The Hound of the Baskervilles

Written by Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by Simon Hester

Arguably the most famous Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

Dr Watson is sent by Holmes to the wilds of Dartmoor to protect the young Sir Henry Baskerville, heir to a substantial fortune but also threatened by

the historic Baskerville curse. Are supernatural powers at work in the shape of a diabolical hound? Or does a criminal hand lay behind the mystery?

And why does Sherlock Holmes not leave London to assist Watson?

Here is the first in the Complete Sherlock Holmes read with compelling narrative skill by Simon Hester

• Language: English
• Publisher: Head Stories Audio
• Release date: Nov 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781094208336

Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. Before starting his writing career, Doyle attended medical school, where he met the professor who would later inspire his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. A Study in Scarlet was Doyle's first novel; he would go on to write more than sixty stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. He died in England in 1930.