You hold in your hand the most exciting of all Sherlock Holmes's adventures. In The Hound of the Baskervilhs one is presented with all the tried and trusted elements that make the Holmes stories compelling reading - the cosy Baker Street opening, the pyrotechnical demonstrations of Holmes's brilliant deductions, bizarre elements connected with a baffling mystery and a cruel and subtle villain of great cunning - but added to these is an extra ingredient which strengthens the mixture, making it both unique and thrilling. ……
The Hound of the Baskervilles is the classic detective chiller. It features the world"s greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes, in his most challenging case. The Baskerville family is haunted by a phantom beast with blazing eyes and dripping jaws" which roams the mist-enshrouded moors around the isolated gaskerville Hall on Dartmoor. Now the hound seems to be stalking young Sir Henry, the new master of the Baskerville estate. Is this fiendish spectre the manifestation of the family curse? Or is Sir Henry the victim of a vile and scheming murderer? Only Sherlock Holmes can solve this devilish affair.
The Hound of the Baskervilles is introduced by David Stuart Davies, Editor of Sherlock Holmes - The Detective Magazine and several books concerning Sherlock Holmes.
1 Mr Sherlock Holmes
2 The Curse of the Baskervilles
3 The Problem
4 Sir Henry Baskerville
5 Three Broken Threads
6 BaskervilleHall
7 The Stapletons of Merripit House
8 First Report of Dr Watson
9 The Light upon the Moor
10 Extract from the Diary of Dr Watson
I1 TheMan on the Tor
12 Death on the Moor
13 Fixing the Nets
14 The Hound ofthe Baskervilles
15 A Retrospection