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Amanda BA, colorfully 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.

Horniman, Birley and Craine is a highly respected legal firm with clients reaching to the highest in the land. When a deed box in the office is opened to reveal a corpse, the threat of scandal promises to wreak havoc on the firm's reputation - especially as the murder looks like an inside job. The partners and staff of the firm keep a watchful and suspicious eye on their colleagues, as Inspector Hazlerigg sets out to solve the mystery of who Mr Smallbone was - and why he had to die.

At the Central Criminal Court, an eager crowd awaits the trial of Victoria Lamartine, an active participant in the Resistance during the war. She is now employed at the Family Hotel in Soho, where Major Eric Thoseby has been found murdered. Thoseby is believed to have fathered Lamartine's child, and the prosecution insist that his death is revenge for his abandonment of Lamartine and her arrest by the Gestapo. A last-minute change in Lamartine's defence counsel grants solicitor Nap Rumbold just eight days to prove her innocence.

A man is found dead in an escape tunnel in an Italian prisoner of war camp. Did he die in an accidental collapse - or was this murder? Captain Henry 'Cuckoo' Goyles, master tunneller and amateur detective, takes up the case. This classic locked room mystery with a closed circle of suspects is woven together with a thrilling story of escape from the camp, as the Second World War nears its endgame and the British prisoners prepare to flee into the Italian countryside.

Enough time has passed. Dr. John Watson can finally reopen his tin box of chronicles. In this astonishing collection, a treasure trove of new accounts of Sherlock Holmes’s extraordinary skills finally comes to light. What is the connection between murderous attacks on a colonel’s wife and the legend of King Arthur? Why is a disgraced former ship captain stalking his neighbor? Who stole the statue of The Dying Gaul from a completely secure museum in Rome? Find the answers to these confounding mysteries and more in seven exhilarating new short stories.

If you love Arthur Conan Doyle’s original, do not miss this collection of artfully-constructed new tales.

Delving into the depths of his memory, Dr John Watson finally reveals a collection of never-before-penned cases brought before the great Sherlock Holmes. Join the beloved British detective as he is pitted against a selection of truly ingenious puzzles.

The British Secret Service, working to uncover a large-scale blackmail ring and catch its mysterious mastermind 'The Spider', find themselves at the country residence Feltham Abbey where a fancy-dress ball is in full swing. In the tumult of revelry, Sir Ralph Feltham is found dead. Not the atmosphere bewildered guest Tony was expecting, he sets out make sense of the night's activities and the motives of the other guests.

In the fog of London town, a man is hounded by mysterious attackers. Each morning, John Harden is silently menaced by a different passenger on his train. Objects keep disappearing in his house, then reappearing in bizarre places. Is he losing his mind, or can Holmes and Watson find a pattern to this sly terrorisation? Holmes and Watson are just coming to grips with this mystery when another lands on their doorstep.

Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson reunite after a long and hazardous journey through the icy mountains of Bavaria. They face a dramatic encounter within the walls of a secluded castle. Sherlock Holmes and his brother, Mycroft, give chase, only for their quarry to escape. The three men, in the company of a new and mysterious ally, return to London knowing that an old adversary will be seeking a deadly revenge.

The game's afoot once more—in the classic radio style! Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson roam the fog-shrouded streets of London in new adventures produced by Jim French, fully authorized by the Conan Doyle estate. John Gilbert stars as Holmes, with Larry Albert as Watson, in tales of international intrigue, priceless jewels, bank robberies, and beheadings. Listen in as the World's Only Consulting Detective puts his powers of deduction to the test!

A two thousand year old secret leads Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson along a dark & death laden path to the lair of a ruthless master criminal. Even Holmes cannot foresee the final outcome.

Aus dem ehemaligen Meisterdieb Flambeau ist durch Pater Browns Hilfe ein ehrbarer Privatdetektiv geworden. Als Flambeau dem Pater stolz sein neues Büro in London präsentiert, geschieht ein grausames Unglück, bei dem eine junge Frau ihr Leben verliert. Aber vielleicht war es gar kein Unglück? Und was hat Flambeaus Hausgenosse, ein Priester der "Kirche des Apoll", mit dieser Sache zu tun?

Sherlock Holmes concluded that it was because the intruder was known to the dog. Madsen’s new mystery questions whether the identity of one of the greatest criminals of all time, Jack the Ripper, was deduced by Conan Doyle. Conan Doyle was already famous with his popular Sherlock Holmes stories when Jack the Ripper struck London in October 1888. So why was Conan Doyle silent about this case? This thrilling adventure may well hold the key....

Vier spannende Kriminalhörspiele mit Pater Brown - dem bescheidenen englischen Dorfpfarrer, der für sein Leben gern Detektiv spielt.

From 1891 to 1894, Sherlock Holmes was presumed to be dead, having perished during the epic struggle with Professor Moriarty atop the Reichenbach Falls. But unknown to most, even his friend Dr. Watson, Holmes survived. During those three years, he roamed the world, acting as an agent for the British government and using his very special skills along the way. In volume one of Holmes Away from Home, the incredible two-volume collection of new traditional Holmes adventures, we find our hero crisscrossing the world - Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and the US.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Dieses Buch enthält 12 seiner schönsten Fälle. Inhalt: Das blaue Kreuz, Der geheime Garten, Die verdächtigen Tritte, Israel Gows Ehre, Der Unsichtbare, Missgestaltet, Die Sternschnuppen, Die Sünden des Prinzen Saradin, Der Hammer Gottes, Das Auge des Apoll, Das Zeichen des zerbrochenen Schwertes, Die drei Todeswerkzeuge.

Der gewitzte Pater Brown hat ein gefährliches Hobby: Er löst mysteriöse Kriminalfälle durch Intuition und Einfühlungsvermögen. Dieses Buch enthält 12 seiner schönsten Fälle. Inhalt: Das Paradies der Diebe, Die Abwesenheit des Herrn Glaß, Das Duell des Doktor Hirsch, Der Mann in der Passage, Der Fehler der Maschine, Der Kopf Cäsars , Die purpurfarbene Perücke, Der Fluch auf dem Hause Pendragon, Der Gott des Gongs, Der Salat des Oberst Cray, John Boulnois' seltsames Verbrechen, Pater Browns Märchen

Pater Brown beauftragt Bruder Silvanus, Pater Edmund Ford in der Downside Abbey in Somerset aufzusuchen, um über ihn Abt Thomas ausfindig zu machen und sicher nach Waltham Abbey zurückzubringen. Als weder Pater Edmund noch Abt Thomas in der Abtei auffindbar sind, entdeckt Bruder Silvanus in Pater Edmunds privater Bibliothek einen Hinweis, der ihn direkt in den geheimnisvollen Selwood Forest führt...

Nora Stevens is retired and spends most of her time traveling. She encounters a young, frightened boy on a cruise, who's nanny has been murdered. He is being sought out by two murderous sailors and she comes to his aid. Through many twists and turns, she is being led on a wild goose chase through different countries, while doing her best to protect the young boy.