Seasons & Episodes
A Scandal in Bohemia
A masked man calls, on confidential business, and Holmes quickly recognizes the visitor as the King of Bohemia. The King
The Dancing Men
Hilton Cubitt, from Derbyshire, consults Holmes about a series of dancing men picture-messages his wife is receiving. On
The Naval Treaty
Holmes is approached by Percy Phelps, of the Foreign Office, to recover a document which has been stolen - before it can
The Solitary Cyclist
Violet Smith has recently started a new job as music teacher to Robert Carruthers, staying during the week at his house
The Crooked Man
An unhappy wife learns that her husband, Colonel Barclay, cheated her earlier fiance, leaving him disabled and in exile.
The Speckled Band
Holmes is approached by Helen Stoner, who feels threatened by her domineering step-father, Dr Grimesby Roylott. Her sist
The Blue Carbuncle
A plumber, John Horner, is arrested just before Christmas and charged with stealing a famous jewel, the Blue Carbuncle,
The Copper Beeches
Violet Hunter consults Holmes about Edward Rucastle's offer of a job. He wants her to cut off her hair before coming to
The Greek Interpreter
Holmes's brother, Mycroft, seeks his help in deciphering the story a man tells about being kidnapped and forced to trans
The Norwood Builder
A young solicitor, John Hector McFarlane, seeks Holmes's help after retired builder Jonas Oldacre dies in a fire. McFarl
The Resident Patient
Dr Trevelyan calls on Holmes on behalf of his friend Blessington, after a Russian father and son vanish during a consult
The Red-Headed League
A notice in a newspaper seeks red-headed men, inviting them to join a league which will pay them well - and Jabez Wilson
The Final Problem
The French government sends for Holmes when the Mona Lisa is stolen from the Louvre. Holmes swiftly decides he is dealin
The Empty House
Three years on from Holmes's fatal fall into the Reichenbach Falls, Watson wrestles with a murder case under his own ste
The Abbey Grange
Holmes is called in to investigate a murder. Lady Brackenstall says she saw a gang of men kill her bullying husband, Sir
The Second Stain
Holmes is asked by the country's Prime Minister to aid in the recovery of a stolen diplomatic letter, which, if publishe
The Musgrave Ritual
An obscure family document containing an enigmatic ritual holds the key to a hidden treasure if Holmes can decipher the
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Neville St Clair works in the City of London and is a man of very regular and respectable habits. One day, his wife goes
The Priory School
The Duke of Holdernesse needs Holmes's help when his son, Lord Arthur Saltire, is kidnapped from the Priory School. Holm
The Six Napoleons
Holmes is curious about a series of attacks on figures of the French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte around London. One such
The Sign of Four
For years after her father's disappearance, the beautiful Miss Mary Morstan receives anonymously every year one large an
The Devil's Foot
Reluctantly, after an illness, Holmes takes a holiday in Cornwall, with Watson for company. Then one day he finds himsel
Silver Blaze
In a remote area of Dartmoor, The Silver Blaze, England's most famous and valuable racehorse, goes missing, the dead bod
Wisteria Lodge
On a visit to Wisteria Lodge, Scott Eccles gets a strange reception. A mysterious note arrives for his host, Garcia, and
The Bruce Partington Plans
The body of one Cadogan West is found in an underground tunnel near Aldgate Station, with his skull smashed, and Holmes
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on Dartmoor, with his face contorted in terror and the footprints of a huge dog ne
The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax
Watson, on holiday in the Lake District, meets the enigmatic Lady Frances Carfax, who is being haunted by the ghost of a
The Problem of Thor Bridge
Maria Gibson, the wife of a gold-mining millionaire, is found shot dead at their country house. Gibson asks Holmes to fi
Shoscombe Old Place
Sir Robert Norberton stakes a huge amount (much of it borrrowed) on his horse Shoscombe Prince winning a race. His train
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Alice Turner sends for Holmes when her lifelong friend farmer William McCarthy is killed and police suspicion falls on h
The Illustrious Client
Colonel James Damery calls on Holmes when the rich and beautiful Miss Violet Merville announces her engagement to Baron
The Creeping Man
The daughter of scientist Professor Presbury sees her father's face at her second-storey window; Holmes connects this wi
The Master Blackmailer
Holmes and Watson attempt to thwart the schemes of the infamous blackmailer Charles Augustus Milverton from blackmailing
The Last Vampyre
Holmes investigates a killing which has all the hallmarks of the worst kind of Ruritanian vampire. He is sceptical (to s
The Eligible Bachelor
American heiress Henrietta Doran (known as Hatty) marries Lord St Simon, but she vanishes without trace on her wedding d
The Three Gables
Holmes investigates when a man dies and the manuscript of his recently-completed book is stolen. He has to discover who
The Dying Detective
A man dies suddenly of a mysterious fever, and Holmes suspects murder.
The Golden Pince-Nez
The police are baffled by the murder of Willoughby Smith, and Inspector Hopkins looks to Holmes to solve the case.
The Red Circle
Mrs Warren, a London lodging-house keeper, comes to Holmes with a curious story of a reclusive and eccentric tenant. Mrs
The Mazarin Stone
The Mazarin Stone, a famous jewel, acts as a magnet for crime. Holmes investigates the latest and perhaps most curious e
The Cardboard Box
When Susan Cushing first consults Holmes about the disappearance of her sister Mary, he shows little interest in the cas
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