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In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, a banker, Mr. Alexander Holder, makes a loan of 50,000 pounds to a socially prominent client, who leaves a beryl coronet - one of the most valuable public possessions in existence - as collateral. Feeling that he must not leave this rare and precious piece of jewelry in his personal safe at the bank, he takes it home with him. Awakened by a noise in the night, he is horrified to see his son playing with the coronet and apparently trying to bend it. Three beryls are now missing from it. In a panic, Mr. Holder travels to see Holmes, who agrees to take the case.
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"A collection of wonderful stories featuring our beloved Sherlock Holmes and his dear friend Watson. I very much enjoy the criminal and non-criminal mysteries that are featured in these further works of Doyle's and intend to continue my love affair with the Memoirs. "
— Mollie (5 out of 5 stars)
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" Each story is quite clever and entertaining, they are pretty addicting to me, once you finish one its hard not to go on to another. "
— Steven, 5/22/2011 -
" My favorite collection of Holmes tales :-) "
— Jane, 5/21/2011 -
" What a great read! I love the mysteries, the characters, and the dialog has made me laugh out loud several times. I will have to work my way through the whole series now that I know how great these are. "
— Anne, 5/16/2011 -
" about 20% of the way through, thoroughly enjoyable read. "
— Ruthie, 5/15/2011 -
" One of Doyle's best collections. I was pleased to find this in Amazon's Kindle books. "
— Robert, 5/12/2011 -
" It took some time,but it was worth it. Read this!!!!!! "
— Matthew, 5/11/2011 -
" An old friend to spend time with time and again when nothinb else entertains. "
— Carolyn, 5/10/2011 -
" The original "procedural", but in fiction form and focusing on logic instead of high tech science. "
— Chris, 5/10/2011 -
" This is a fun book and I think makes the current movie (made in 2009) look even better. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle certainly made him out to be quite the character, much more so than his secondary authors did. "
— Roy, 5/7/2011 -
" I love love love these books. I read them for my bed time stories. "
— Summer, 5/3/2011
About Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a writer and physician most noted for his fictional stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective, which are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Before becoming a writer, he attended the University of Edinburgh to train as a physician, and it was from his teacher, Joseph Bell, that he learned much of what would inspire Holmes’s skills of deduction. He also wrote science fiction stories, historical novels, plays, romances, poetry, and nonfiction. After his son Kingsley died in the first World War, he became a convert to spiritualism and a social reformer who used his investigative skills to prove the innocence of individuals.
About Stephen Thorne
Stephen Thorne trained at RADA and played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. He has worked extensively in radio, with over two thousand broadcasts for the BBC, including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series and the part of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings. His television work includes EastEnders, Boys from the Bush, Death of an Expert Witness, and David Copperfield.