About The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

The Strand Magazine, where the 12 stories of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were first published.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes changed crime fiction forever and helped spawn not just a popular character but an enduring legend who is just as popular today.

The stories in this audio book were originally featured not in a book at all, but were written as installments in a London magazine called The Strand.

Penned as always from the point of view of the ever-loyal Dr Watson, these concise tales shed early light on Sherlock Holmes’ analytical genius.

Throughout the 12 stories we see Holmes at his incisive and eccentric best. All groups within Victorian society feature, from European aristocrats to travelling Gypsies, mad doctors to innocent ladies. These are truly classic stories and a perfect introduction to the fascinating world of Sherlock Holmes.

The stories are presented in order that they were originally published:

A Scandal in Bohemia
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
A Case of Identity
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
The Five Orange Pips
The Man with the Twisted Lip
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

“It swelled up louder and louder, a hoarse yell of pain and fear and anger all mingled in the one dreadful shriek. They say that away down in the village, and even in the distant parsonage, that cry raised the sleepers from their beds. It struck cold to our hearts, and I stood gazing at Holmes, and he at me, until the last echoes of it had died away into the silence from which it rose.”
– From The Adventure of the Speckled Band, Story Eight of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

This exclusive MP3 audio book was narrated in London by experienced British stage actor Robert Maskell at a voice recording studio renowned for its high production values.