description: During a golf game, one of Doyle's closest friends recounted a fantastic tale that prompted the writing of this, the most popular of the Sherlock Holmes novels. Set in the period before Holmes's encounter with Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, Hound of the Baskervilles depicts Holmes's investigations into the truth that may lay behind anold family legend about a night of debauchery metamorphosed into an unforgettable, supernatural massacre.
language: English
title: The Hound of Baskervilles
titlecomplete: The Hound of Baskervilles
characters: Eliza Barrymore, Dr. John Watson, John Watson, Charles Baskerville, James Desmond, John Barrymore (Conan Doyle), Sherlock Holmes, Beryl Stapleton, Mr. Frankland, Laura Lyons, Henry Baskerville, Johna Clayton, Mr. Selden, Jack Stapleton, Mr. Perkins, James Mortimer
genres: Audiobook, Crime, Literature, Classics, Thriller, Mystery Thriller, Detective, Fiction, Mystery, British Literature
ratings_count: 331776
places: London, England, England, Dartmoor, Devon, England, Devon, England
series: Sherlock Holmes Compleet, Sherlock Holmes
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Audie Award
category: Best Audio Drama, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Adamant Media Corporation