When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead under mysterious circumstances in the Heaths of Dartmoor and his heir begins to face the same curse, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson set out to investigate a case that intertwines family secrecy, supernatural horror and a coldly planned crime. The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of Arthur Conan Doyle's four Sherlock Holmes novels and one of the most famous detective stories in the world. The book, which was published as a sequel in The Strand magazine in 1901–1902, is illustrated with 16 original historical illustrations by Sidney Paget.
The morning after the big Oyster Festival, Doggerland is shaken by a brutal murder, and Detective Inspector Karen Eiken Hornby is assigned to lead the investigation. The case is complicated by the fact that the victim was the ex-wife of Karen’s arrogant boss, while the roots of the murder may stretch back decades. Having returned to Doggerland to escape her own past, Karen must unravel both other people’s secrets and her own mistakes to uncover the truth.
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