The Game Is Afoot [electronic resource] : Two Sherlock Holmes Adventures
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan2015
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This collection featuring legendary consulting detective Sherlock Holmes includes the short stories "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone" and "The Problem of Thor Bridge." In "The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone," Dr. Watson arrives at 221B Baker Street to find his old friend and colleague keen on a case. Holmes has taken it upon himself to find the missing Crown diamond, the Mazarin stone, which has been stolen by swarthy big-game hunter Count Negretto Sylvius. When the count pays Holmes a visit, the brilliant detective must rely on his cleverness to learn the jewel's location and wrap up the case. In "The Problem of Thor Bridge," Neil Gibson, who has earned the nickname the Gold King for his status as the world's greatest gold-mining magnate, seeks Holmes' help in finding his wife's real killer. His governess, Miss Dunbar, has been convicted of the crime due to an abundance of evidence against her—including a gun in her wardrobe—but Gibson believes her innocent. A few enlightening revelations, including the unhappy state of the Gibsons' marriage, lead Holmes and Watson down the path toward the truth.
Main title:
The Game Is Afoot [electronic resource] : Two Sherlock Holmes Adventures / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Author:
Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan, AuthorMalcolm, Graeme, Narrator
Edition:
Unabridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Publishing, 2015
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
System details:
Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) is best known as the author of the beloved Sherlock Holmes mysteries. Before becoming a writer, Doyle first attended the University of Edinburgh to train as a physician, and it was from his teacher Joseph Bell that he learned much of what would inspire Holmes's skills of deduction. Toward the end of his life, Doyle became a devoted spiritualist, which contributed greatly to much of his writing after Holmes, and lead him around the world as a crusader and lecturer for the movement.
ISBN:
9781504604734
Language:
English
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BRN:
2900631
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