The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

A collection of the most famous cases faced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s peerless creation, now in a beautiful hardcover edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith

This collection of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and the Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes includes many of the famous cases – and great strokes of brilliance – that made the legendary detective one of fiction’s most popular creations. With his devoted amanuensis Dr Watson, Holmes emerges from his smoke-filled room 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 mistress. In ‘Silver Blaze’ the pair investigate the disappearance of a racehorse and the violent murder of its trainer, while in ‘The Final Problem’ Holmes at last comes face to face with his nemesis, the diabolical Professor Moriarty – ‘the Napoleon of crime’.

Editorial Reviews

For the past decade, Penguin has been producing handsome hardcover versions of their classics (…) both elegant and quirky in shocks of bright color“
-The New York Times
– From the Publisher

It is especially appropriate that the man who played Sherlock Holmes’ chronicler in the popular series narrates these tales on audio. Hardwicke’s reading is subdued, but clear and precise.
– The Strand Magazine

First Rate
– The Times Educational Supplement

You should listen to these wonderfully atmospheric pieces…Edward Hardwicke has the perfect voice for this: resonant, old-fashioned, precise – everyone’s idea of a Victorian gent.
– The Guardian