CONAN-DOYLE ARTHUR

SHERLOCK HOLMES: THE TOP-SECRET PLANS
This telegram is from my brother Mycroft,' said Holmes. 'He wants to speak to me at once about Mr Arthur Cadogan. Do you know this man, Watson?' 'I saw something about him in today's newspaper,' I answered. When a young man dies on a London Underground line, top-secret plans for a new British submarine go missing. But who is Cadogan's killer, why did he die, and where are the missing papers? Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson must quickly help Mycroft to answer these important questions. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson appear in a second series of twelve intriguing cases. They include The Adventure of Silver Blaze, with the famous 'curious incident of the dog in the night-time'; The Adventure of the Gloria Scott, where guilt apparently points to a man with a smoking pistol in his hand; and The Adventure of the Crooked Man, the only story in which Holmes ever utters the word 'elementary'. The Memoirs close with Holmes's deadly encounter with the arch-criminal Moriarty in The Final Problem. The stories in this volume were firs...
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ΣΕΡΛΟΚ ΧΟΛΜΣ : ΤΟ ΣΗΜΑΔΙ ΤΩΝ ΤΕΣΣΑΡΩΝ
Η δεσποινίδα Μαίρη Μόρσταν παίρνει μια φορά το χρόνο, μέσω ταχυδρομείου, ένα μεγάλο μαργαριτάρι, χωρίς να γνωρίζει τίποτα για τον αποστολέα του. Όταν ο μυστηριώδης αποστολέας της ζητάει να συναντηθούν, ο Χολμς και ο Ουάτσον αναλαμβάνουν να τη βοηθήσουν. (. . .) (ΑΠΟ ΤΗΝ ΠΑΡΟΥΣΙΑΣΗ ΣΤΟ ΟΠΙΣΘΟΦΥΛΛΟ ΤΟΥ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΥ)...
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(H/B) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
The Hound Of Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle A curse has hung over the Baskerville family for generations and the latest victim is Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the legendary gigantic hound be responsible for his death - or is there a malevolent human hand behind the seemingly supernatural events? It's up to Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson to uncover the truth. This book has matching lined and blank journals (sold separately). They make a great gift when paired together but are also just as beautiful on their own. (From the publisher)...
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The sign of four (+CD)
Sherlock Holmes is bored. But a fascinating new case is just around the corner. The attractive Mary Morstan arrives at 221B Baker Street with a strange story to tell. Her father vanished ten years ago: four years later she receives six beautiful pearls, one each year. She has been invited to meet the sender of these pearls and asks Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson for their help. The case involves a mysterious map, hidden treasure and a wooden-legged man, enough to intrigue even Sherlock Holmes. But it's more than just a mystery for loyal...
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Sherlock Holmes investigates: three stories of detection (+CD)
Sherlock Holmes is at work in three stories: solving the problem of a hat and a goose in 'The Blue Carbuncle'; finding a missing fianc? in 'A Case of Identity'; and discovering the identity of a strange creature in 'The Yellow Face'. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
"Holmes!" I cried. "Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?" London's criminal underworld has risen once again, and a dangerous individual with an air gun is prowling the streets. The capital is in greater need of its protector, Sherlock Holmes, than ever. Three years have passed since Holmes and the evil mastermind Professor Moriarty fell, locked in combat, into the Reichenbach Falls in Switzerland, and when Doctor Watson collides with an odd-looking ol...
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THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES (+CD+DVD)
For hundreds of years the legend of a hound on the moors has terrified everyone, especially the Baskerville family. Sir Henry is the last of the Baskervilles and his life is in danger. Can the brilliant detective, Sherlock Holmes, save Sir Henry's life and solve the mystery of the black hound with eyes of fire? (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) A STUDY IN SCARLET AND THE SIGN OF THE FOUR
'Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes' - The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet, bringing together Sherlock Holmes, the master of science detection, and John H. Watson, the great detective's faithful chronicler. This novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides the reader with a dramatic adventure yarn which ranges from the foggy, gas-lit streets of London to the burning plains of Utah. The Sign of the Four, the second Holmes novel, p...
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(P/B) THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast "with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated Baskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this devilish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming mur...
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(P/B) HIS LAST BOW (ANNOTATED EDITION)
A mysterious murder near Esher, a gruesome delivery of two human ears packed in coarse salt, the disappearance of secret submarine plans, the sudden descent into madness of two brothers - these are only some of the apparently unsolvable cases contained in this volume, which the great sleuth, assisted by his trusted friend Doctor Watson, is challenged to clear up with the aid of his sagacity and unrivalled analytical skills. Published a quarter of a century after the first book of Holmes adventures, and including the famous titular story Hi...
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ΚΛΑΣΙΚΑ NOIR
ΦΟΝΙΚΟ ΚΟΚΤΕΪΛ Femme fatale ή μαύρη χήρα; Μετά τον θάνατο του συζύγου της, η όμορφη νεαρή χήρα Τζόουν Μέντφορντ αναγκάζεται να εργαστεί ως σερβιτόρα σε ένα κοκτέιλ μπαρ για να επιβιώσει. Σύντομα η Τζόουν βρίσκεται παγιδευμένη ανάμεσα σε έναν ωραίο νεαρό τυχοδιώκτη, που το άγγιγμά του την αναστατώνει, και έναν εύπορο, μεγαλύτερο σε ηλικία άντρα, που το άγγιγμά του την απωθεί... αλλά μπορεί να την οδηγήσει σε έναν γάμο και στην οικονομική της εξασφάλιση. Ένα κλασικό ερωτικό τρίγωνο σε μια συναρπαστική νουάρ ιστορία που μόνο στην καταστροφή μ...
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(P/B) THE ADVENTURES AND THE MEMOIRS OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
This collection includes many of the famous cases - and great strokes of brilliance - that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis, Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke filled rooms in Baker Street to grapple with the forces of treachery, intrigue and evil in such cases as 'The Speckled Band', in which a terrified woman begs their help in solving the mystery surrounding her sister's death, or 'A Scandal in Bohemia', which portrays a European king blackmailed by his mistres...
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(H/B) THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
A colonel receives five seeds in the mail-and dies within weeks. A young bride disappears immediately after her wedding. An old hat and a Christmas goose are the only clues to a stolen jewel. A son is accused of his father's murder. These mysteries-and many more-are brought to the house on Baker Street where detective Sherlock Holmes resides. No case is too tricky for the world's most famous sleuth and his incredible powers of deduction. This book has matching lined and blank journals (sold separately). They make a great gift when paired t...
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(P/B) THE VALLEY OF FEAR
The deadly hand of Professor Moriarty once more reaches out to commit a vile and ingenious crime, but a mole in Moriarty's criminal organization alerts Sherlock Holmes of the evil deed by means of a cipher... When Holmes and Watson arrive at a Sussex manor house they appear to be too late. The discovery of a body suggests that Moriarty's henchmen have been at their work. But there is much more to this tale of murder than at first meets the eye. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES & HIS LAST BOW
Three years after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes returns to 221B Baker Street, to the astonishment of Dr Watson and the delight of readers worldwide. From kidnapped heirs to murder by harpoon, Holmes and Watson have their work cut out for them in these brilliant later tales. This collection also includes His Last Bow, a series of recollections from an older Sherlock Holmes of further adventures from his life. In this Macmillan Collector's Library edition, Sherlock scholar David Stuart Davies provides both an i...
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(P/B) THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
'Holmes,' I cried.'Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?' Missing, presumed dead, for three years, Sherlock Holmes returns triumphantly to his dear companion Dr Watson. And not before time! London has never been in more need of his extraordinary services: a murderous individual with an air gun stalks the city. Among thirteen further brilliant tales of mystery, detection and deduction, Sherlock Holmes investigates the problem of the Norwood Builder, de...
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(H/B) THE NEW ANNOTATED SHERLOCK HOLMES
The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes, heavily illustrated and annotated with extensive scholarly commentary, in an attractive and elegant slipcase. The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four classic Holmes novels in 2005 created a Holmes sensation. Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 notes, 350 illustrations and period photographs, and tantalizing new Sherlockian theories. (From the publisher)...
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THE LOST WORLD (+CD)
When a young reporter looks for a story full of danger and adventure, he ends up in a land unknown for millions of years. He and his companions must fight for their lives with terrifying prehistoric creatures to find their way home. Will they make it? Join their amazing expedition in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's exciting tale. (From the publisher)...
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ΣΕΡΛΟΚ ΧΟΛΜΣ
Στον αριθμό 211 της Μπέικερ Στρητ, ο δόκτωρ Ουώτσον, πρώην αξιωματικός του Στρατού των Ινδιών, μοιράζεται ένα διαμέρισμα με τον Σέρλοκ Χολμς. Εκεί που ο ένας καπνίζει την πίπα του ή κάθεται ονειροπολώντας, ο άλλος ξεφυλλίζει τις πρωινές εφημερίδες. Και εκεί που οι νυφάδες του χιονιού αρχίζουν να πέφτουν απαλά και η ομίχλη να κατακλύζει σιγά σιγά το δρόμο, μια άμαξα σταματά μπροστά από το σπίτι, ένα βιαστικό βήμα διασχίζει το πλακόστρωτο, η πόρτα ανοίγει και ένας άγνωστος εφορμά, αναστατωμένος, γεμάτος αγωνία. Μία καινούργια περιπέτεια πρό...
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