兵工厂职员横尸铁轨,头部碎裂,身上有两张戏票,一本银行支票,一些零钱和一小捆政府的机密文件——布鲁斯·帕廷顿计划。
照推断来看,死者应是被人从行驶的火车上扔下来的,可奇怪的是,在死者的身上却找不到车票…
Col. Barclay is found dead and his wife is arrested for the murder, but Holmes is convinced a missing door key will reveal the true killer.
你是个女孩,你穷困潦倒、欠债累累,这时,突然天降横财——有人迫不及待地以天价请你去他家做家庭教师!他没有别的要求,只要求你剪短美丽的秀发,每天穿上他妻子为你准备的铁蓝色衣服,而且向你保证:“至于照管孩子的事,那是很轻松的.”
你会怎么想?
也许你会想:这是阴谋!你想对了。
可是,那是一个什么样的阴谋?
让我们跟着福尔摩斯来看看。
Knowing that he is about to be arrested for murder, John Hector McFarlane asks for Sherlock Holmes' assistance in establishing his innocence. McFarlane is a solicitor who was visited the previous day by Jonas Oldacre who wanted to draw up a will. McFarlane was astonished to learn that Oldacre was naming him as the beneficiary of his fortune. McFarlane had never met the man who ...
Sherlock Holmes in investigates the strange case of Jabez Wilson. The man was recently offered employment by an organization known as the Red Headed League. For the grand sum of 4 pounds per week, he was to sit in an office and copy out entries fro an encyclopedia, starting with the letter A. He had responded to an advertisement and while there were many applicants, he has no i...
Sherlock Holmes is hired by the King of Bohemia to retrieve a compromising photograph from a certain lady. The King has tried to purchase the photo and even hired burglars to retrieve it, but without success. The woman in question is the very beautiful Irene Adler, an opera singer. She has made no demands of the King so it does not seem that blackmail is her intent. Using vario...
A gentleman is baffled when the childish drawings of little dancing men terrify his American wife. Sherlock Holmes soon discovers why.
Sir James Damery, acting for a very illustrious client, consults Holmes. Violet Merville is engaged to marry the Austrian Baron Gruner, who has murdered at least one wife and yet the foolish, headstrong Violet will not hear a word against him. The client is fearful for Violet's safety should the marriage go ahead. Holmes enlists the assistance of Kitty Winter, a woman whom the ...
A young woman asks for Holmes' help when her ill-tempered stepfather moves her into the same room where her sister died under mysterious circumstances.