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Title: The Return of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Dancing Men

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: T. Sanders, Kaz Wilbur

Format: Unabridged

Length: 58 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 Dancing Men' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes is sent a series of strange letters by a client to decipher; on them are strange sequences of little dancing stick figures.

Members Reviews:

Encryption Learning

In this story, Mr. Hilton Cubitt of Ridling Thorpe Manor in Derbyshire visits Sherlock Holmes and gives him a piece of paper with a mysterious sequence of stick figures representing dancing men.

The little dancing men are at the heart of a mystery which seems to be driving his young wife Elsie Patrick to distraction. He married her about 3 years ago, and until recently, everything was well. She is American, and before the wedding, she asked her husband-to-be to promise her never to ask about her past, as she had had some âvery disagreeable associationsâ in her life, although she said that there was nothing that she was personally ashamed of. Mr. Cubitt swore the promise and, being an honorable English gentleman, insists on living by it, which is one of the things causing difficulty at Ridling Thorpe Manor.

The trouble began when Elsie received a letter from the United States, which evidently disturbed her, and she threw the letter on the fire. Then the dancing men appeared, sometimes on a piece of paper left on the sundial overnight, sometimes scrawled in chalk on a wall or door, even a windowsill. Each time, their appearance has an obvious, terrifying effect on Elsie, but she will not tell her husband what is going on. Holmes tells Cubitt that he wants to see every occurrence of the dancing men. They are to be copied down and brought or sent to him at 221B Baker Street. Cubitt duly does this, and it provides Holmes with an important clue. Holmes comes to realize that it is a substitution cipher. He cracks the code by frequency analysis. The last of the messages conveyed by the dancing men is a particularly alarming one.

Holmes rushes down to Ridling Thorpe Manor only to find Cubitt dead of a bullet to the heart and his wife gravely wounded in the head. Inspector Martin of the Norfolk Constabulary believes that it is a murder-suicide, or will be if Elsie dies. She is the prime suspect in her husbandâs death. Holmes sees things differently. Why is there a bullet hole in the windowsill, making a total of three shots, while Cubitt and his wife were each only shot once? Why are only two chambers in Cubittâs revolver empty? What is the large sum of money doing in the room? The discovery of a trampled flowerbed just outside the window and the discovery of a shell casing therein confirm what Holmes has suspected: a third person was involved, and it is surely the one who has been sending the curious dancing-man messages.

Holmes knows certain things that Inspector Martin does not. He seemingly picks the name âElrigeâsâ out of the air, and Cubittâs stable boy recognizes it as a local farmerâs name. Holmes quickly writes a message â in dancing men characters â and sends the boy to Elrigeâs Farm to deliver it to a lodger there, whose name he has also apparently picked out of the air. Of course, Holmes has learned both men's names by reading the dancing men code. While waiting for the result of this message, Holmes takes the opportunity to explain to Watson and Inspector Martin how he cracked the code of the dancing men, and the messages are revealed.

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Titre: Sarah-Belle et les femmes enfermées

Auteur: Pierre Roland Mercier

Narrateur: Pierre Roland Mercier

Format: Unabridged

Durée: 7 hrs and 5 mins

Langue: Français

Date de publication: 12-27-17

Éditeur: Productions L.T.R. Inc.

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Résumé de l'éditeur:

Sarah-Belle vient de terminer des études en techniques policières. Alors qu'elle profite de ses dernières semaines de vacances avant de débuter sa carrière, elle fait la connaissance d'une femme dont le fils de 17 ans est porté disparu. Il a été vu, pour la dernière fois, près d'un endroit où vivent des femmes enfermées dans un cloitre. Dans les jours qui suivent, la jeune policière trouvera un moyen de se joindre à ces femmes vivant en retrait de la société afin d'y faire discrètement enquête. Ce qu'elle va découvrir au sein du groupe va modifier le cours de son existence.

©2017 Pierre Roland Mercier (P)2017 Pierre Roland Mercier

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Title: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Final Problem

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: Will Green, Jane Seaton

Format: Unabridged

Length: 36 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-19-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Adventure of the Final Problem' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes goes head to head with a criminal mastermind whom he regards as his only intellectual equal.

Members Reviews:

Another masterpiece

This story, set in 1891, introduces Holmes's greatest opponent, the criminal mastermind Professor James Moriarty.

Holmes arrives at Dr. John Watson's residence one evening in a somewhat agitated state and with grazed and bleeding knuckles. He has apparently escaped three murder attempts that day after a visit from Professor Moriarty, who warned Holmes to withdraw from his pursuit of justice against him to avoid any regrettable outcome. First, just as he was turning a street corner, a cab suddenly rushed towards him and Holmes just managed to leap out of the way in time. Second, while Holmes was walking along the street, a brick fell from the roof of a house, just missing the detective. He then called the police to search the whole area but could not prove that it was anything other than an accident. Finally, on his way to Watson's house, he was attacked by a thug armed with a cosh. Holmes managed to overcome his assailant and handed him to the police but admitted that there was virtually no hope of proving that the man was in the employ of the criminal mastermind.

Holmes has been tracking Moriarty and his agents for months and is on the brink of snaring them all and delivering them to the dock. Moriarty is the criminal genius behind a highly organized and extremely secret criminal force and Holmes will consider it the crowning achievement of his career if only he can defeat Moriarty. Moriarty is out to thwart Holmes's plans and is well capable of doing so, for he is, as Holmes admits, the great detective's intellectual equal.

Holmes asks Watson to come to the continent with him, giving him unusual instructions designed to hide his tracks to Victoria station. Holmes is not quite sure where they will go; this seems rather odd to Watson. Holmes, certain that he has been followed to his friend's house, then makes off by climbing over the back wall in the garden. The next day Watson follows Holmes's instructions to the letter and finds himself waiting in the reserved first class coach for his friend, but only an elderly Italian priest is there. The cleric soon makes it apparent that he is Holmes in disguise.

As the train pulls out of Victoria, Holmes spots Moriarty on the platform, apparently trying to get someone to stop the train. Holmes is forced to take action as Moriarty has obviously tracked Watson, despite extraordinary precautions. He and Watson alight at Canterbury, making a change to their planned route. As they are waiting for another train to Newhaven a special one-coach train roars through Canterbury, as Holmes suspected it would. It contains Moriarty, who has hired the train in an effort to overtake Holmes. Holmes and Watson are forced to hide behind luggage.

Having made their way to Strasbourg via Brussels, the following Monday Holmes receives a message that most of Moriarty's gang have been arrested in England and recommends Watson return there now, as the detective will likely prove to be a very dangerous companion. Watson, however, decides to stay with his friend.

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Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Red-Headed League

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: A. Cromwell, James Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 59 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Red-Headed League' is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories. It depicts the peculiar situation of Jabez Wilson, a pawnbroker who claims to have been offered a highly paid job because of his unique flame-coloured hair. When his employer suddenly vanishes - leaving Wilson frustrated and confused - Holmes promises to get to the bottom of the mystery.

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Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: A. Cromwell, James Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 51 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 Blue Carbuncle' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It's Christmas, and Holmes is enticed to solve yet another mystery when a Christmas goose is found in the street - having been dropped by a man in a scuffle - with a near priceless jewel lodged in its neck.

Members Reviews:

The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle...

I have not read this book yet, but I have listened to the Audible audiobook of the same title, which was great to listen to. I expect that this book will be equally delightful to read.

A wonderful short Holmes tale with excellent narration

Cumming brings Holmes and Watson to life along with a slew of other characters. Set during Christmas, this tale chronicles a holiday goose, worn hat and priceless gem that come to Holmes by a most intriguing set of circumstances.

This is a quick listen, but that doesn't detract from the story's appeal. If you're a Holmes, you'll be pleased. If you're a Cummings fan, you'll be thrilled. I haven't enjoyed a narrated Doyle story this much since René Auberjonois read Mark Frost's The List of Seven.

What fun

I really enjoyed this whimsical tale of a goose, a gem, Sherlock Holmes and Watson.

Sherlock, being Sherlock makes the apparent seem like phantasmas and the unlikely like a given fact.

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Title: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Five Orange Pips

Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrator: A. Cromwell, James Allen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-12-17

Publisher: One Media iP LTD

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

'The Five Orange Pips' is one of 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. It details a peculiar case that revolves around the deaths of several individuals who had received letters containing orange pips prior to their demise.

Members Reviews:

I love Sherlock Holmes!

Great book! Very fun to read. This is also a quick read which is kind of nice. I recommend this book! :-)

Three Stars

GOOD READ

Excellent, Entertaining Reading

This is a very well written story with a very interesting and captivating plot: A young Sussex gentleman named John Openshaw has a strange story: in 1869 his uncle Elias Openshaw had suddenly come back to England to settle on an estate at Horsham, West Sussex after living for years in the United States as a planter in Florida and serving as a Colonel in the Confederate Army.

Not being married, Elias had allowed his nephew to stay at his estate. Strange incidents have occurred; one is that although John could go anywhere in the house he could never enter a locked room containing his uncle's trunks. Another peculiarity was that in March 1883 a letter postmarked Pondicherry, in India, arrived for the Colonel inscribed only "K.K.K." with five orange pips enclosed.

More strange things happened: Papers from the locked room were burnt and a will was drawn up leaving the estate to John Openshaw. The Colonel's behavior became bizarre. He would either lock himself in his room and drink or he would go shouting forth in a drunken sally with a pistol in his hand. On 2 May 1883 he was found dead in a garden pool.

On 4 January 1885 Elias's brother Joseph receives a letter postmarked Dundee with the initials "K.K.K" and instructions to leave "the papers" on the sundial. Despite his son's urging, Joseph Openshaw refuses to call the police. Three days later, Joseph Openshaw is found dead in a chalk-pit. The only clue John Openshaw can furnish Holmes is a page from his uncle's diary marked March 1869 in which orange pips have been sent to three men, of whom two flee and the third has been "visited".

Holmes advises Openshaw to leave the diary page with a note telling of the destruction of the Colonel's papers on the garden sundial. After Openshaw leaves, Holmes deduces from the time that has passed between the letter mailings and the deaths of Elias and his brother that the writer is on a sailing ship.

Holmes also recognizes the "K.K.K" as Ku Klux Klan, an anti-Reconstruction group in the South until its sudden collapse in March 1869 â and theorizes that this collapse was the result of the Colonel's maliciously taking their papers away to England.

The next day there is a newspaper account that the body of Openshaw has been found in the River Thames and the death is believed to be an accident. Holmes checks sailing records of ships who were at both Pondicherry in January/February 1883 and at Dundee in January 1885 and recognizes a Georgia sloop named The Lone Star. Lone Star may refer to the Lone Star State, Texas, although the boat is registered to Georgia. Furthermore Holmes confirms that The Lone Star had docked in London a week before. Holmes sends five orange pips to the captain of The Lone Star, and then sends a telegram to the Savannah police claiming that the captain and two mates are wanted for murder. The Lone Star never arrives in Savannah due to a severe gale.

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Title: Knights of the Open Palm

Subtitle: Race Williams, Book 1

Author: Carroll John Daly

Narrator: Finn J. D. John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-17

Publisher: Black Mask

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The first hard-boiled detective, Race Williams, runs up against the Klan in his premiere adventure, which leads him to fast and tragic action. Plus two other early Daly hard-boiled classics: The False Burton Combs and Dolly. Story number one in the Race Williams series.

Carroll John Daly (1889-1958) was the creator of the first hard-boiled private eye story, predating Dashiell Hammett's first Continental Op story by several months. Daly's classic character, Race Williams, was one of the most popular fiction characters of the pulps and the direct inspiration for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.

This Black Mask Classic Edition was produced by Pulp-Lit Productions Studios for Steeger Properties LLC, agent for the estate of Carroll John Daly.

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Title: Three Thousand to the Good

Subtitle: Race Williams, Book 2

Author: Carroll John Daly

Narrator: Finn J. D. John

Format: Unabridged

Length: 58 mins

Language: English

Release date: 12-05-17

Publisher: Black Mask

Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Race Williams - the classic hard-boiled detective from the pages of Black Mask Magazine - takes on the biggest blackmailing scheme of his career. Plus a bonus Daly hard-boiled classic: Paying an Old Debt. Story number two in the Race Williams series.

Carroll John Daly (1889-1958) was the creator of the first hard-boiled private eye story, predating Dashiell Hammett's first Continental Op story by several months. Daly's classic character, Race Williams, was one of the most popular fiction characters of the pulps and the direct inspiration for Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer.

This Black Mask Classic Edition was produced by Pulp-Lit Productions Studios for Steeger Properties LLC, agent for the estate of Carroll John Daly.

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Title: Inspector West: Battle for Inspector West

Subtitle: Classic Radio Crime

Author: John Creasey

Narrator: Patrick Allen, Sarah Lawson, full cast

Format: Original Recording

Length: 3 hrs and 40 mins

Language: English

Release date: 11-02-17

Publisher: BBC Worldwide Ltd.

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Patrick Allen stars as Inspector West in this classic radio adventure, first broadcast on BBC Radio in 1967.

Based on the long-running series of novels by John Creasey, the Inspector West dramas became popular with radio audiences between 1967 and 1971. Nicknamed 'Handsome' West, the Chief Inspector is one of Scotland Yard's youngest and smartest detectives, and a devoted family man.

In this action-packed serial, West is in Dorset on the trail of a dangerous criminal mastermind. Young Michael Grant is honeymooning at Uplands hotel when several strange events lead him to suspect that he is being threatened. His mortal enemy - Carosian - has returned to England and is looking to take revenge on Grant for thwarting his blackmail plans.

Carosian is an old adversary of West's, and the Chief Inspector sees an opportunity to set a trap and capture his nemesis. But when a man is murdered and Grant's wife, Christine, disappears, West finds himself facing a deadly battle that he must win....

This thrilling full-cast drama features real-life husband and wife Patrick Allen and Sarah Lawson as Roger and Janet West, with Francis de Wolff as Carosian.

Also included is a half-hour episode from The Radio Detectives series Stand by for West, in which Professor Jeffrey Richards profiles John Creasey's Scotland Yard inspector.

Classic Radio Crime: presenting vintage detectives for your investigation!

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Title: Off the Tiles

Author: Ianthe Jerrold

Narrator: Penelope Freeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 23 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-12-17

Publisher: Soundings

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Classic Detective

Publisher's Summary:

November gloom had descended on London when, at 1752 hours (5:52 p.m. on unofficial clocks), a telephone call was received at the Pine Road, Chelsea, police station.

Inspector James Quy is called to 33 Chain Street to investigate the death of Miss Lillah Keer. At first glance it appears to be an accidental death. But Quy's sharp mind and intuition lead him in a different direction.