num_pages: 174
description: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson had been sharpening their detective skills deducing the characteristics of the man whose walking stick is in their possession, when the owner arrives greatly in need of their help. Dr. James Mortimer tells them that he has discovered the body of Sir Charles Baskerville in the grounds of his Devon home. Baskerville's face bore an expression of terror and his body showed signs of exhaustion, as if he had been fleeing something- or someone. Mortimer was aware of only one clue as to how Baskerville met his death: 'the footprints of a gigantic hound'. Dr. Watson is dispatched by Holmes to the desolate moorland of Devon. He learns about the ancient myth of the Baskerville hound, and as he uncovers the malevolent fury that lay behind Baskerville's death, he comes perilously close to meeting his own...
language: English
title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
titlecomplete: The Hound of the Baskervilles
characters: Beryl Stapleton, Charles Baskerville, James Desmond, John Barrymore (Conan Doyle), Dr. John Watson, Mr. Perkins, Sherlock Holmes, James Mortimer, Jack Stapleton, Johna Clayton, John Watson, Eliza Barrymore, Laura Lyons, Henry Baskerville, Mr. Selden, Mr. Frankland
genres: Audiobook, Detective, Thriller, Crime, Literature, Classics, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 331746
places: Dartmoor, Devon, England, London, England, England, Devon, England
series: Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes Compleet
awards: awardedAt: 1420099200000
name: Audie Award
category: Best Audio Drama, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: CWA Best Ever
category: Crime Novel
publisher: Penguin Books