The Hound of the BaskervillesThe country doctor had come to 221B Baker Street, the famous lodgings of Sherlock Holmes, with an eerie tale--the legend of the Hound of the Baskervilles, the devil--beast that haunted the lonely moors around the baskervilles' ancestral home. The tale warned the descendants of that ancient familynever to venture out on the moor "in those dark hours when the power of evil is exalted." but the most recent Bakerville, Sir Charles, was now dead--and the footprints of a gaint hound had been found near his body. Would the new heir of the Baskervilles meet the same dreadful fate?Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend Dr. watson are faced with their most terrifying case.....in this wonderful classic of masterful detection and bone--chilling suspense. |
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Mr Sherlock Holmes | 9 |
The Curse of the Baskervilles | 19 |
The Problem | 33 |
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