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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrator
- Edward Hardwicke
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Publish Date
- 5 June 2025
- Run Time
- 2 hours 27 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The Sussex Vampire tells the story of a beautiful woman caught drinking her baby's blood and assaulting her invalid stepson.
The Creeping Man is about a professor who travels to Europe and returns to England to court his young sweetheart with the passionate frenzy of youth.
In The Speckled Band we hear of a woman who believes that her sister has died of fright and now fears for her own life in her stepfather's lonely country home.
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson bring their own expertise to unravel these mysteries. And Edward Hardwicke brings his own expertise narrating and these masterful stories of suspense.
Edward Hardwicke was an English actor, possibly best known for his portrayal of Dr Watson in the Granada TV series. Following military service he attended RADA and performed in many productions for the Old Vic and the National Theatre.
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Details
- Author
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Narrator
- Edward Hardwicke
- Duration
- 2 hours 27 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 June 2025
- ISBN
- 9781908377081
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Classic crime and mystery fiction, Short stories
Synopsis
Third collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories read by Edward Hardwicke, who played Dr. Watson to Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes in Granada TV's popular series broadcast in the early 1990s.The Sussex Vampire tells the story of a beautiful woman caught drinking her baby's blood and assaulting her invalid stepson.The Creeping Man is about a professor who travels to Europe and returns to England to court his young sweetheart with the passionate frenzy of youth.In The Speckled Band we hear of a woman who believes that her sister has died of fright and now fears for her own life in her stepfather's lonely country home.Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson bring their own expertise to unravel these mysteries. And Edward Hardwicke brings his own expertise narrating and these masterful stories of suspense.Edward Hardwicke was an English actor, possibly best known for his portrayal of Dr Watson in the Granada TV series. Following military service he attended RADA and performed in many productions for the Old Vic and the National Theatre.
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