In The Lost World, the first in a series of books to feature the bold Professor Challenger—a character many critics consider one of the most finely drawn in science fiction—Challenger and his party embark on an expedition to a remote Amazonian plateau where, as the good professor puts it, “the ordinary laws of Nature are suspended” and numerous prehistoric creatures and ape-men have sur…
Bersama Watson, Holmes menyelidiki kasus-kasus pelik seperti lenyapnya Silver Blaze—kuda pacuan yang dijagokan dalam Kejuaraan Piala Wessex—dan misteri kematian Kolonel Barclay dari Kesatuan Royal Mallows yang diduga dibunuh oleh istrinya sendiri. Dan mengenang masa lalu di depan perapian pada musim dingin, Holmes menuturkan kepada Watson kasus-kasus yang pernah ditanganinya sewaktu dia mas…
Holmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville families home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the power of evil is exalted. Now, the most recent Baskerville, Sir Charles, is dead and the footprints of a giant hound have been found near his body. Wi…