Doktor Watson otrzymuje list od Szerloka Holmesa, który prosi go, by przybył on do doliny Boscombe w sprawie niecierpiącej zwłoki. Watson, namówiony przez żonę, by nie porzucał przyjaciela w nieszczęściu, jedzie do przyjaciela, który czeka już na niego na dworcu. Obaj jadą pociągiem. Podczas podróży Holmes opowiada przyjacielowi o tym wydarzeniu. Otóż został zamordowany pan Mac Carthy, Australijczyk i właściciel małego folwarku, który dzierżawił od innego Australijczyka – pana Turnera....
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Out of the entire collection of Holmes stories by Doyle, this is the only story in which a police inspector (specifically, Inspector Baynes) is as competent as Holmes. Holmes has nothing but praise for Inspector Baynes, believing that he will rise high in his profession, for he has instinct and intuition. Inspector Lestrade never received this kind of appreciation from Holmes. <p> Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss...
"The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" is a collection of twelve detective stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most famous literary creation, Sherlock Holmes. Contained within this collection are the following tales: A Scandal in Bohemia, 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...
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes is the final set of twelve (out of a total of fifty-six) Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in the Strand Magazine between October 1921 and April 1927. The Adventure of the Illustrious Client The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone The Adventure of the Three Gables The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire The Adventure of the Three Garridebs The Problem of Thor Bridge The Adventure of the Creeping Man...
