The Sign Of Four is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 stories starring the fictional detective. The story is set in 1888. The SIGN OF THE FOUR has a complex plot involving service in East India Company, India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts ("the Four" of the title) and two corrupt prison guards. It presents the detective's...

A collection of eleven classic Sherlock Holmes stories, including Holmes's most dramatic encounter with his nemesis, the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarity. With a new introduction by Steve Thompson, writer for the television series Sherlock

Includes The Adventure of Black Peter; The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez; The Advennture of the Missing Three-Quarter; The Adventure of the Abbey Grange and The Adventure of the Second Stain.

Gathering together in one volume the later exploits of Sherlock Holmes, the world's first consulting detective, His Last Bow includes tales published individually between 1908 and 1917. It also contains one early story, 1892's "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box," which, with its themes of adultery, was previously considered too "scandalous" for American audiences.Here, Holmes must contend with mysterious bearded men, stolen secret submarine plans,...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. A brilliant London-based detective, Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess, and is renowned for his skillful use of deductive reasoning (somewhat mistakenly, see inductive reasoning) and astute observation to solve difficult cases. He is...