Sherlock: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Arthur Conan Doyle

Mar 2012 · Random House

About this ebook

The hit BBC series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective.

In this TV tie-in edition of the classic novel, first published in The Strand in 1901, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called to the haunting and beautiful moors of Dartmoor and the home of the Baskerville family, who seem to have fallen victim to a family curse. A terrifying spectre in the shape of a great hound was once said to have hunted an ancestor across the moors and the recent, mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville suggests that the hound has returned. But is this really a supernatural curse or is a much more dastardly and earthly plot a foot? Sherlock and Dr Watson must solve the riddle of the hound before another murder is committed.

Ratings and reviews

I like how they're trying to attract the people who watch Sherlock BBC Haha. I read it before I watched Sherlock and I loved it. Also to people who are here because of Sherlock it's not all like the episode Hounds of Baskerville... Its a classic. But it's still brilliant so read it and love it

Read this first when I was about 12. First Holmes ever. It more than holds up over time.

You can get this free! !!! Don't pay for cover art

About the author

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859 in Edinburgh. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and began to write stories while he was a student. Over his life he produced more than thirty books, 150 short stories, poems, plays and essays across a wide range of genres. His most famous creation is the detective Sherlock Holmes, who he introduced in his first novel A Study in Scarlet (1887).