Arthur Conan Doyle

The legendary detective investigates the disappearance of some valuable stones from a national treasure. All the clues point in one direction but Holmes is not convinced. (5,190 words)

Sherlock Holmes is not usually interested in the stories of young ladies. As he says himself, Dr. Watson is more of an expert in that area. However, in this story, he makes an exception because he is worried about the girl’s safety. Find out how Holmes and Watson save her from a clever trick and some very nasty characters. (5,365 words)

Holmes is called to prove the innocence of a young man accused of murdering his father. The case seems clear-cut but, of course, there is more to it than is immediately obvious and he needs to investigate the past of the victim in Australia to discover the truth. (5,310 words)

Arthur Conan Doyle is famous for crime fiction but he also wrote science fiction and was well-known for his bad-tempered scientist, Professor Challenger. Here’s a story about how he saves the world! (2100 words)

We know that Dr. Watson always helps Sherlock Holmes in his cases. However, in this story it is Watson who brings the case to the detective’s attention. Once again, things are not as they appear at first sight and Holmes soon begins to understand the mystery. (5,015 words)

A young doctor, whose true love is the scientific study of beetles, answers an advertisement in the paper asking for a strong, brave young doctor interested in beetles for temporary work. It seems a strange job but he cannot afford to refuse the money. This is one of many Conan Doyle stories that does not include Sherlock Holmes. (3,655 words)

Sherlock Holmes is visited by a man who tells him about a society that financially supported people with red hair in pointless but lucrative employment but then disappeared owing him money. Holmes decides to get to the bottom of the mystery. (4,445 words).

Sherlock Holmes is asked to solve a mystery that saves a dead man’s reputation and shows that his son is innocent of the terrible murder of a drunken old sea captain. But what secret do the lives of a ruined banker and a retired sailor share? (5,490 words)

A foreign doctor makes himself very popular with the local people because of his skill and kindness but suddenly disappears, leaving behind the lady he is going to marry. (3,620 words)

Europe is on the verge of war because of a document written by an impulsive head of state, which has been stolen from the home of the British Foreign Minister. The highest politicians in the land visit Sherlock Holmes to see if the great detective can pull the continent back from a pointless conflict. (5,650 words)

Conan Doyle’s legendary detective, Sherlock Holmes, has made us forget that the author wrote many more stories about crime where his creation plays no part. In this story, we learn about the disappearance of an entire train from the evil mastermind behind the mystery (4,700 words)

A young man seems certain to be arrested and hanged for the murder of a retired builder but Sherlock Holmes believes he is innocent. Can he save him? (4,500 words)

In this story, Sherlock Holmes tries to understand why a man pays a music teacher double the usual salary to teach a small girl but also wear someone else’s clothes and cut her hair short. Can it be that her employer’s wife is so strange that she can only be with someone dressed like this or is there a deeper mystery that only the legendary detective can solve? (4,275 words)