An engineer, by the name of Victor Hatherley, has had his thumb chopped off in a murderous attack. Hatherley had been employed by a shadowy German figure to repair a hydraulic press, and when the engineer had found out too much its operation. First published in the Strand Magazine, Mar. 1892, with 8 illustrations by S...
A greek interpreter was kidnapped and forced to translate some documents by two mysterious Greek men. First published in the Strand Magazine, Sept. 1893, with 8 illustrations by Sidney Paget.
An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from a Foreign Office clerk; Sherlock Holmes sets out to find it. An unknown thief steals an important naval treaty from the office of Mr. Percy Phelps, a Foreign Office clerk. Phelps's distress gives him a brain fever that lasts for nine weeks. First published in the...
Miss Mary Sutherland's fiancee went missing and she asked Holmes for help. Little did she know, her strict stepfather had something to do with this...
A previously convicted felon is arrested for the theft of The Blue Carbuncle, a priceless jewel. But the jewel is later found in a goose's crop. Holmes tracks down the people related to the goose to find the real thief of the Blue Carbuncle. First published in the Strand Magazine, Jan. 1892, with 8 illustrations by Si...
Reginald Musgrave visits Holmes after the disappearance of two of his domestic staff, Rachel Howells, a maid, and Richard Brunton, the longtime butler. Brunton vanished without his belongings after being dismissed for secretly reading a family document, the Musgrave Ritual. Brunton's former lover, Rachel Howells escap...
Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a young bride to be who fears that she'll be murdered. Helen Stoner, the stepdaughter of Sir Grimesby Roylott, has reason to believe that her stepfather killed her sister-she just doesn't know how. And the only clue is the last word from the dead sister ; "The Speckled Band" F...
Pycroft is a stockbroker's clerk who had then been taken on by the firm of Mawson and Williams in the City of London. Tthe firm took him on without a face-to-face interview, with arrangements made via the postal system. The job is a good one, and the wages offered more than reasonable. He also receives another job off...
Mysterious letters each with KKK signs and five orange pips, followed by mysterious death of the Openshaw family who received them one by one. This has caused Sherlock Holmes' anger and makes him determined in solving it. First published in the Strand Magazine, Nov. 1891, with 6 illustrations by Sidney Paget.
Mr. St. Clair disappeared in front of his wife, inside an opium den. Holmes investigates this missing man case in disguise. A shocking truth revealed; the missing man has been living a double life... First published in the Strand Magazine, Dec. 1891, with 10 illustrations by Sidney Paget.
A Study in Scarlet is a 1887 detective novel by British author Arthur Conan Doyle. Written in 1886, the story marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction. The book's title derives from a speech given by Holmes, an amateur detect...
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903-1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Great Britain, and Collier's in the United States. Cover made by the wonderful @-capetown
Violet Hunter seeks the help of Holmes when she discovers some strange things about a new position as governess for Mr. Jephro Rucastle, a strange man. This man insists to hire Hunter and has raise the salary twice to persuade her to take the job. He also has a vicious mastiff dog who's he seldom fed and the dog is of...
Miss Mary Morstan arrives at 221B, Baker Street to request help with the mystery of her missing father, her anonymous gifts of pearls and a letter requesting her to meet an unknown person that evening. First published in the Lippincott�s Magazine, Philadelphia and London, in February 1890. First book edition by S. Bla...