In The Boscombe Valley Mystery, Inspector Lestrade summons Holmes to a community in Herefordshire, where a local landowner has been murdered outdoors. The deceased's estranged son is strongly implicated. Holmes, employing his trusty magnifying glass quickly determines that a mysterious third man may be responsible for the crime, unraveling a thread involving a secret criminal past, thwarted love, and blackmail. This is the fourth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and was first published in the Strand Magazine in 1891.
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"Who murdered Macarthy? When two young men start fighting, a man known from the past can interfear. But when one young man is accused of the murder, things go haywire! Can Sherlock Holmes figure out who killed Macarthy before it's to late?"
— Samantha (5 out of 5 stars)
" When Sherlock Holmes and Dr.Watson solve an impossible mystery.They pull all the pieces together to find out that James McCarthy was not the person 20 years ago who did the murder to his farther.And it had been John Turner along. "
— Tatiyana, 10/29/2013" Got this and the other Sherlock Holmes Graphic Universe book on the cheap at NCTE. Thought it might be fun for my classroom. Story was ok, but art was rather pedestrian. Some of my avid gn readers did like these though. "
— Tony, 9/7/2012Sir 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.