Только для искушенных ценителей классики! Новая серия! «17 рассказов» – это уникальное оформление, продуманные подборки произведений, признанные классики мировой литературы! В данное издание вошли лучшие 17 рассказов классика детективного жанра – Артура Конан Дойла

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Este livro de Arthur Conan Doyle conta a aventura de três homens, Cirus Headlei, Dr. Maracot e o sr. Bill Scanlan, quando o desceram através de um «engenho submarino» (na época em que a história foi escrita não deviam existir submarinos) para fazer pesquisas subaquáticas. Miraculosamente, após um acidente em que sua engenhoca arrebentou o cabo, que os ligava ao navio, eles desceram a grandes profundidades e foram salvos da morte por um estranho povo que vivia sob o mar

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Doyle’s first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world’s best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes’s Boswell, the unassuming Dr. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Holmes needs a foil. And thus a great literary collaboration begins. Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes’s eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings. Somewhat shaken by Holmes’s egotism, Watson is nonetheless dazzled by his seemingly magical ability to provide detailed information about a man glimpsed once under the streetlamp across the road. Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard–Lestrade and Gregson–Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. Later, Holmes explains: “In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward…. There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result.” Holmes is in that elite group. Conan Doyle quickly learned that it was Holmes’s deductions that were of most interest to his readers. The lengthy flashback, while a convention of popular fiction, simply distracted from readers’ real focus. It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated

“In 1887, a young Arthur Conan Doyle published ‘A Study in Scarlet,’ thus creating an international icon in the quick-witted sleuth Sherlock Holmes. In this, the first Holmes mystery, the detective introduces himself to Dr. John H. Watson with the puzzling line ‘You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive.’ And so begins Watson’s, and the world’s, fascination with this enigmatic character.” Doyle presents two equally perplexing mysteries for Holmes to solve—one a murder that takes place in the shadowy outskirts of London, in a locked room where the haunting word Rache is written upon the wall, the other a kidnapping set in the American West. Quickly picking up the “scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life,” Holmes does not fail at finding the truth—and making literary history

The book is a glorious effort on the part of the author to record the impressions that he formed during his visit to the fronts of the Western Allies during World War I. The book was written in appreciation of the valiant and bold soldiers who fought for their countrymen and whose efforts were being belittled due to increasing rumors

Arturs Konans Doils Baiļu ieleja. Šerloka Holmsa piezīmju grāmatiņa Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis. imantslochmelis@inbox.lv © «Iljus», 1998

Чтение оригинальных произведений – простой и действенный способ погрузиться в языковую среду и совершенствоваться в иностранном языке. Серия «Бестселлер на все времена» – это возможность улучшить свой английский, читая лучшие произведения англоязычных авторов, любимые миллионами читателей. Для лучшего понимания текста в книгу включены краткий словарь и комментарии, поясняющие языковые и лингвострановедческие вопросы, исторические и культурные реалии описываемой эпохи. В этой книге собраны страшные истории о таинственных силах, невероятных событиях и необъяснимых явлениях. Их авторы знали, как нагнетать напряжение и закручивать сюжеты. Среди них Э. А. По, Брэм Стокер, Артур Конан Дойль, Амброз Бирс, М. Д. Родс, Ф. М. Кроуфорд, Э. Ф. Бенсон. Оторваться от чтения невозможно, и пугающие истории порадуют заметным прогрессом в английском языке. Книга предназначена для тех, кто изучает английский язык на продолжающем или продвинутом уровне и стремится к его совершенствованию

Arturs Konans Doils Bāskervilu suns «Bāskervilu Suns»: Izdevniecība «Liesma» ; Riga ; 1977 Otrais izdevums IZDEVNIECĪBA «LIESMA» RIGA 1977 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis No angļu valodas tulkojusi Anna Bauga Mākslinieks E. Garkevičs

Careening was a very necessary operation for the old pirate. On his superior speed he depended both for overhauling the trader and escaping the man-of-war. But it was impossible to retain his sailing qualities unless he periodically–once a year, at the least–cleared his vessel’s bottom from the long, trailing plants and crusting barnacles which gather so rapidly in the tropical seas. For this purpose he lightened his vessel, thrust her into some narrow inlet where she would be left high and dry at low water, fastened blocks and tackles to her masts to pull her over on to her bilge, and then scraped her thoroughly from rudder-post to cutwater

Une entité malfaisante dévore des pionniers de l'aviation par delà les nuages… – Un mystérieux objet, un entonnoir en cuir, nous révèle, grâce à la psychologie des rêves, sa terrible utilisation… – Une petite vengeance amoureuse entre deux archéologue dans les catacombes romaines… – Un homme, une femme, son amant et un scalpel… – Et autres contes de terreur…

AIs Professor Challenger von einer SüdamerikaExpedition zurückkehrt und behauptet, in einem abgelegenen Gebiet Dinosaurier, Flugsaurier und ähnliche längst ausgestorbene Ungeheuer der Urzeit entdeckt zu haben, bricht die Fachwelt in schallendes Gelichter aus. Er wird als Aufschneider und Scharlatan bezeichnet.  Doch das läßt Professor Challenger sich nicht nachsagen. Er ist bereit, seine Behauptungen zu beweisen. Zusammen mit seinem wissenschaftlichen Gegenspieler, einem Zeitungsreporter und einem erfahrenen Großwildjäger bricht er in den Dschungel auf. Und tief im Herzen des Amazonasbeckens entdecken die wagemutigen Forscher ein Plateau, auf dem sich tatsächlich urweltliche Tiere und Menschen erhalten haben, die sich auf dem schmalen Lebensraum blutige Gemetzel liefern. SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (22.5.1859 Edinburgh - 7.7.1930 Windlesham bei Crowborough/Sussex), der Erfinder von Sherlock Holmes, jener Detektivgestalt, die zur Legende wurde, hat nicht nur Kriminalromane, sondern mit »Die vergessene Welt« auch einen der größten Fantasy-Romane aller Zeiten geschrieben. Wir legen hiermit das Werk in einer illustrierten Neuübersetzung und in neuer Ausstattung vor. Titel der englischen Originalausgabe THE PROFESSOR CHALLENGER STORIES THE LOST WORLD Deutsche Übersetzung von Elisabeth Simon Die Textillustrationen schuf Hubert Schweizer Die Karten auf den Seiten 91 und 143 zeichnete Erhard Ringer

Arturs Konans Doils Etīde purpura toņos stāsti par Šerloku Holmsu    Etīde purpura toņos I daļa. ;  No armijas atvaļinātā medicīnas doktora Džona Vatsona atmiņu atstāsts  ;   1.  Misters Šerloks Holmss ;   2.   Dedukcijas zinātne ;   3.  Loristongārdenzas noslēpums ;   4.   Ko teica Džons Renss  ;   5.   Mūsu sludinājums atved apmeklētāju  ;   6.   Tobiass Gregsons rāda, ko spēj  ;   7.   Gaismas stars tumsā ;  II daļa Svētajo zemē  ;   1.  Lielajā Sāls tuksnesī  ;   2.   Jūtas puķe  ;   3.  Džons Ferjers runā ar pravieti ;   4.   Izmisīga bēgšana ;   5.   Atriebes eņģeļi ;   6.   Doktora Džona Vatsona piezīmju turpinājums  ;   7.   Noslēgums ;  Trīs studenti ;  Notikums Ebigreindžā ;  Čārlzs Ogastess Milvertons ;  Vientuļā riteņbraucēja ;  Degunkniebis zelta ietvarā ;  Pazudušais regbists IZDEVNIECĪBA «LIESMA» RIGA 1976 No angļu valodas tulkojusi Anna Bauga Mākslinieks Viesturs Grants  Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1976 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new anthology, perfect for airport or airplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, along with brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill. Stephen King hates to fly. Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you. Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you’re suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like—gulp!—a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we’ll bet you’ve never thought of before… but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, “ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents… Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight.”

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge The Adventure of the Cardboard Box The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans The Adventure of the Devil's Foot The Adventure of the Red Circle The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax The Adventure of the Dying Detective His Last Bow – An Epilogue of Sherlock Holmes PREFACE The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism. He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agriculture. During this pe riod of rest he has refused the most princely offers to take up various cases, having determined that his retirement was a permanent one. The approach of the German war caused him however, to lay his remarkable combination of intellectual and practical activity at the disposal of the government, with historical results which are recounted in His Last Bow. Several previous experiences which have lain long in my portfolio have been added to His Last Bow so as to complete the volume. JOHN H. WATSON, M. D

A.KONANS DOILS INDĪGA JOSLA Pasaulslavenais angļu rakstnieks (1859—1930) lasītājus iepriecinājis ne vien ar privātdetektīva Serloka Holmsa un viņa uzticamā drauga doktora Vatsona gaitām, bet arī ar vairākiem zinātniski fantastiskiem darbiem. Sajā grāmatā lasītājs iepazīsies ar dažiem dēkaiņiem: avīzes reportieri, mednieku aristokrātu un diviem zinātniekiem, kuriem izziņas alkas liek doties bīstamos ceļojumos gan kalnos, gan jūras dzelmēs. Autors ir spraiga sižeta meistars, māk jautri un trāpīgi pajokot un joprojām ir viens no jaunatnes vismīļāka­jiem rakstniekiem. RĪGA «LIESMA» 1989 2. izdevums (A.KONANS DOILS MARAKOTA BEZDIBENIS) No angļu valodas tulkojušas Rute Runce, Tija Pētersone un Ņina Krilova Mākslinieks Ģirts Boronovshis Redaktors Andrejs Rijnieks Izdevniecība «Liesma», 1989

Arturs Konans Doils Klūmberas noslēpums RIGA 1992 Tā kā grāmata (romāns) pārpublicēta no 1927. gada izdevuma, respektējot autora tā laika izteiksmi, stilu, personu vārdu, uzvārdu, kā arī vietu nosaukumu rakstības veidu, pareizrakstībā esam cen­tušies pielietot iespēju robežās mūsdienu lasītājam pazīstamās un pierastās gramatiskās likumības un normas. Izdevēji Mākslinieks A. Liepiņš Arturs Konans Doils KLŪMBERAS NOSLĒPUMS Redaktore V. Jurševica Tehniskā redaktore L. Kreitenberga. Nodota salikšanai 03.03.92. Parakstīta iespiešanai 08.06.92. Reģ. apl. Nr. 2-0113. Formāts 70x108/32. Literatūras garnitūra. Augstspiedums. 4.75 iespiedi.; 6,65 uzsk. iespiedi. Pašūt. Nr. 187-4. Līgumcena. Firma «Krūklis». Salikta un Iespiesta tipogrāfijā «Rota», 226011, Rīgā, Blaumaņa ielā 38/40. Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Novelo pri malaperinta rugbeisto el la kolekto “La reveno de Ŝerloko Holmso”

Peut-être la plus connue et la plus passionnante des aventures de SH

La passion d’un savant, le professeur Maracot, est portée à son comble quand l’expédition qu’il a organisée pour explorer une fosse abyssale de l’Atlantique aboutit, suite à un accident de plongée, à une découverte incroyable sur les anciennes civilisations de l’Atlantide, et en particulier d’êtres extraordinaires qui ont préservé leur mode de vie antique …

Les aventures de Sherlock Holmes (novembre 1891)

Arturs Konans Doils Marakota bezdibenis Sērija Fantastikas Pasaulē./ Pasaulslavenais angļu rakstnieks (1859—1930) lasītājus iepriecinājis ne vien ar privātdetektīva Serloka Holmsa un viņa uzticamā drauga doktora Vatsona gaitām, bet arī ar vairākiem zinātniski fantastiskiem darbiem. Autors ir spraiga sižeta meistars, māk jautri un trāpīgi pajokot un joprojām ir viens no jaunatnes vismīļāka­jiem rakstniekiem. Grāmatā apvienoti trīs no populārākajiem stāstiem: Zudusī pasaule Stāsta par visai ekscentriska profesora Čelendžera neparasto atklājumu Dienvidamerikas Amazones baseina plakankalnē, kur, izrādās, saglabājušies aizvēsturiski Juras perioda dinozauri. Daži dēkaiņi: avīzes reportieris, mednieks-aristokrāts un divi zinātnieki dodas bīstamajā ceļojumā, lai pārliecinātos par profesora atklājuma patiesumu. Indīgā josla Slavenais un ekscentriskais profesors Čelendžers pētot Frauenhofera līniju nobīdi nonāk pie secinājuma, ka planēta Zeme šķērsos indīgu Visuma ētera joslu, kā rezultātā viss dzīvais uz Zemes ies bojā. Četri draugi sapulcējas profesora mājā, lai pieredzētu vislielāko notikumu cilvēces vēsturē pasaules galu. Marakota bezdibenis Profesors Marakots, pētot Atlantijas okeāna dibenu, uzduras ārkārtīgi dziļai ieplakai, kurā izrādās saglabājušies kādreiz varenās Atlantīdas civilizācijas pārstāvji un šeit uzbūvējuši milzīgu zemūdens pili. Rīga «Liesma, 1970 1. izdevums No angļu valodas tulkojušas Rute Runce, Tija Pētersone un Ņina Krilova Mākslinieks I. Zvagūzis Redaktors Andrejs Rijnieks Izdevniecība «Liesma», 1970 Rīga «Liesma» 1970 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Arturs Konans Doils Marakota bezdibenis «Marakota bezdibenis»: Liesma ; Rīga; 1989

My First Book: the experiences of Walter Besant, James Payn, W. Clark Russell, Grant Allen, Hall Caine, George R. Sims, Rudyard Kipling, A. Conan Doyle, M. E. Braddon, F. W. Robinson, H. Rider Haggard, R. M. Ballantyne, I. Zangwill, Morley Roberts, David Christie Murray, Marie Corelli, Jerome K. Jerome, John Strange Winter, Bret Harte, "Q.", Robert Buchanan, Robert Louis Stevenson, with an introduction by Jerome K. Jerome and 185 illustrations

Arturs Konans Doils Stāsti Dejojošie cilvēciņi Tulkojusi Velga Opule ; Klerka piedzīvojums Tulkojis Haralds Šēnknehts ; Cilvēks ar kupri Tulkojis Haralds Šēnknehts ; Inženiera pirksts Tulkojis Haralds Šēnknehts ; Berilu diadēma Tulkojis Haralds Šēnknehts ; B. 24 Tulkojusi Dina Plandere ; Nr. 249 Tulkojusi Dina Plandere ; Ebekuka Džefsona paziņojums Tulkojis Haralds Šēnknehts ; Četrstūrainā kastīte Tulkojis Haralds Šēnknehts ; Personības noskaidrošana Tulkojusi Ieva Liepiņa ; «TAPALS» RĪGA 1997 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Arturs Konans Doils Stāsti par Šerloku Holmsu Rudo apvienība  ; Raibā lenta ; Dzeltenā seja ; Mesgreivu dzimtas rituāls ; Piecas apelsīnu sēkliņas ; Notikums internātā ; Sudraba Pakavs ; Seši Napoleoni ; Dižciltīgais vecpuisis ; Boskomas ielejas noslēpums ; Cilvēks ar pāršķelto lūpu ; Skandāls Bohēmijā  ; Zilais karbunkuls ; Pēdējā problēma ; Tukšais nams  ; Norvudas būvuzņēmējs  ; Melnais Pīters ; Sarkanie Skābarži ; Otrais plankums   Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīgā 1972 No angļu valodas tulkojusi Anna Bauga Māksliniece Malda Muižule Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

“The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans” is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of eight stories in the cycle collected as His Last Bow

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve—sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

Have yourself a crooked little Christmas with The Big Book of Christmas Mysteries. Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler collects sixty of his all-time favorite holiday crime stories — many of which are difficult or nearly impossible to find anywhere else. From classic Victorian tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Thomas Hardy, to contemporary stories by Sara Paretsky and Ed McBain, this collection touches on all aspects of the holiday season, and all types of mysteries. They are suspenseful, funny, frightening, and poignant. Included are puzzles by Mary Higgins Clark, Isaac Asimov, and Ngaio Marsh; uncanny tales in the tradition of A Christmas Carol by Peter Lovesey and Max Allan Collins; O. Henry-like stories by Stanley Ellin and Joseph Shearing, stories by pulp icons John D. MacDonald and Damon Runyon; comic gems from Donald E. Westlake and John Mortimer; and many, many more. Almost any kind of mystery you’re in the mood for — suspense, pure detection, humor, cozy, private eye, or police procedural — can be found in these pages. FEATURING: — Unscrupulous Santas — Crimes of Christmases Past and Present — Festive felonies — Deadly puddings — Misdemeanors under the mistletoe — Christmas cases for classic characters including Sherlock Holmes, Brother Cadfael, Miss Marple, Hercule Poirot, Ellery Queen, Rumpole of the Bailey, Inspector Morse, Inspector Ghote, A.J. Raffles, and Nero Wolfe

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

The Adventure of the Illustrious Client The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire The Adventure of the Three Garridebs The Problem of Thor Bridge The Adventure of the Creeping Man The Adventure of the Lion's Mane The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place The Adventure of the Retired Colorman

Test your own powers of deduction alongside those of the most celebrated detective ever to walk the streets of London or grace the pages of a book. Sherlock Holmes brings his extraordinary insight and intriguing quirks to every case he is called upon to solve — sometimes without even leaving the comfort of his Baker Street apartment. In this collection of 23 ingeniously plotted stories, no case is too big, too small, or too bizarre for Holmes. Whether he is foiling the grand schemes of a would-be bank robber or uncovering family secrets kept hidden away for years, Sherlock Holmes at all times proves himself a formidable adversary. With his trusted and always-admiring friend, Dr. Watson, at his side, “the most perfect reasoning and observing machine the world has ever seen” uses his unique analytical gifts to confound every criminal and unravel every mystery

SUPERB COLLECTION OF CLASSIC MYSTERY TALES The Legendary Detectives II is a real treat for aficionados of classic detective fiction: Eight tales of the greatest fictional sleuths who prowled in search of murder and mystery through the era of gaslight and hansom cabs. A follow-up to the bestselling e-book, The Legendary Detectives, grand treats await inside. To wit: the rarest adventure of that legendary blind detective, Max Carrados, "The Bunch of Violets," never reprinted in any Carrados collection. Then for lovers of the exotic, Mr. Commissioner Sanders untangles a web of intrigue along the remote outposts of the Congo River, in "The Ghost Walker." The exotic as well as the scientific are in display in "The Silent Bullet," the very first story to feature that Golden Age scientific sleuth, Craig Kennedy. The exotic is also front and center in "The Headless Mummies," an adventure of Fu Manchu creator Sax Rohmer's extraordinary detective Moris Klaw. Next is a pair of tales featuring the two most famous brains among gaslight detectives: the Man in the Corner in "The York Mystery," and The Thinking Machine in "The Great Auto Mystery." Next, that inimitable, priest-detective, Father Brown, tackles the case of "The Head of Caesar." Included is the last adventure of the world's greatest detective, "His Last Bow: An Episode from the War Service of Sherlock Holmes." The aging sleuth is dragged from retirement to match wits with the Huns master-spy in the darkest days of World War I, in this story recorded by his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle. There are hours of mystery reading pleasure in this exclusive e-book, selected and introduced by Jean Marie Stine