Author:Arthur Conan Doyle,Derek Jacobi
When a country doctor comes to Sherlock Holmes with a far-fetched tale of a sudden death, a devil dog and an ancient curse, Holmes is sceptical. Could the demise of Sir Charles Baskerville really have been caused by the gigantic ghostly hound which is said to have haunted his family for generations? Arch-rationalist Sherlock Holmes characteristically dismisses the theory as nonsense. Claiming to be immersed in another case, he sends Watson to Dartmoor to protect the Baskerville heir and to observe the suspects at close hand. But soon events take a dangerous turn, and it seems that the legend may be real... With Watson in dreadful peril, can Holmes uncover the terrible truth about the hound of the Baskervilles?
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Masterful storytelling and macabre forensic details make his novels utterly chilling reads
—— TESS GERRITSENBeckett cranks up the suspense... some unexpected twists and a gory climax
—— Daily TelegraphWell paced and contains a whole load of spicy ingredients
—— Daily MirrorExcellent... an atmospheric, exciting story... the information about forensic medicine is as instructive as Patricia Cornwell's
—— Literary ReviewOne of the country's best crime writers
—— SUNDAY EXPRESSThe writing is beautiful and the plot so cleverly constructed I never guessed any of the twists
—— Claire Douglas , Sunday Times bestselling author of Local Girl MissingTim Weaver writes books so meticulously researched that the reader is educated as well as entertained, enthralled and intrigued
—— Liz Nugent , Sunday Times bestselling author of Lying in WaitThe rising star of British crime
—— Tony Parsons , Sunday Times Number One bestselling author of the DC Max Wolfe seriesI couldn't put it down
—— SunFans of Mo Hayder will be in seventh hell
—— GuardianTerrific
—— Sunday TimesA dark, complex and visceral read
—— Financial TimesThe story-telling is little short of brilliant
—— Crime Fiction LoverPerfect plotting, great characterisation, and the kind of payoff that a thriller of this calibre deserves
—— BookgeeksSo many twists and surprises
—— TimesI'm all for hearing different voices in fiction and I got my wish with this book. The story showed just how someone with Asperger's might view the world. Christopher finds a dead dog and sets about trying to find the dog's killer, but the book is much more than a mystery story... I loved the way Christopher tries to bring order to his world by using Maths which he finds far easier to understand than people
—— Malorie Blackman , Books for KeepsSo genuine...It is chillingly heartbreaking and passionately positive in equal measure
—— Julia Eccleshare , Books for KeepsSo what makes these different to any other set of classics? In a moment of inspiration Random House had the bright idea of actually asking Key stage 2 children what extra ingredients they could add to make children want to read. And does it work? Well, put it this way...my 13-year-old daughter announced that she had to read a book over the summer holiday and, without any prompting, spotted The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas...and proceeded to read it! Now, if you knew my 13-year-old daughter, you would realise that this is quite remarkable. She reads texts, blogs and tags by the thousand - but this is the first book she has read since going to high school, so all hail Vintage Classics!
—— National Association for the Teaching of English