Books with title The Greatest Tales of Sherlock Holmes

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. These fifteen short stories, chosen by David Stuart Davies, former Editor of Sherlock magazine, show the master detective Sherlock Holmes at his most ingenious. Faithfully supported by his chronicler, Dr Watson, Holmes pits his wits against 'the Napoleon of Crime', Professor Moriarty, assists European royalty threatened by disgrace, helps to solve the mysterious death of a young woman due to be married, and becomes involved with other intrigues that defeat the detectives of Scotland Yard. The original illustrations from The Strand magazine by Sidney Paget accompany each story.Stories included in this edition are:A Scandal in BohemiaThe Red-Headed LeagueThe Boscombe Valley MysteryThe Man with the Twisted LipThe Blue CarbuncleThe Speckled BandSilver BlazeThe Musgrave RitualThe Dancing ManThe Solitary CyclistCharles Augustus MilvertonThe Six NapoleonsThe Abbey GrangeThe Second StainThe Devil's Foot

Few characters in film or literature are capable of untangling a mystery with the flair of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of the most popular and highly praised Sherlock Holmes novels and anthologies, as voted by readers. If you've never read a Sherlock Holmes book before, or are only slightly familiar with his stories, this is the collection you want to start out with.

Eight classic adventures from the world's most famous private detective. Through the foggy streets of Victorian London to the deepest countryside, Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson embark on eight thrilling investigations. In some of his best-known cases, including 'The Speckled Band' and 'The Reigate Puzzle', Holmes brings his unique powers of deduction to bear on the most challenging mysteries . . . Complete and unabridged.

A selection of the most thrilling detective stories ever written by the master storyteller.Sherlock Holmes, the world’s cleverest detective, sets forth in this collection of six extraordinary stories to solve some of the most intriguing cases of his career. What was the mysterious ‘speckled band’ that a woman referred to with her dying breath? What do the dancing men signify and why do they bring death in their wake? Is there really a league of red-headed men, or is it a conspiracy so audacious that only Holmes can sense it? Will Sherlock Holmes meet his end at the hands of the evil Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls?The cases of Sherlock Holmes have held readers spellbound ever since they were first published. In 1927, the stories in this volume were chosen by the author himself as some of the best he had written. Introduced here by Ruskin Bond, The Very Best of Sherlock Holmes presents the great detective in all his brilliant glory for a new generation of readers.