Sherlock: the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (tie-in) (9781849903677)

A Sherlock tie-in edition of Conan Doyles first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, with an introduction by show cocreator Mark Gatiss In this new edition of Conan Doyles first collection of short stories, Mark Gatiss explains how these gripping tales inspired and influenced the new series. This collection contains 12 short stories first published in the Strand magazine between 1891 and 1892, and then published as a collection in October 1892. It includes some of Conan Doyles best tales of murder and mystery, such as The Adventures of the Speckled Band, in which the strange last words of a dying woman It was the band, the speckled band! and an inexplicable whistling in the night are the only clues Sherlock Holmes has to prevent another murder, and The Five Orange Pips, in which an untimely death and the discovery of the letter containing five orange pips lead to a cross-Atlantic conspiracy. Show more Show less