Sherlock Holmes : 3 Tales of Intrigue

by Edward Hardwicke

Sherlock Holmes, the most famous of all fictional detectives, and his assistant, Dr. Watson, are the heroes of these three well-plotted tales. They reveal a long-hidden treachery, solve the betrayal and murder of a foreign heiress, and foil the frame-up of an innocent man in the cases of "The Crooked Man," "The Greek Interpreter," and "The Naval Treaty."

Genres: Mystery, Classics, Audiobook, Short Stories, Fiction

3 pages, Audio CD

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Victoria Lynn]

RTC. . .
But thoughts. How is it that in this modern age monologue, expose, and long explanation of story has become unacceptable? So many great classics utilize this tool, but I've seen over and over that modern authors are bashed or criticized for using this age old writing tool and stars are docked for "back story dumps" Is it just that tastes have changed? Or has what is acceptable in literature changed?

[Hannah Laudermilch]

The audiobook narration by Edward Hardwicke is exceptional!

The Crooked Man: 2⭐ We don't see anything happen, and it's solved too quickly for there to be much mystery.

The Interpreter: 5⭐ Sherlock and Mycroft are insufferable together, and I love them. This one was super intense.

The Naval Treaty: 5⭐ My favorite of the three.

[SZ]

2.5 stars
The first story was a cop out, the guy just fell in shock, no actual murder happened and whilst I do appreciate it in retrospect at the time of reading, it was a let down to have the first story end like that. The second story was a bit pointless since there were no suspects so we didn’t really get to see any of that deductive reasoning Sherlock and his brother possess, they were just running around like headless chickens or ‘like the faithful bloodhound’ as Poirot would put it. The last story was the best and whilst the culprit ends up being the only person Sherlock hasn’t mentioned as a potential suspect to Watson it was good, there were multiple suspects and Sherlock laid a nice little trap for them.

[Robert Bussie]

Three stories by the masterful writer Sir Conan Doyle based on his brilliant characters Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The narrator does a great job telling the stories with a slight, but effective changes in voice to distinguish between the characters. The volume level is low on all three discs causing listening difficult except on the high volume setting.

These three stories: "The Crooked Man," "The Greek Interpreter," and "The Naval Treaty" are just average stories in the Sherlock Holmes cannon.

[James]

A good and varied selection of stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. As time goes on it is really nice to see the growth in not only the Holmes & Watson relationship, but also learn more about these characters from the added snippets that Conan Doyle adds to the start of the stories.

[Annette Meier]

Interesting short mysteries from Sherlock Holmes. These reminded me of some short Agatha Christie mysteries featuring Hercule Poirot. Imagine Holmes and Poirot on a case together . . . that would be quite the crime-solving team!

[Yosef Shapiro]

This is an audio collection of three classic Sherlock Holmes stories. They are red by Edward Hardwick, who was one of the Watsons to Jeremy Brett’s Holmes. I still like Hardwick as Watson. But he doesn’t have a great voice for Holmes.

[Honor Kennedy]

Meh.....There must be a reason that I never knew this set of short stories existed. Not the usual intrigue and a bit dry.

[Ryan]

Pretty fun, not my favorite one but the adventures are fun.

[Arline]

This book is really good for a quick mystery read.

[Carol]

I know I have read each of the stories in this book before but you can't go wrong with a Sherlock Holmes' story! It was fun to listen to them this time.

[Ruth]

Loved The Naval Treaty. Narrated by Watson himself.

[Jessica Schenk]

Short and cozy audiobook.

[milo]

literally the only reason this is a two star and not a one is becuase the audio book is narrated so well and had me more immersed than i otherwise would’ve been.
listen, this book kinda sucks a lot, it’s so exposition dumpy and, becuase were in watsons perspective (as much as i love the way he’s in love with sherlock, we don’t get any of the action and only get it told to us seperately.
i can understand people liking this book but i’m gonna stick to the show

[Diane]

I've never read a Sherlock Holmes story before, but I've seen plenty of filmed versions and interpretations of the stories and that character. I felt prepared.

Yet, I was a little disappointed with the actual reality of a Sherlock Holmes story. In The Greek Interpreter, Sherlock doesn't actually even solve anything. Not to give anything away -- the end merely has Watson summing up by saying something like "And that was that" without any real resolution.

The other two stories were interesting and The Naval Treaty even had a fight scene, so I really wasn't too disappointed. I had hoped for at least a reference to his drug use or something, but as far as stories involving Sherlock went, these are not too bad.

[Lily]

Delightful on audio with a talented narrator (and of course, who doesn't love Sherlock Holmes??). My only problem with the CDs was that the narrator tended to whisper a lot, and even when I turned the volume up full blast, I still occasionally struggled to hear what he was saying. (Granted, I was simultaneously entertaining a one year old, cleaning the house, and doing dishes, so that didn't help the matter. But usually it's not hard to physically hear an audio book even through the din of family life... I think maybe the recording was soft, and the whispering made it extra soft.)

[Kathryn]

The first two stories didn't have any suspense - they were basically just Sherlock Holmes telling you how smart he was for guessing a man's job after looking at one thread from his waistcoat and then solving a mystery you could've figured out on the first page. The third story was a lot more exciting and had the sort of plotting, suspense, red herrings, and family intrigue that 9 million episodes of Law and Order have trained me to want.

[Mike]

Very enjoyable short stories. I need to find more of these. I've always loved Sherlock Holmes themed stories (movies, TV, whatever) ever since I was a kid, but never actually read any of the original works. It's nice to get a feel for the original. ... Again, I need to find more of these in audio!

[Kristen Jones]

Sherlock Holmes is kind of a jerk.

[Haley]

These were excellent to listen to at night, before going to bed, or while relaxing with a cup of tea or coffee by the fire. I loved the narrator's voice!

[Kari]

Love Sherlock Holmes

[Cami]

This was a great introduction to Sherlock Holmes for me!
Excellent narration.

[Liz Busby]

Brilliantly fun as always.

[Karen]

After reading a so-so Sherlock Holmes spin-off, it was good to read some real Sherlock Holmes again.

[Chelsea Hepburn]

Loved it! This was an audio book with 3 Holmes mysteries! Each one was very unique and suspenseful, and made for a great car journey!

[Suzanna Renea]

It's Sherlock Holmes, you can't go wrong!

[Stacy]

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