Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume II (Bantam Classic)
Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887,  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most  beloved fictional characters ever created.  Now, in two volumes, this  new Bantam edition presents all 56 short stories and four novels  featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero--a truly complete collection of  Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime now available in paperback!   Volume II begins withThe Hound Of The Baskervilles, a haunting  novel of murder on eerie Grimpen Moor, which has rightly earned its  reputation as the finest murder mystery ever written.The Valley Of  Fearmatches Holmes against his archenemy, the master of  imaginative crime, Professor Moriarty.  In addition, the loyal Dr.  Watson has faithfully recorded Holmes's feats of extraordinary  detection in such famous cases as the thrilling "Adventure of the Red  Circle," Holmes's tragic and fortunately premature farewell in "The  Final Problem," and the 12 baffling adventures fromThe Casebook Of  Sherlock Holmes.  Conan Doyle's incomparable tales bring to life a  Victorian England of horse-drawn cabs, fogs, and the famous lodgings at  221B Baker Street, where for more than forty years Sherlock Holmes  earned his undisputed reputation as the greatest fictional detective of  all time.