Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I

<b><i>ONE OF <i>TIME MAGAZINE</i>'</i>S<i> 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME • Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories</i> contains, in two volumes, all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s world-famous detective.<br> </b><br> Volume I includes the novels and stories that introduced the brilliant and unflappable Sherlock Holmes and his partner, Dr. Watson, to the world. <i>A Study in Scarlet</i> is a drama of long-simmering revenge that ranges from the fog-bound streets of London to the pioneer settlements of Utah. <i>The Sign of Four </i>weaves together a stolen treasure from India, poison darts, and double-crossing thieves, while <i>The Hound of the Baskervilles </i>sets the legend of a diabolical hellhound and an old family curse against the backdrop of a moonlit moor. The short stories in this volume include such favorites as “A Scandal in Bohemia,” “The Red-Headed League,” “The Adventure of the Speckled Band,” and “The Final Problem,” tales that have thrilled generations of readers with Holmes’s astounding powers of deduction.