Hound of the Baskervilles, The: Another Adventure of Sherlock Holmes,
A. Conan Doyle, 1902, George Newnes.Sherlock Holmes is called in, three months after the event, to investigate the mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville, found in the yew walk of his Dartmoor house with his face contorted into a rictus of terror, and to protect Sir Charles's heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, who has just returned from Canada to assume his inheritance. Legend connects family misfortunes with a sinister hound from hell often heard baying on the moor. Claiming pressure of business, Holmes sends Watson down to Baskerville Hall with Sir Henry and his trusty revolver. The local ... ...
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