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Les affaires retrouvées de Sherlock HolmesSéries

Cette série revisite les aventures emblématiques d'un brillant détective consultant et de son fidèle compagnon. Dans le décor atmosphérique du Londres victorien, chaque épisode présente des mystères complexes qui défient toute explication simple. Les récits mettent l'accent sur un raisonnement déductif aiguisé, une observation fine et la recherche incessante de la vérité, impliquant souvent des éléments apparemment surnaturels que le détective démystifie magistralement. Les lecteurs peuvent s'attendre à des récits classiques de résolution de crimes, remplis de suspense et de défis intellectuels.

In Pursuit of the Dead
The Demon of the Dusk
The One Hundred Per Cent Society
The Phantom Killer
The Secret Assassin

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  1. 1

    The Demon of the Dusk

    • 214pages
    • 8 heures de lecture
    4,0(21)Évaluer

    Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are summoned to Theobald Grange, the Warwickshire home of Lady Heminworth. Being of a nervous and superstitious disposition, her Ladyship lives in fear. Her husband and elder son were recently murdered, apparently by the ghost of a court jester who was executed on the site centuries before. The apparition has warned that she, too, is to die. Holmes rejects a supernatural explanation, although his adversary seems unaffected by gunfire and is able to take flight and disappear. The Great Detective brings his powers to bear, but still the killings continue...

    The Demon of the Dusk
  2. 2

    The One Hundred Per Cent Society

    5,0(1)Évaluer

    Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson take on the case of Mr Avery Quill, whose daughter has mysteriously disappeared. The investigation has hardly begun when her body is discovered, and Mr Quill is himself murdered in the same manner. The killer leaves visiting cards, emblazoned with the head of the Gorgon, at the scenes of his crimes, and Holmes connects these to a strange club known as 'The One Hundred per Cent Society'. He learns little there, except that the members are all outcasts from noble families.The following morning a visitor arrives at Baker Street, to tell Holmes and Watson that the Society has a sinister purpose and that its leader has identified them as an obstacle to his plans which must be removed. Thus begins a battle with a new and merciless adversary, whose madness and thirst for revenge threaten to bring about the deaths of an apparently unconnected group of people. The Great Detective pits his skills against an enemy whose very appearance is uncertain!

    The One Hundred Per Cent Society
  3. 3

    The Secret Assassin

    4,4(3)Évaluer

    Cover -- Contents -- Front matter -- Title page -- Publisher information -- About the author -- The Secret Assassin -- 1. Confessions of a Lady -- 2. The Disappearing Man -- 3. An Erroneous Death -- 4. The Hunter, Hunted. -- 5. Further Questions -- 6. An Explanation -- 7. An Urgent Summons -- 8. Galleric Keep -- Back matter -- Also available

    The Secret Assassin
  4. 4

    The Phantom Killer

    • 142pages
    • 5 heures de lecture

    Cover -- Contents -- Front Matter -- Title Page -- Publisher Information -- About the Author -- The Phantom Killer -- A Tale of Deception -- The Second Victim -- Great Trees Manor -- A Visit to Pentonville -- A Warning -- A Respectable Citizen -- The Sirius Club -- Sea Hill Cemetery -- Miss Elizabeth Jervis -- Danger in Transit -- An Uncertain Death -- A Nervous Client -- A Last Revenge -- Back Matter -- Also Available

    The Phantom Killer
  5. 5

    In Pursuit of the Dead

    Holmes and Watson journey to the Lake District at the bidding of Squire Foley, who claims to be tormented by a man he believes he has killed in a duel. After an unsatisfactory conclusion, they return to London where they investigate the abduction of a woman in most peculiar cirucmstances. Next, Inspector Lestrade brings them news of queer goings-on in the National Gallery, before a perplexed priest requests their help with the curious behaviour of his colleagues. Early on, Watson realises that a common thread runs through these events, and Holmes sets out to bring to justice "Probably the most evil woman I ever hope to encounter"

    In Pursuit of the Dead