In The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, a banker, Mr. Alexander Holder, makes a loan of £50,000 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)
"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. "
" 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. "
" My favorite collection of Holmes tales :-) "
" 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. "
" about 20% of the way through, thoroughly enjoyable read. "
" One of Doyle's best collections. I was pleased to find this in Amazon's Kindle books. "
" It took some time,but it was worth it. Read this!!!!!! "
" The original "procedural", but in fiction form and focusing on logic instead of high tech science. "
" An old friend to spend time with time and again when nothinb else entertains. "
" 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. "
" I love love love these books. I read them for my bed time stories. "
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was born of Irish parentage in Scotland. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, but he also had a passion for storytelling. His first book introduced that prototype of the modern detective in fiction, Sherlock Holmes. Despite the immense popularity Holmes gained throughout the world, Doyle was not overly fond of the character and preferred to write other stories. Eventually popular demand won out and he continued to satisfy readers with the adventures of the legendary sleuth. He also wrote historical romances and made two essays into pseudoscientific fantasy: The Lost World and The Poison Belt.
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.
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