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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot  is a short detective work by Arthur Conan Doyle.  While Holmes on a Holiday in Cornwall, Mr. Mortimer Tregennis approaches him with a case.  According Tregennis his sister Brenda found dead previous day night and brothers George and Owen are mentally ill. He claims devil forces behind the ..

The Adventure of the Red Circle

The Adventure of the Red Circle

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Red Circle is a mystery story by Arthur Conan Doyle which was published as part of series His Last Bow.  An young man rents a lodge and pays excess rent for specifically agreed terms. As he has not opened the room since previous night nobody has seen him, but his food and Daily Gazette are collected by him f..

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax is a short crime story written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Lady Frances Carfax, who has the habit of traveling with costly jeweleries found missing as her governess stopped getting letters from her. Dr. Watson traces Lady Frances Carfax and found she has been last seen at Germany and left along-with a m..

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans is one of the His Last Bow series of short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. A man found dead near underground railway line along-with few papers of Submarine plan. Holmes need to find the 3 papers missing from the body which could create havoc to the Britain. His investigations leading to ..

The Poison Belt

The Poison Belt

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Poison Belt is a short science fiction story written by Arthur Conan Doyle following his early work "The Lost World". Professor Challenger predicts the earth will move through a poisonous orbit and would result in massive destruction probably end of the world. Professor sends message to  his Lost World Team members to meet h..

A Desert Drama -  Being The Tragedy Of The

A Desert Drama - Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Tragedy of the Korosko (1898) is a novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It was serialized a year earlier in The Strand magazine between May and December 1897, and was later turned into a play Fires of Fate. A group of European tourists are enjoying their trip to Egypt in the year 1895. They are sailing up the River Nile in "a turtle-bottomed, round..

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Last of the Legions and Other Tales of Long Ago is a volume collecting 13 short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1922 by John Murray. The stories covers various centuries from Antiquity to first millenary...

Rodney Stone

Rodney Stone

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Rodney Stone is a Gothic mystery and boxing novel by Scottish writer Sir Arthur Conan Doyle first published in 1896. The eponymous narrator is a Sussex country boy who is taken to London by his uncle Sir Charles Tregellis, a highly respected gentleman and arbiter of fashion who is on familiar terms with the most important people of Great Britain. T..