In the first of all the Sherlock Holmes stories Dr. John Watson discharged from military service after suffering severe wounds is at a loose end until a chance encounter leads him to take rooms with a remarkable young man. The arrogant irascible Sherlock Holmes is a master chemist a talented musician and an expert on all aspects of crime. And when Watson is drawn into the investigation of a bizarre murder in which Holmes is involved he is unaware that it is the beginning of the most famous partnership in the history of criminal detection.
The mystery begins when a body turns up in an abandoned building. A baffled Scotland Yard calls in the world's first 'consulting detective' Mr. Sherlock Holmes. Through observation subterfuge and tenacity he is soon able to discover the identity of the assassin but that is only the beginning of the bizarre mystery.
This audiobook includes the bonus Sherlock Holmes story 'The Adventure of the Speckled Band.'
Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. He was educated at Stoneyhurst and Edinburgh University where he qualified as a doctor. He practised at Southsea from 1882-1890, but from that date he... more
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