Resultados para "The Lodger" en Detectives tradicionales

El señor T.X. Benedict recibe una carta anónima invitándolo a una casa de campo llamada Hunter Lodge donde se revelará un misterio. Benedict acepta la invitación y llega a la mansión, donde conoce a los otros invitados, incluyendo a Sir Eustace Pedler, el anfitrión de la casa. Sir Eustace revela que ha sido amenazado de muerte y Benedict se ofrece para investigar el caso.

An elderly couple living in Victorian London struggle against despair as their small resources dwindle. When an eccentric and mysterious gentleman answers their advertisement for a lodger, they celebrate. But as women begin dying at the hands of "The Avenger", they start to suspect something too horrific for words.

As all London is gripped by the horrific series of murders committed on its fog-bound streets by the self-styled "Avenger", respectable retired servants Robert Bunting and his wife Ellen are on the brink of personal disaster, in the ruin of their business. But then - miraculously as it seems - they are saved when the enigmatic Mr. Sleuth turns up at the door of their lodging house looking for rooms...but Ellen soon begins to suspect that Mr. Sleuth may be the very man who holds the capital in terror.

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge by Arthur Conan Doyle is one of Sherlock Holmes’s most atmospheric and chilling mysteries. When a wealthy Englishman receives a cryptic note inviting him to a secluded country estate, he soon finds himself entangled in a bizarre web of murder, deception, and superstition.

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque".

Le giornate sonnacchiose che Sherlock Holmes aveva destinato a un periodo di riposo lontano da Londra, sono interrotte all'improvviso da un telegramma che contiene una richiesta d'aiuto. Un onesto borghese del Surrey è stato coinvolto in un oscuro caso di omicidio e il celebre investigatore decide di assisterlo. Si appassiona immediatamente a quello che fin da subito sembra un enigma senza soluzione.

Sherlock Holmes tente de disculper Scott Eccles, un homme soupçonné du meurtre d'Aloysius Garcia. Retrouvé la tête fracassée sur un pré à quinze cents mètres de chez lui, Garcia a réveillé Eccles vers une heure du matin alors qu'apparemment sa mort a eu lieu plus tôt dans la soirée. Sherlock Holmes, aidé du fidèle docteur Watson, arrivera-t-il à l'innocenter, et surtout à trouver le vrai coupable de cet assassinat ?

This story is from The Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes (His Last Bow) collection. Further adventures by the master of observation and deduction, as faithfully recounted by his companion and greatest admirer, Dr Watson. "The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans," "The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax", and "The Adventure of the Dying Detective" are among the stories. David Timson's award-winning performances continue with this series.

This is a story from The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes, Volume II collection. In the last six stories written by Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, the duo face some of their most challenging cases. In "The Adventure of the Illustrious Client", Holmes puts his own life in danger as he tries to cut short a young girl’s infatuation with the notorious wife-murderer Baron Gruner. Why is Mrs. Maberley offered a handsome price for the Three Gables, provided she leaves at once and takes nothing with her?

In The Hunter's Lodge Case, Agatha Christie delivers a compelling mystery featuring her famous detective, Hercule Poirot. Called to a remote countryside lodge to investigate a chilling murder, Poirot finds himself unraveling a tangled web of lies, deceit, and hidden motives. As he navigates a maze of secrets, the quaint lodge reveals itself as anything but peaceful, with each clue bringing him closer to a surprising truth.

Mr Sleuth is a good guest, pays handsomely and in advance, needs very little looking after and seems to be a harmless gentleman. But when the murderous exploits of a serial killer known only as 'The Avenger' start occurring closer to home, Mrs Bunting begins to worry about her guest, his curious experiments and nocturnal habits.

There is no better description of this book than that of Dr. Watson himself: "The friends of Mr. Sherlock Holmes will be glad to learn that he is still alive and well, though somewhat crippled by occasional attacks of rheumatism. He has, for many years, lived in a small farm upon the downs five miles from Eastbourne, where his time is divided between philosophy and agriculture. During this period of rest he has refused the most princely offers to take up various cases....

"Audacity and romance seem to have passed forever from the criminal world," laments Sherlock Holmes in "The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge". Can Sherlock Holmes solve this complex mystery of international politics, deceit and of course, murder?

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated. This woman, formerly very quiet, has recently taken to cursing in the night, shouting "Murder, murder!" and "You cruel beast! You monster!" Also, her health has taken a turn for the worse, and she is wasting away.

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume His Last Bow, it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque".

Wisteria Lodge (Wisteria Lodge) erschien erstmals im August 1908 im Collier's Weekly und im August und September desselben Jahres im Strand Magazine. Ein aufgeregter Mann kommt zu Holmes in die Baker Street 221 b und erzählt, dass er die letzte Nacht bei einem flüchtigen Bekannten verbracht habe. Als er am nächsten Morgen aufgestanden sei, wäre das Haus, das Wisteria Lodge genannt wird, wie ausgestorben gewesen. Noch bevor er dies berichtet, erscheint schon ein Scotland Yard-Inspektor, der ihn wegen des Mordes an dem verschwundenen Hausbesitzer festnehmen will.

Die Sicherheit Europas scheint in Gefahr, weil ein wichtiges Staats-Dokument verschwunden ist. Der englische Premierminister sitzt persönlich auf Sherlock Holmes' Sofa, um ihn mit dem Fall zu betrauen. Im Verlauf seiner Ermittlungen stößt Holmes auf einen ermordeten Spion, eine eingeschüchterte Ehefrau und schlussendlich auf den gesuchten Brief.

The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge is one of the fifty-six Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle. One of eight stories in the volume "His Last Bow", it is a lengthy, two-part story consisting of "The Singular Experience of Mr. John Scott Eccles" and "The Tiger of San Pedro", which on original publication in The Strand bore the collective title of "A Reminiscence of Mr. Sherlock Holmes". Holmes is visited by a perturbed proper English gentleman, John Scott Eccles, who wishes to discuss something "grotesque".

The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated.

"The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger" (1927), one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 12 stories in the cycle collected as The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. Holmes is visited by Mrs. Merrilow, a landlady from South Brixton who has an unusual lodger who never shows her face. She saw it once accidentally and it was hideously mutilated.