Audiobook43 minutes
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by Peter Coates
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter, one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is one of 13 stories in the cycle collected as The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It was originally published in The Strand Magazine in 1904 with illustrations by Sidney Paget.Mr. Cyril Overton of Trinity College, Cambridge, comes to Holmes seeking his help in Godfrey Staunton's disappearance. Staunton is the key man on Overton's rugby union team (who plays at the three-quarters position, hence the story's title) and they will not win the important match tomorrow against Oxford if Staunton cannot be found. Holmes has to admit that sport is outside his field, but he shows the same care he has shown to his other cases.Staunton had seemed a bit pale and bothered earlier in the day, but late in the evening, according to a hotel porter, a rough-looking, bearded man came to the hotel with a note for Staunton which, judging from his reaction, contained rather devastating news. He then left the hotel with the bearded stranger and the two of them were seen running in the direction of the Strand at about half past ten. No one has seen them since.Overton has wired to Cambridge to find out if Staunton has been seen there; he has not. He has also wired Lord Mount-James, Staunton's very wealthy and thoroughly miserly uncle and nearest living relative, but has heard no answer. Staunton is the almost-eighty-year-old Lord Mount-James's heir, but he must meanwhile live in relative poverty owing to his uncle's miserly behaviour...Famous works of the author Arthur Conan Doyle: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, The Valley of Fear, His Last Bow, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, Stories of Sherlock Holmes, The Lost World.
Author
Sir 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.
More audiobooks from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sherlock: The Essential Arthur Conan Doyle Adventures Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: A Curated Collection Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Seasons Edition--Spring) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGothic Tales Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hound of the Baskervilles Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related to The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
Related audiobooks
The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: Sherlock Holmes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of the Winchester Heart-Breaker - A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Episode 1 (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of the Illustrious Client: Sherlock Holmes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of the Three Garridebs: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Adventure of the Illustrious Client: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Adventure of the Illustrious Client Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hound of the Baskervilles: The Complete Book Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Greek Interpreter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of the Gloria Scott: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Adventure of the Priory School: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lestrade and the Devil's Own Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAs Luck Would Have It Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes – Volume I Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Adventure of the Three Garridebs Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure Of Charles Augustus Milverton: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Brute Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5On the Wrong Track Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Adventure of the Three Garridebs: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMurder in the Casbah and The Tankerville Club: The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Episode #13 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScary Stories for Teenagers: Classic stories that are the original form of horror movies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Mystery For You
Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Listen for the Lie: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Silence of the Lambs: 25th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5And Then There Were None Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5None of This is True: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Complete Sherlock Holmes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Did I Kill You?: A Thriller Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The River We Remember: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hit and Run Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Still Life: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfume: The Story of a Murderer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Heaven’s Crooked Finger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5When No One Is Watching: A Thriller Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Marple: Twelve New Mysteries Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tell No One Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder on the Orient Express: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mother-Daughter Murder Night: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths: The Best New Original Stories of the Genre Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Woman in the Library, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If She Knew (A Kate Wise Mystery—Book 1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Unexpected Guest Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Lies in the Woods: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This Tender Land Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ordinary Grace Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hallowe'en Party: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One for the Money: A Stephanie Plum Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One for the Money Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews