Pred čitaocima je sjajna zbirka priča od majstora pripovedanja koja će vas uzbuditi i paralisati od straha. U ovoj ponoćnoj ekskurziji, Dojlova živopisna imaginacija za čudno, groteskno i zastrašujuće dolazi do potpunog izražaja. Ovde ćemo se susresti sa monstruoznim stvorenjima, čudnim bićima koja obitavaju iznad naših glava i drhtaćemo pred nepoznatim stvarima iza vrata "Sobe Košmara"
Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a Scottish writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.
Nije tajna da je spektakularni Artur Konan Dojl majstor laganog horora, ali njegovi istinski dobri preokreti me i dalje uspješno iznenade. Svaka od ovih priča je vrlo atmosferična i napisana prelijepim, laganim stilom. I dok možda najmanje strašna i vezana za temu cijele zbirke, naslovna priča je fenomenalna.