The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Blue Carbuncle [Hardcover]

Arthur Conan Doyle (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0318597152
• ISBN-13: 978-0318597157
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (240 customer reviews)

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442 of 463 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Mystery, March 22, 2009

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Eileen T (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Kindle Edition)

This book included 12 adventures:
1. A Scandal in Bohemia
2. The Red-Headed League
3. A Case of Identity
4. The Boscombe Valley Mystery
5. The Five Orange Pips
6. The Man with the Twisted Lip
7. The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
8. The Adventure of the Speckled Band
9. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
10. The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
11. The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
12. The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Great classic literature. I really enjoy reading Holmes and Watson's adventures, solving the mystery, and putting the puzzles together.

203 of 211 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Kindle mysteries at the perfect price!, April 24, 2009

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Kent Davis "Devata Org - Khmer Studies" (Anna Maria Island, FL USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Kindle Edition)

This free Kindle download is the prelude to The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Arthur Conan Doyle's timeless tales are perfect for Kindle and, actually, the Kindle's electronic voice does an admirable job of reading them to you!

Special thanks to Eileen T for posting the list of stories contained within!

The only downside to this free Kindle download is that it doesn't have linked Table of Contents. So how do you quickly skip to a chapter later in the book?

Elementary my dear Watson! (-:

Pick a unique word from the story title. Click MENU > "Search this book"
Then type the most unique words from the title. Alas, this doesn't always work, and I can't figure out why. A new mystery! In the meantime, enjoy the classics....

68 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Britian's Nineteenth Century History, June 28, 2009

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Karen Ann Angleterre ""devoted collector&... (Brewer, Maine) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Kindle Edition)

English history is served up along with the amazing mystery stories. I enjoy the pictures of daily life...the maid bringing in lunch to Holmes on a pre-arranged schedule, passing the street vendors and beggars, imagining the opium den frequented by addicts, vivid descriptions of period clothing, transportation and commerce slipped seamlessly into the tales. I read this often to refresh the imagery in my mind.