When Mr. Rucastle finds out that his daughter Alice is engaged to be married, he becomes furious because he knows that control of the family fortune will shift to her under the provisions of his late wife's will. He orders the fiancé out, and when Alice refuses to sign away control of the estate, he locks her in a shed. He intercepts a note from the fiancé arranging a rendezvou...
Whilst in Cornwall Holmes is approached by the local vicar to determine how Brenda Tregennis died whilst sitting in a room, playing cards with her two brothers, who were struck down with dementia as a result. The trail leads to an African adventurer and a deadly root known as the Devil's Foot.
Sherlock Holmes is asked by Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard to assist with a most peculiar case. He has been investigating a series of break-ins in shops and private homes where all that happens is the destruction of a bust of Napoleon. The case includes murder when one of the burglaries also leaves an unidentified dead man on the front steps. Holmes realizes that someone i...
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the disappearance of a champion racehorse, Silver Blaze. The horse disappeared in the middle of the night from its stables and with a major race on the horizon its owner, Colonel Ross, is desperate to get his prize possession back. There had been some strange comings and goings the night the horse disappeared including a race tout tryi...
A strange man on a bicycle follows a young music teacher as she bicycles on a lonely road to and from the city.
对20年来从未堕入情网的圣西蒙勋爵来说,这是个激动人心的时刻;
来自加利福尼亚的身家百万的美艳新娘、数额巨大在嫁妆、简约而隆重的婚礼……一切都显得如此新奇、美好和幸福。
唯一令人遗憾的是,婚礼刚刚结束,新娘就彻底失踪了……
有一天,福尔摩斯接到了格雷格森上校的来信邀请他去破一件案子,于是他便与朋友华生一同前往劳瑞斯顿街的凶案现场,在那,他们在一座无人居住的空房子里发现一具没有外伤的尸体,死者是美国人。现场的墙壁上用鲜血赫然写着“RACHE”。同时,还发现了一枚滚落的戒指、两种不同的脚印、几处墙上的指痕,之后,经过福尔摩斯细致的调查和缜密的推理,终于找到了凶手。
两颊绯红、嘴唇干裂、双目无神、四肢搐、奄奄一息……出现在华生面前的,是一幅非常凄惨的景像,世界上最伟大、最出色、最强悍、最聪明的侦探福尔摩斯,染上了无药可救的致命恶疾,危在旦夕……
人总是要死的,福尔摩斯也不例外.
Helen Stoner needs the great man's help. She lives in a country mansion with her flamboyant and sinister guardian Grimesby Raylott, who has travelled abroad and brought home some souvenir livestock. Recently her sister Julia, about to be married and made by Raylott to sleep in a bed that was screwed to the floor, died in mysterious circumstances. Her final words referred to a "...
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. As he begins to recover, he writes to his old schoolmate, Dr. Watson, begging him to invite Sherlock Holmes to investigate the matter and find the treaty. Otherwise, his honor and happiness are gone f...