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Die Junker von Reigate (The Reigate Puzzle) erschien erstmals im Juni 1893 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 10 anderen Fällen in Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Holmes befindet sich nach einem Schwächeanfall zur Erholung in der Grafschaft Reigate. Doch der Einbruch bei einem der Gutsherren weckt sein Interesse und gegen Dr. Watsons ärztlichen Rat beschäftigt er sich mit dem Fall. Merkwürdig ist, dass nichts Wertvolles gestohlen wurde, sondern nur zwei versilberte Kerzenhalter, ein elfenbeinerner Briefbeschwerer, ein kleines Barometer und ein Knäuel Bindfaden.

Das gelbe Gesicht (The Yellow Face) erschien erstmals im Februar 1893 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 10 anderen Fällen in Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Der Fall erschien in Deutschland auch unter dem Titel Das Gesicht am Fenster. Der Hopfenhändler Grant Munro bittet Sherlock Holmes um Rat: er führt ein sehr glückliches Eheleben, doch seit kurzem scheint seine Frau ihm etwas zu verheimlichen.

Der Verwachsene (The Crooked Man) erschien erstmals im Juli 1893 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 10 anderen Fällen in Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: Sommer 1887 ... Colonel Barclay wurde in einem verschlossenen Raum tot aufgefunden, neben ihm seine ohnmächtige Frau.

Der Angestellte des Börsenmaklers (The Stockbroker's Clerk) erschien erstmals im März 1893 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 10 anderen Fällen in Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Nach monatelanger Arbeitslosigkeit erhält Hall Pycroft gleich zwei Jobangebote an einem Tag - eines verlockender als das andere.

In King's Pyland, gelegen im dünn besiedelten Dartmoor, wird der berühmte Pferde-Trainer John Straker ermordet, und sein Pferd, das als schnellstes Englands gilt, bleibt verschwunden. Sherlock Holmes und Dr. Watson treffen bei der Spurensuche auf Silas Brown, den Widersacher Strakers.

Das letzte Problem (auch Sein letzter Fall, Der letzte Fall oder Sherlock Holmes’ Untergang OT: The Final Problem) ist der Titel einer Sherlock-Holmes-Kurzgeschichte von Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Sie ist die letzte des Bandes Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes und stammt aus dem Jahr 1893. Die Geschichte beinhaltet den Kampf des Meisterdetektivs gegen seinen kriminellen Gegner Professor Moriarty, der mit dem Sturz der beiden in die Reichenbachfälle bei Meiringen in der Schweiz endet.

In "Die Gloria Scott" erzählt Sherlock Holmes seinen ersten Fall. Er kommt darauf, als er Watson einen Brief zeigt, dessen Inhalt augenscheinlich harm- und sinnlos ist. Dennoch genügte er einst, um einen alten Mann zu Tode zu erschrecken. Die Geschichte: Victor Trevor, ein Kommilitone und Holmes' einziger Studienfreund, lädt Holmes zu sich nach Norfolk ein. Trevors Vater fordert Holmes, von dessen Methoden er gehört hat, heraus: Er soll ihm sagen, was er über ihn deduzieren kann. Holmes findet u. a. heraus, dass Trevor senior in Verbindung zu einer Person mit dem Kürzel J.A. steht.

Der griechische Dolmetscher (The Greek Interpreter) erschien erstmals im September 1893 im Strand Magazine und wurde ein Jahr später mit 10 anderen Fällen in Die Memoiren des Sherlock Holmes veröffentlicht. Handlungszeitpunkt: Sommer 1886: Dr. Watson ist überrascht, als Sherlock Holmes ihm eröffnet, er hätte einen Bruder, den die beiden kurz darauf in einem obskuren Club besuchen.

In un tiepido pomeriggio di giugno del 1969, Wallander viene svegliato di soprassalto da un forte rumore che si insinua nei suoi sogni. Uno sparo. Non gli ci vorrà molto per scoprire il corpo senza vita del suo vicino: una macchia di sangue intorno al cuore, un revolver accanto alla mano. Agente poco più che ventenne, ambizioso e ancora innamorato di Mona, Wallander si trova così a collaborare con la squadra investigativa di cui da sempre sogna di far parte, una scelta che porta ad amari scontri con il padre.

The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the second of the twelve Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and the second of the eight stories from His Last Bow in most American versions. The story was first published in The Strand Magazine in 1893. Miss Susan Cushing of Croydon receives a parcel in the post that contains two severed human ears packed in coarse salt. Inspector Lestrade of Scotland Yard suspects a prank by three medical students whom Miss Cushing was forced to evict because of their unruly behaviour.

The Musgrave Ritual is a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. The story was originally published in Strand Magazine in 1919, and was collected later in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Unlike the majority of Holmes stories, the main narrator is not Doctor Watson, but Sherlock Holmes himself. With Watson providing an introduction, the story within a story is a classic example of a frame tale. It is one of the earliest recorded cases investigated by Holmes, and establishes his problem solving skills.

The Yellow Face, one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the third tale from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It was first published in Strand Magazine in 1893 with original illustrations by Sidney Paget. Sherlock Holmes, suffering from boredom due to a want of cases, returns home from a walk with Dr. Watson early in spring to find he has missed a visitor but that the caller has left his pipe behind.

The Stockbroker's Clerk is one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It is the fourth of the twelve collected in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes in most British editions of the canon, and third of eleven in most American ones (owing to the omission of the "scandalous" "Adventure of the Cardboard Box"). The story was first published in Strand Magazine in March 1893 and featured seven illustrations by Sidney Paget. A young clerk, Hall Pycroft, consults Holmes with his suspicions concerning a company that has offered him a very well-paid job.

Silver Blaze, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Doyle ranked Silver Blaze 13th in a list of his 19 favourite Sherlock Holmes stories. Sherlock Holmes and his partner Dr. Watson travel by train to Dartmoor to investigate a crime of disappearance of the great race horse Silver Blaze and the murder of the horse's trainer, John Straker. Holmes and Watson arrive at King's Pyland, from which Silver Blaze is missing.

The Gloria Scott, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. It is chronologically the earliest case in Sherlock Holmes canon. This story is related mainly by Holmes rather than Watson, and is the first case to which Holmes applied his powers of deduction, having treated it as a mere hobby until this time. This is one of the two Sherlock Holmes stories in which a protagonist is haunted by an old acquaintance for an old crime. The other is "The Boscombe Valley Mystery".

Hugo Hawksworth is on the tail of rogue Cold War agents at a top-secret government facility, while back home at Selchester Castle they're awaiting the arrival of the new earl - an American, the long-lost son of the murdered Lord Selchester.

When Catherine Saxon, an American correspondent reporting on the war in Europe, is found murdered in her London digs, news of her death is concealed by British authorities. Serving as a linchpin between Scotland Yard and the Secret Service, Robert MacFarlane pays a visit to Maisie Dobbs, seeking her help. He is accompanied by an agent from the US Department of Justice - Mark Scott, the American who helped Maisie get out of Hitler’s Munich in 1938. MacFarlane asks Maisie to work with Scott to uncover the truth about Saxon’s death.

Springtime in Mississippi is abloom with beauty, but the library's employees are too busy worrying to stop and smell the flowers. The new library director, Oscar Reilly, is a brash, unfriendly Yankee who's on a mission to cut costs - and his first targets are the archive and the rare book collection. But his biggest offense is declaring all four-legged creatures banned from the stacks. With enemies aplenty, the suspect list is long when Reilly's body is discovered in the library.

Inspector Witherspoon has been assigned another tough case. The latest murder victim has possibly swindled his shareholders out of a huge sum of money. When the businessman is found with a bullet through is chest, all of them are suspects - but no one is telling the truth. It is up to Mrs. Jeffries and the household staff at Upper Edmonton Gardens to crack the case.

As the nineteenth century draws to a close, most of Europe is in political turmoil, and terrorist threats loom large across the continent. Adding to this unrest is the controversial Sofia Delacruz, who has come to London from Spain to preach a revolutionary gospel of love and forgiveness that many consider blasphemous. Thomas Pitt, commander of Special Branch, is charged with protecting Sofia.