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Title: The Valley of Fear

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: T. Walters, Tom Potter

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 17 mins

Language: English

Release date: 01-02-18

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The Valley of Fear is the fourth and final Sherlock Holmes novel by Arthur Conan Doyle.

This dark tale details an early encounter between Holmes and Professor Moriarty. When Watson and Holmes receive a cipher warning them of evildoing, they're prompted to travel to Sussex, where they discover a corpse with its head blown to pieces.

Members Reviews:

Great Sherlock Holmes story

Absolutely perhaps the most entertaining Sherlock Holmes novel in my opinion. Faster paced than The Hound of the Baskervilles, more character depth than A Study in Scarlet, and as much a page-turner as The Sign of Four. For the Holmes purist, I think there is less deductive reasoning than some of the other stories, however the story itself appears more cohesive in some ways. I know I often put aside The Hound because it got a bit ponderous at times but TVoF kept my attention.

Captivating read!

Suspense!! Sherlock Holmes at its best. I love all Sherlock Holmes stories. The Valley of Fear is somewhat unique because it steps back and tells a whole story within a story. It is so captivating the reader is sure to have a hard time getting up in the morning for lack of sleep...

Give Fear a Chance

This is the least popular of ACD's four Sherlock Holmes novels, which I've never been able to understand: as somebody who's read and watched far too many mysteries and can usually predict the solutions to them fairly early in the running, I always remember getting surprised â twice! â in the course of "The Valley of Fear." Sir Arthur, as we all know, could get a bit wobbly on the details (Sherlock would've worn out his eyes rolling them at his biographer:-), but it takes extraordinary narrative coordination and finesse to pull off surprises in a novel without them seeming gimmicky; and they don't here. Give this volume a chance and it'll win you over â though in fairness, you should realize that â like "A Study in Scarlet," and even "The Hound of the Baskervilles" to an extent â Doyle sidelines Sherlock in favor of the deeper backstory behind the crime the Great Detective is investigating here. If you want 'all Sherlock, all the time,' really none of the novels will feed your need like the short stories do:-) But if you love good mysteries, "The Valley of Fear" definitely qualifies.

Holmes and Watson are called in

Mrs Holmes and Watson are passed a message from a spy in Prof. Moriarty's nest. Sherlock explains who the professor is, touching on Moriarty's publication 'The Dynamics of an Asteroid' (which is mentioned in another story worth reading as well, 'The Ultimate Crime',' I think Mr. Asimoz wrote it, and is included in "Another Round at the Spaceport Bar" edited by George Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer, © 1989). The message pertains to a crime to be committed, well here comes a detective, so the crime was carried out and Holmes and Watson are called in. Holmes figures it out while the police chase wild gooses, as usual.

This story has the arrangement Sir Doyle uses in a 'Study in Scarlet': the crime is solved, the story that preceded the crime is given, much as Mr. King does in some of his short (?) stories.

Told in two parts

In the first part of the book, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrive at a manor house to investigate the murder of the man of the house.

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Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Empty House

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: T. Sanders, Kaz Wilbur

Format: Unabridged

Length: 48 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Adventure of the Empty House' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Some time has passed since 'The Adventure of the Final Problem', and Holmes is spurred back into action when he suspects that a young gambler has been killed by a surviving lieutenant of Moriarty, the criminal mastermind of his prior case.

Members Reviews:

Murder in an empty house

A most interesting story with Dr.Watson working on solving the murder in an empty house as Holmes had died in a fall by a waterfall. All is not as it seemed.

Fun book

Used to replace lost book for my sons library. Worked like a charm.

Solving A Locked Room Murder

The Adventure of the Empty House, Goodwin

This is the âGraphic Novel Adventures of Sherlock Holmesâ, similar to the old âClassics Comicsâ from around 1950. It has a short biography of Arthur Conan Doyle (p.46). There is a listing of Arthur Conan Doyleâs works (p.47). Vincent Goodwin wrote this adaptation, Ben Dunn is the illustrator (p.48). These âSherlock Holmesâ stories were written over a century ago. They used to be part of High School English courses. How many other novels from that era are still popular? Doyle followed crime news, his stories were been based on true crimes that were adapted for these short stories. The written stories are better than the movies or âgraphic novelsâ, they tell about the life of those times. The drawings of these people make them appear much younger characters compared to the books. Your Public Library has the full uncensored story in âThe Return of Sherlock Holmesâ.

It begins with a fateful meeting with Professor Moriarity at the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland. Holmes struggles with Moriarity, they both go over the cliff! Three years later Inspector Lestrade asks Dr. Watson for help in a murder case. Ronald Adair was killed in a locked room high off the ground by a pistol bullet. How could it happen? Watson gets a surprise visitor! Holmes explained how he survived, then tells Watson to get his revolver. They go to the empty house across from 221B and wait. They capture a man after he fires a rifle at a target. This solved the murder of Ronald Adair. Adair discovered that Colonel Moran was cheating at cards and threatened him with exposure and disgrace.

Sherlock Holmes Returns from the Dead...For Younger Readers!

Due to unrelenting public pressure, Arthur Conan Doyle brought Sherlock Holmes, his most famous literary character, back to life in THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE. In short order, Holmes was back solving dastardly crimes, in his case, the puzzling death of Ronald Adair. Vincent Goodwin and Ben Dunn retell the tale in this 2010 Magic Wagon graphic novel.

In THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE, Sherlock Holmes, after explaining his years-long absence to his ever-faithful Watson, unravels the mystery, solves the crime and apprehends the villain. Goodwin follows the sequence of the original short story fairly well but I wish he hadn't tinkered with several crucial sequences. Goodwin has Watson witness the Holmes/Moriarty struggle at Reichenbach Falls, which is a radical change from the original.

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Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes - The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: T. Sanders, Kaz Wilbur

Format: Unabridged

Length: 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-27-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Inspecter Hopkins visits Holmes to discuss Willoughby Smith - secretary to aged invalid Professor Coram - who died in mysterious circumstances.

Members Reviews:

Excellent plot!

In this story, we are in one wretched November night, and Inspector Stanley Hopkins comes to see Holmes at 221B Baker Street to tell him of a murder that defies solution. The dead man is Willoughby Smith, secretary to Professor Coram, an old invalid. The murder happened at Yoxley Old Place near Chatham, Kent. The most perplexing thing about the case to Hopkins is that it is apparently motiveless. Willoughby Smith seems to have nothing untoward in his background, and not an enemy in the world. He was the third secretary to the professor, the former ones not having worked out. The murder weapon was a sealing-wax knife belonging to the professor.

The maid found Smith, and the last words that he uttered as he lay dying were âThe professor; it was she.â The professor, however, is a man.

This same maid told Hopkins while he was at Yoxley that she had heard Smith leave his room and walk down to the study. She had been hanging curtains and did not actually see him, only recognizing his brisk step. The professor was in bed at the time. A minute later, there was a hoarse scream from the study, and the maid, after hesitating for a moment, went there to find a murder scene. She later tells Holmes that Smith went out for a walk not long before the murder.

The murdererâs only likely means of entry was through the back door after walking along the path from the road, and Hopkins found some indistinct footmarks running beside the path, the murderer obviously having tried to avoid leaving a trail. Hopkins could not tell whether the track was coming or going, made by big or small feet. The road was a hopeless quagmire and nothing could be discerned there.

The professorâs study contained a bureau; nothing seemed to have been stolen. Its drawers were left open, as always, and the cupboard in the middle was locked. The professor kept the key.

One important piece of evidence was found in Willoughby Smithâs hand: a pair of golden pince-nez glasses. Holmes examines these and from them alone deduces several things about the murderer:

It is a woman;

She is of some good breeding;

She dresses like a lady;

She has a thick nose;

Her eyes are close together;

She has a puckered forehead, a peering look, and likely rounded shoulders;

She has been to an optician at least twice over the last few months.

She is a person of refinement, and is well dressed.

Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Hopkins all go to Yoxley the next day, and Holmes makes a careful examination of everything. In the study, he notices a recent scratch on the bureau, and reasons that the murdererâs purpose was actually to fetch something from in there. Smith was killed merely because he had interfered with a burglary. No-one saw the murderer leave, nor did anyone hear a door opening.

Holmes notes with some interest that both the corridors, the one leading from the back door and the one leading to the professorâs bedroom, are about the same length, and lined with coconut matting.

Holmes interviews the professor in his bedroom, smoking many Egyptian cigarettes while there, dropping the ashes everywhere.

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Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Boscombe Valley Mystery

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: A. Cromwell, James Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Boscombe Valley Mystery' is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes asks Watson to accompany him to Boscombe Valley to assist in a peculiar case revolving around the death of Mr Charles McCarthy.

Members Reviews:

Terrible narration

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

A better narrator

Would you ever listen to anything by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle again?

yes

How could the performance have been better?

The narrator was unable to pronounce many of the English place names correctly, it was slow and drawn out, and awkward.

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Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: A. Cromwell, James Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Adventure of the Speckled Band' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes and Watson encounter a young woman who feels mortally threatened by her stepfather. She tells of her twin sister's mysterious and untimely death two years earlier - and her dying words, "The speckled band!" What does it all mean? Holmes agrees to take the case.

Members Reviews:

Good

It was very interesting to me. I like the mysterious nature of the book. With the murders, it made it very grabbing.

Enjoyable!

Grandsons loved this book.

Another murder mystery from Doyle.

A woman comes to 21B Baker St. because her sister has been killed and robbed at the same time. She and her sister shared a house; but, one night her sister cried out: the speckledband, the speckled band! When she came to the room her sister was dead. Along with that stuff was missingâ

Bravo!

Another magnificent story with a very elaborated plot: Holmes' client is Helen Stoner, a 32 year old spinster who lives with her stepfather: Dr. Grimesby Roylott of Stoke Moran. Dr Roylott is the last survivor of what was a wealthy but dissolute and violent tempered aristocratic Anglo-Saxon family of Surrey. After returning from India where he had a large medical practice and had served a jail sentence for killing his native Butler in a fit of rage, Roylottâa widowerâsettles with his two stepdaughters in the broken-down ancestral manor-all that is left of estates that had extended into Berkshire and Hampshire. The doctor becomes notorious for terrorizing the local village because of his quarrelsome personality and violent temper. Dr. Roylott has required Miss Stoner, who is engaged to be married, to move into a particular bedroom of his heavily mortgaged ancestral home in Stoke Moran. This room was the one in which two years before, Helen's twin sister Julia had died under mysterious and dramatic circumstancesâuttering the last words "The band! The speckled band!"âjust prior to her wedding. Helen is reluctant to sleep in the room because a number of things about the bedroom are mysterious and disturbing. Late at night, Helen hears low whistling sounds followed by a metallic clang. There is a strange bell cord over the bed but it does not appear to work any bell. The rope goes to a ventilatorâan opening high in the wall of the room, close to the ceilingâwhich provides air circulation between Helen's room and an adjacent room of Dr Roylott in the crumbling mansion. In addition, Helen's bed is clamped to the floor; this piece of furniture can never be moved from its position. Stoner surmises that Julia might have been murdered by the gypsies who wear speckled handkerchiefs around their necks, in order to bring in a bit of cash. Dr. Roylott has rented spare rooms in Stoke Moran near them. A cheetah and a baboon also have the run of the property, for Dr. Roylott keeps exotic pets from India.

After Helen leaves, Dr. Roylott comes to visit Holmes, having traced his stepdaughter. He demands to know what Helen has said to Holmes, but Holmes refuses to say. Dr. Roylott bends an iron fireplace poker into a curve in an attempt to intimidate Holmes, but Holmes is unaffected as he attempts to make small talk during the encounter. After Roylott leaves, Holmes straightens the poker out again.

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Title: Mrs. Hudson in New York

Subtitle: Mrs. Hudson of Baker Street Series, Book 4

Author: Barry S. Brown

Narrator: Johnny Robinson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-04-17

Publisher: MX Publishing

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Accompanied by Holmes and Watson, Mrs. Hudson crosses the ocean to attend the wedding of her cousin's daughter. They disembark to discover that the young lady's fiancé, a pitcher for the Brooklyn Bridegrooms, stands accused of an attempt on the life of J. P. Morgan and the death of his aide. A self-declared enemy of Morgan and the robber barons, the ballplayer ran from the scene of the crime and, when captured, was found in possession of a gun with two spent cartridges - the same number and caliber as that used in the attack.

Before a wedding can be held, the unacknowledged sage of Baker Street will lead Holmes and Watson along a path of investigation, taking them from J. P. Morgan's mansion to the gambling dens of New York's Tenderloin. With the enthusiastic assistance of Samuel Clemens, the reluctant assistance of Morgan, and the cautious assistance of a leader in the African Broadway community, they will identify the financier's attacker, frustrate efforts to corrupt the game of baseball, and rescue the prospective bride and groom from would-be assassins - before returning finally to the comparative quiet of 221B Baker Street.

Members Reviews:

a great trip with Sherlock and friends

By rolling together Sherlock and American baseball - along with JP Morgan, Mark Twain, and Brooklyn - Brown delivers his fourth superb mystery for the Baker Street gang. It is creative, finely researched, richly woven, and engaging. HIs unique viewpoint on how evidence is collected and processed by this famous team is entertaining and thoughtful. Brownâs clever observations and amusing dialog among the characters remain intact for this tome. While Mrs. Hudson quietly sustains her nurturing role from a Scone-proven kitchen, classic Sherlockians may appreciate seeing how Holmes launches himself into making a significant âlogical deductionâ on his own! This is a good read and BSB fans will be happy to see it land on their reading table.

Wonderfully told adventures of legendary characters in a fascinating era!

Sheâs back and sleuthing has never been better. Mrs. Hudson and her two colleagues, Holmes and Watson set sail to carry out what appears to be a routine background investigation of a prospective bridegroom of Mrs. Hudsonâs niece, Caroline, and history unfolds before our eyes. Politics, famous folk, an apparent assassination attempt on legendary financier J.P. Morgan, and a web of intrigue follow. This fascinating tale takes us into the New York City of the Gay Nineties, accommodations at the Waldorf, dinner at Delmonicoâs, the curious inner world of baseball, plotting a jailbreak from the storied âTombsâ correctional facility, a farm that is the scene of a showdown and rescue attempt, and, of course, the mansion of J.P. Morgan himself. Dr. Watson is astonished at the widespread ownership of guns in the New World, evades introduction to the new science of phrenology, and is introduced to the phenomenon of sports gambling and some of the finer points of baseball.

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Title: I Will Find the Answer

Author: Kate Workman

Narrator: Alexander Clifford

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-20-17

Publisher: MX Publishing

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Erik has returned and has brought an interesting character to Holmes's attention: Dr. Henry Jekyll.

It appears Jekyll is experimenting on an unsanctioned patient in an effort to prove his theories concerning human nature correct. But who is the patient he's found?

Is it his mentally ill father, shut away for years in an institution? Is it Simon Stride, the jealous former suitor of Jekyll's fiancée? Or could it be the mysterious, unsavory murderer, Edward Hyde, with whom Jekyll seems to have intimate knowledge?

Sherlock Holmes, along with Erik and Watson, investigates this bizarre case. Holmes uses a very unorthodox method that brings him to the brink of insanity as he delves into the mind of a man obsessively devoted to his work. Will Holmes's own mind crack under the strain of this case?

Members Reviews:

And now there is Jekyll and Hyde!

Book Review: Wednesday, August 6, 2014I Will Find the Answer: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes by Kate Workman

In this sequel to Kate Workman's masterpiece Rendezvous at the Populaire, she outdoes herself by taking up yet another artist's brush--that of Robert Louis Stevenson. Already painting with the brushes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Gaston Leroux, Kate Workman now adds Doctor Jekyll into the picture, to star with Sherlock Holmes and Erik, the Phantom of the Opera.

Erik is now living in London, and he makes it a point to go to Holmes with a problem. Erik brings up the subject of one Doctor Jekyll. It seems that Erik's rather seedy residence is near the home of the good doctor, and he has observed some very strange things going on at the house.

For one thing Jekyll flew out his door on a mad dash to a chemist hoping to obtain some unusual drug. Now the servants hear sobs and cries in the night, and Erik has also overheard them. The voice seems to be Doctor Jekyll and yet not Doctor Jekyll.

Watson is dispatched to St. Jude's Mental Asylum to ascertain the whereabouts of Jekyll's father, while Erik in the meantime seeks to break into Jekyll's lab. Holmes himself is in disguise attempting to trail Doctor Jekyll through Whitechapel. Erik thinks someone is chained in Jekyll's lab; Watson discovers Jekyll's father missing from St. Jude's; and Holmes discovers that Jekyll visits some very nasty establishments.

The murder of Sir Daniels Carew takes place then, and Jekyll is seeing no one. But an unfortunate gives them the name and description of one Edward Hyde who killed Carew with Jekyll's cane. Before long Holmes is certain that Jekyll and Hyde are the same man...

The masterful way that Kate Workman spins all of the brushes to create a cohesive story is a delight to read. There are twists within twists, and the final result will delight the Holmes connoisseur. Most defiantly a plus five out of five star book!

Quoth the Raven...

PLEASE STOP

Kate Workman I Beg you stop ripping off other peoples work!

I mentioned in my review ofRendezvous at the Populaire - A Novel of Sherlock Holmes

that all Kate did was take Webber's play (not even Leroux's novel) and add a mild Holmes story. This offended me as both a Phantom fan and a Holme's fan. But now .... THIS! Well, I also happen to be a fan of Frank Wildhorn's "Jekyll & Hyde" musical, and when I saw the title of this book I knew instantly that she had trampled all over another Broadway classic.

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Title: Sherlock Holmes: The Bleak Tree, the Hollow Hand

Author: John Pirillo

Narrator: Mark Isham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 28 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-16-17

Publisher: John Pirillo

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Sherlock Holmes is contacted by Samuel Clemens - otherwise known as Mark Twain, the famous writer - and asked to help find his missing friend.

Holmes travels to America where he discovers a gang, led by Mister Bleak, that hangs anyone who gets in their way.

Will Mark Twain be able to find his friend, or is he one of the many that Mister Bleak will hang from the Bleak Tree? Danger and adventure in America that has an explosive climax!

Members Reviews:

Sorry but... Not a serious mystery novel

This starts with a simple premise and then quickly goes off the cliff becoming downright silly fan fiction pretending to be otherwise.

It is one thing to introduce a single historical figure as a client of Sherlock Holmes in a story, and another to then place a half dozen or so characters from the works of other fiction vaguely within a hundred year span originally as supporting cast and then try to present it as a serious mystery story.

This author is no Alan Moore. The story goes from "Mark Twain consults with Sherlock Holmes" to a barrage of mish-mashing authors and characters together to move things along. The moment you have H.G, Wells showing up with at time machine you've wandered into a very different genre, and the interplay of the characters is rather amateurish on top of it all.

Hand of Despair, Doom, and Mystery

I loved this book! I especially like Pirillo s use of famous characters and their authors in his parallel universe it's a great read. Pirillo plans to combine some of his stories into new collections. I can't wait to read them.

If you're looking for a new book to read, try this one, you'll be glad that you did.

Kindle Unlimited, 'serialized'

Kindle Unlimited, 'serialized' shorter book, part 1 is The Bleak Tree, The Hollow Hand part 2 is The Ghastly Night and part 3 is Sherlock Holmes Wanted Dead or Alive: Sequel to The Ghastly Night The Hollow Hand Book 3 {I have shortened some of the full titles a bit}

Different but in a great way!

I enjoyed the book! It was definitely different from any other Sherlock Holmes book Ive ever read. I found the parallel world very interesting and I felt it made the story more interesting. To think, Sherlock Holmes in the wild west?? I look forward to reading more Sherlock Holmes in the world created by John Pirillo.

Not my favourite book by Mr Pirillo

Not my favourite book by Mr Pirillo, this is still an entertaining and quick read that will keep you amused along its 100+ pages.

Worth of reading it :D

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Title: - [Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles] (Audio Drama)

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: - - Chen Dagang, - - Han Yu

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The complete list of narrators includes - - Wang Tianyi.

Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin. : / : /

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Title: - [Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Speckled Band] (Audio Drama)

Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: - - Wang Tianyi, - - Chen Dagang

Format: Unabridged

Length: 49 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-07-17

Publisher: BOVCM

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The complete list of narrators includes - - Bian Yimiao.

Please note: This audiobook is in Mandarin. : / : /