Sherlock Holmes’s most famous case: An irresistible blend of Gothic horror and intricately plotted mystery The curse of the Baskervilles dates to the seventeenth century, when the wicked Hugo Baskerville chased a farmer’s daughter across the pitch-dark moor of Grimpen with vile intentions. The poor girl died of fright, but Baskerville’s fate was worse–a giant black hound, eyes afire and jaws … afire and jaws dripping with blood, tore out his throat and devoured it on the spot. Since then, the specter of that terrible beast has haunted Baskerville Hall, many of whose inhabitants have met violent, mysterious, and tragic ends.
News of the latest death is brought to 221B Baker Street by a local doctor who hopes that Sherlock Holmes can solve the riddle of the curse before it claims yet another victim or leaves the hall forever empty. Sir Charles Baskerville perished alone on the edge of the moor, his face twisted in fright, the footprints of a gigantic hound marking the ground twenty yards from where his body was discovered. Has the mythical monster returned? Or does some other villain now inhabit the desolate moorlands? Holmes and Watson will be pushed to the very edge of reason as they seek to discover just who–or what–wants to see the Baskervilles destroyed.
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I read this book a long time ago and it opened my love of Sherlock Holmes.
You can’t go wrong with Sherlock Holmes. Love these stories have read them all.
no one does Holmes like Doyle
Better than any TV or Movie!
I enjoyed it
A classic.
An amazing mystery. Loved it!!
One of my favorites A great classic, I’ve read it twice which is very rare for me.
Hey it’s Sherlock Holmes can’t get much better. One my favorites.
Classic
I read this back in 1949 or 1950 in 6th grade.It was the second of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s works I read. I still remember this after ll these years. It made me aware of the Grimpen Mires or Moors. And I can mentally still picture the hound from Hades
Sherlock Holmes what’s not to love it’s a classic
I’ve been an ACD fan ever since my brother and I read the complete 2-volume Sherlock Holmes set as we traveled across the country in the Summer of 1969 (when I was only 8 years old). “The Hound of the Baskervilles” is very good, but my favorite has always been “A Study in Scarlet.”
good read
Nothing beats a classic! Just as enthralling as the first time I read it years ago.
classic holmes.
Sherlock Holmes books never get old!
Love anything about Sherlock Holmes.
I still love the Sherlock Holmes’ mysteries.
Holmes and Watson—what more to say?