I moved my head to look at the cabinet behind me. When I turned again, Sherlock Holmes was standing

smiling at me across my study table. I rose to my feet, stared at him for some seconds in utter

amazement, and then it appeared that I must have fainted

for the first and last time in my life. Certainly, a grey mist swirled before my eyes,

and when it cleared, I found my collar ends undone, and the tingling aftertaste of

brandy upon my lips. Holmes was bending over my chair, his flask in his hand.

My dear Watson, said the well-remembered voice.

I owe you a thousand apologies.

I had no idea that you would be so affected.

I gripped him by the arms.

Holmes, I cried.

Is it really you?

Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?

Drift away on a mysterious bedtime adventure in Victorian London with the return of Sherlock Holmes.

Join the Master of Mystery himself, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and his legendary detective, with these classic tales of intrigue and deduction that are the perfect way

to lull your mind into a night of dreams. Be taken away by the gentle, methodical voice of Dr. Watson,

as he sets the scene some years after the disappearance of his ingenious friend, coming to the

surprising discovery that Sherlock Holmes is still alive and ready to undertake a new investigation.

With each new mystery, you're provided with a gentle, intellectual exercise that occupies your mind just enough to prevent

it from wandering without becoming too stimulated, all written in Doyle's precise and deliberate prose

that is perfect for any bedtime detective. Though some of the language in these stories has been changed to make it

more suitable for sleep, these mysteries do contain themes of violence and murder, and so listener

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