, resolviendo un caso de asesinato y formando una de las parejas más reconocidas de la literatura. Luis Roberto Guzmán es el encargado de narrar esta novela protagonizada por Sherlock Holmes, personaje creado por Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Two-time Emmy Award nominee ( The Good Wife) and Audie Award winner for best narrator Alan Cumming here narrates Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's first-rate Yuletide whodunit "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle". Cumming adds his personal flair to the mystery classic and turns in an outstanding performance of the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his pal, Watson.

Arthur Conan Doyle’s rollicking adventure tale follows a scientific expedition deep into the Amazon jungle – right back into the time of dinosaurs and cave men. Before Jurassic Park, before Indiana Jones - there was The Lost World! An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Josh Clark, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Peter Paige, Kirsten Potter, Kate Steele, Tom Virtue, Kenneth Alan Williams.

Here in one recording is every Sherlock Holmes story ever written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally appearing in serial form, these famous stories are here presented in the order in which they were first published beginning in 1887. Included in this definitive, award-winning collection are four novels and 56 short stories, a total of 60 titles. The 56 short stories are aggregated into five named collections, just as they were originally published in book form.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes tales are rightly ranked among the seminal works of mystery and detective fiction. Included in this collection are all four full-length Holmes novels and more than forty short masterpieces - from the inaugural adventure A Study in Scarlet to timeless favorites like “The Speckled Band” and more. At the center of each stands the iconic figure of Holmes - brilliant, eccentric, and capable of amazing feats of deductive reasoning.

Dive into the captivating memoir of Arthur Conan Doyle, as he recounts his thrilling adventures across the globe and his fascinating encounters with some of the eras most notable figures - from Oscar Wilde to Prime Minister Arthur Balfour. Originally serialized in The Strand Magazine from October 1923 to July 1924, these intriguing accounts were later compiled into a book and published in September 1924.

Here is the precursor to Jurassic Park. Victorian explorers have heard there is a remote plateau where dinosaurs still survive, and a group set outs on a dangerous mission to find out more about it.