Product Description

Four more stories from the master detective. The Mystery of the Missing Suitor is solved and Sherlock Holmes raises his whip...and Indian pot stands in the shadows of a Colonel's death...serious affairs of state and international diplomacy are threatened by a theft...and surely evil intent lies behind threats in a hidden house. The cool observations and swift action of Mr Sherlock Holmes resolves all.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #511951 in Books
• Published on: 2001-03
• Released on: 2001-03-13
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Audiobook
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .98" h x 5.62" w x 4.94" l, .42 pounds
• Binding: Audio CD

From School Library Journal
Grade 9 Up-This volume in the producer's continuing series includes four detective stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The British reader, David Timson, is easy to understand and paces his delivery nicely, varying his tone slightly to distinguish among characters. "A Case of Identity," "The Adventure of the Crooked Man," "The Naval Treaty," and "The Greek Interpreter" are all tales in which the appearances of those with whom Holmes must deal, in order to assist his various clients with their problems, are most deceiving. In the first story, a young woman comes to the detective heartbroken at the disappearance of her fianc? en route to their wedding. The background Doyle used to create the second story is historically correct, borrowing from the event of a real mutiny that occurred in India while Britain ruled there. Diplomacy takes center stage in the third tale, in which an important government document is missing. The last story includes he character of Holmes' brother, who is perhaps even brighter than the great detective, but not as worldly nor as sensitive. The political nature of much of the content here women's rights, colonialism, diplomacy, and international intrigue makes this a good collection to suggest to students who are developing a sense of history as a guide to both the present and the future in the affairs of society and state.
Francisca Goldsmith, Berkeley Public Library, CA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From AudioFile
David Timson applies a cultured British accent and sparkly wry tones to four classic Sherlock Holmes stories: "A Case of Identity," "The Adventure of the Crooked Man," "The Naval Treaty," and "The Greek Interpreter." At times sly, at times somber, he shifts from one character to another with ease, changing accents and timbre as appropriate. Holmes stories have been interpreted many times in recent years--even George Takei, Captain Sulu from "Star Trek," had a go at it. Timson is among the better narrators, giving one the feeling of having heard something authentic from gas-lit London. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About the Author
David Timson has performed in modern and classic plays across the country and abroad including Wild Honey for Alan Ayckborne, Hamlet, The Man of Mode, and the Seagull. Has has been seen on TV in Nelson's Column and Swallows and Amazons. A familiar and versatile audio and radio voice, he reads The Middle Way and performs in Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream for Naxos AudioBooks and is the author of The History of Theatre. This is his fourth volume of Sherlock Holmes stories for Naxos AudioBooks.