The Mystery of Cloomber (Hesperus Classics) [Paperback]

A Conan Doyle (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2004 | Series: Hesperus Classics

Master of detective fiction, Arthur Conan Doyle here reveals his deep fascination with spiritualism and the paranormal. To his fellow residents on the remote western coast of Scotland, Major Heatherstone’s behavior seems far from orthodox. Spurning all attempts at friendship, he instead becomes a recluse in Cloomber Hall, forbidding his children even to leave their home. Yet unbeknownst to him, they strike up a friendship with the neighboring Hunter Wests, who slowly begin to learn the cause of the Major’s paranoia and his fear of the fifth of October. As September draws to a close, and as they hear of the mysterious arrival of three Buddhist monks, they can only watch in vain. It seems the Major’s secret will not be laid to rest until vengeance is done. Scottish-born writer and novelist Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes; among his other works is The Tragedy of the Korosko.

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Scottish-born Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) is best remembered as the creator of Baker Street's Sherlock Holmes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: Hesperus Press (September 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1843911043
• ISBN-13: 978-1843911043
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,679,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Doyle, Both Mystical and Rational, June 6, 2006

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Chris Ward (Costa Rica) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mystery of Cloomber (Hardcover)

Arthur Conan Doyle is chiefly known for his greatest creation, Sherlock Holmes, that most rational of beings. But Doyle also passionately came to believe in his later years that ghosts and fairies existed, and that his wife, among many others, could talk to the dead. Here, in "The Mystery of Cloomber," we get both Doyles in one story: a mystery yarn with an occult tinge. Fans of the Holmes stories will enjoy it for its rather-more-stodgy-than-usual telling of a suspense tale that might have puzzled Sherlock Holmes (briefly), if he'd believed in astral projection and Eastern mysticism and numerous Theosophical notions of the time.

It's enjoyable reading for all that, and will be a pleasurable reading experience in direct correlation with your affection for Doyle and Holmes. I liked it, despite the occult trappings.

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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars thriller, May 11, 2000

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anand hingorani (Good old US of A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mystery of Cloomber (Greenhill Crime Classics) (Hardcover)

This is the only mystery book written by Canon Doyle that does not have his world famous detective Sherlock Holmes. It is an excellent mystery which starts in British India, and then continues on in England. It is about revenge, torment and suffering which left me kind of sad in the end.