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The Hound of the Baskervilles

By Arthur Conan Doyle .

The Hound of the Baskervilles is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in august 1901 - April 1902 (60 illustrations by Sidney Paget). This is the 27th Sherlock Holmes story.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1902) 175 pages.

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His Last Bow

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a volume of 8 collected short stories written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published by John Murray on 22 october 1917.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1917) 159 pages.

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The Adventure of the Devil's Foot

By Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Adventure of the Devil's Foot is a short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in The Strand Magazine in December 1910. This is the 43rd Sherlock Holmes story.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1910) 28 pages.

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The Adventure of the Dying Detective

By A. Conan Doyle.

This short story written by Arthur Conan Doyle was first published in the Collier's magazine on 22 November 1913 (US) and in The Strand Magazine in December 1913 (UK). This is the 46th Sherlock Holmes story.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1913) 21 pages.

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The Sign of the Four

By A. Conan Doyle.

The Sign of the Four (also known as Sign of Four) by Arthur Conan Doyler is the second Sherlock Holmes novel, after A Study in Scarlet. The plot involves service in India, the Indian Rebellion of 1857, a stolen treasure, and a secret pact among four convicts (“the Four” of the title) and two corrupt prison guards... and of course, Sherlock Holmes.

NY. Harrow and heston Classic Reprint. (1892) 114 pages.

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

By A. Conan Doyle.

This book contains the first 12 Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories are: A Scandal in Bohemia, The Red-Headed League, A Case of Identity, The Boscombe Valley Mystery, The Five Orange Pips, The Man with the Twisted Lip, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle, The Adventure of the Speckled Band, The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb, The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor, The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1892) 270 pages.

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The White Company

By A. Conan Doyle.

The White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle was published in serial form in The Cornhill Magazine from January to December 1891. Set in the period of the 100 years war, long before Sherlock Holmes!

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1891) 329 pages.

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Hunted Down

By Charles Dickens.

This detective stories of Charles Dickens, written about 30 years before Arthur Conan Doyle. “The main character is a smart and attentive man named Sampson. One day he sees a strange Mr. Julius Silton in his office. Sampson begins to suspect that this man is hiding something necessary from other people. This Mr. Silton appears in the life of the main character more often. Sampson understands that a crime is occurring and it must be stopped. Sampson turns into a real hunter of criminals” (Amazon).

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic reprint. (1859) 99 pages.

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Tales of Terror and Mystery

By A. Conan Doyle.

Stories include Tales of Terror: The Horror of the Heights ,The Leather Funnel, The New Catacomb, The Case of Ladv Sannox , The Terror of Blue John Gap, The Brazilian Cat. Tales of Mystery: The Lost Special, The Beetle-Hunter, The Man with the Watches, The Japanned Box The Black Doctor, The Jew’s Breastplate.

NY. Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1922) 204 pages.

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A Study in Scarlet

By A. Conan Doyle.

The first of the Sherlock Holmes stories, this was also the first of Conan Doyle’s books to be published. In this fascinating and exciting tale, the two towering creations of detective fiction—Holmes, the master of the science of detection, and Watson, his faithful companion—make their auspicious debut. The two detectives are immediately in fine form as Holmes plucks the solution to the mystery from the heart of Victorian London.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1891) 125 pages.

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The Innocence of Father Brown

G. K. Chesterton.

The Innocence of Father Brown is the first of five collections of mystery stories featuring G. K. Chesterton's canny priest. It's probably the best collection and it introduces the holy detective. The Innocence of Father Brown is a classic mystery collection and an exciting compilation of twelve mystery classics which are, “The blue cross”, “The secret garden”, “The queer feet”, “The flying stars”, “The invisible man”, “The honour of Israel Gow”, “The wrong shape”, “The sins of Prince Saradine”, “The hammer of God”, “The eye of Apollo”,”The sign of the broken sword” and “The three tools of death”.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1911) 199 pages.

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The Lost World

By A. Conan Doyle.

“The Lost World is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, published in 1912, concerning an expedition to a plateau in the Amazon basin of South America where prehistoric animals still survive. It was originally published serially in the Strand Magazine and illustrated by New-Zealand-born artist Harry Rountree during the months of April–November 1912. The character of Professor Challenger was introduced in this book. The novel also describes a war between indigenous people and a vicious tribe of ape-like creatures.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1912) 210 pages.

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The Poison Belt

By A. Conan Doyle.

This time, not about Sherlock Holmes. The Poison Belt is a science fiction novel by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle, the second book about Professor Challenger. Much of it takes place in a single room in Challenger's house in Sussex. This would be the last story written about Challenger until the 1920s, by which time Doyle's spiritualist beliefs had begun to influence his writing.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1923) 88 pages.

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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

By Arthus Conan Doyle.

This book inspired The Map of Chaos by New York Times bestselling author Félix J. Palma. From his rooms in Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes grapples with forces of deceit, intrigue, and evil in Victorian London. By Arthur Conan Doyle. Includes “The Greek Interpreter," in which readers are introduced to Mycroft Holmes; "The Musgrave Ritual"; "Silver Blaze"; and "The Final Adventure," recounting the struggle between Holmes and the evil Professor Moriarty in which they were apparently both killed….

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. 1894.

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Anecdotes of Old Times

By Samuel Pegge, Esq. F.S.A

Curial Miscellanea, Regal, Noble, Gentilitial, and Miscellaneous: Including authentic anecdotes of the Royal Household, and the Manners and Customs of the Court, at an early period of the English History..

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (1818) 250 pages.

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Mystery Tales of the English Counties

Anonymous.

Shade of Hampton Court Gallery. An Undecided Bet. Horse Sense. The Field of Forty Footsteps. At the Stroke of Thirteen. The Blind Piper of St. Andrews. Double Cross Stirrups. The Bible Judge. Cornwall Miracle Fish. The Maids of Boscastle. An After Death Receipt. Phantoms of Oulton High House. Hell’s Bell. The Flying Hound of Mossdale. The Phantom City of Bomerslal. The Sacrilege of Ravenserre Odd. The Mystery Cavern of Hartlepool. The Lovers of Bowes.

Harrow and Heston Classic Reprint. (ca.1899) 36 pages.

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9/11 TWO (US Edition)

By Colin Heston.

It's politics as usual in New York City when Larry MacIver, world renowned criminologist, is tapped by NYC Mayor Ruth Newberg to save NYC from a second 9/11 attack. MacIver and his geeky assistant Manish Das must overcome FBI ineptitude, CIA intrigue and, most of all, the evil and ruthless Iranian terrorist Shalah Muhammud, to save the city. “…an engaging work of fiction for those interested in how terrorists, and those who seek to thwart them, might actually think about what they're doing…keeps the reader eagerly turning the pages right through to the end.” — Amazon reader review. “a fast-paced, captivating thriller. If you love reading terrorism fiction, you will find this story very appealing.” Readers’ Favorite. See all reviews

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2013. 185p.

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Holy Water

By Colin Heston.

In this very naughty, hilariously irreverent farce, Alphonso, a Mexican drug lord, captures the market in Holy Water, acquires a university for his LGBTQ daughter, and makes an Australian cardinal the pope. “The worlds of gender, religion, and university life will never be the same again. Whoever wrote this book should be locked up with the outrageous characters s/he invented!” --Chronicle of Lower Education.

“The high point of this surreal but observant comedy novel is the narrative voice of Colin Heston, which shines through with its dry wit and irreverent sense of style… “ (Readers’ Favorite). See all reviews

NY. Harrow and Heston Publishers. 2020. 276p.

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From Boniface to Bank Burglar, Or, The Price of Persecution

By George M. White.

How a Successful Business Man, Through the Miscarriage of Justice, Became a Notorious Bank Looter. While paying the penalty of a last misdeed, I resolved that no more of life’s precious years should be spent in sowing to the wind and that my life’s sun should not set in eternal night; and I have been able to keep my resolution. In the awful moments of lonesomeness in the prison cell, I conceived the idea of publishing my life history in so far as I could make it interesting to the financial world and general public. Many hours of solitude, while others slept, I devoted to rummaging through the past in search of facts, dating them from the innocent days of my young manhood and resurrecting them from period to period, until I succeeded in compiling a life history which, I sincerely trust, will prove not only a helper to those who have the care of great sums of money devolving upon them, but will also be accepted by those tempted to depart from the path of rectitude as a warning not to be lightly regarded. I have endeavored to be accurate in my treatment of each part of this history, and if there shall be discovered an error here and there, kindly, dear reader, attribute it to a lapse of memory. I kept no record of events, for in leading the life of a transgressor it is not conducive to safety; so I have been forced to depend solely upon my memory, which, as it dwelt on the past, soon became alive again with old scenes. Acts long forgotten returned to me clothed as they were more than twoscore years ago, and I found myself living over the bright days, the dark days, the days of wealth, and the days of poverty. I started to write a small book, but facts crowded upon me until I have been enabled to issue a volume of no mean proportions.

Bellows Falls, VT: Truax Printing Company, 1905.515p.

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