The Empty House by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audio books - While still grieving over his great friend's death, Watson is stunned, relieved and joyful when Holmes suddenly appears and reveals that he has escaped an untimely end in that fatal struggle with his
Written by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by: David Ian Davies
The Empty House by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audio book
While still grieving over his great friend's death, Watson is stunned, relieved and joyful when Holmes suddenly appears and reveals that he has escaped an untimely end in that fatal struggle with his mortal enemy, Moriarty, at Reichenbach Falls. The criminal underworld suspects this, says Holmes, and Watson is drawn anew into Holmes's plot to deceive his enemies and foil a probable attempt upon his life.
This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls.
The story itself begins, typically enough, with a murder - the Park Lane Mystery, the seemingly motiveless killing of Mr. Ronald Adair, son of a high colonial official. The authorities, not to mention the man's family, are perplexed by the case: it seems that the Honourable Ronald Adair hadn't an enemy in the world. He was in his sitting room, with a window open, working on accounts of some kind, as indicated by the papers and money found by police. Ronald liked playing whist and regularly did so at several clubs, but never for great sums of money. It does, however, come out that he won as much as £420 in partnership with a Colonel Moran.
The motive does not appear to be robbery as nothing has been stolen.
It seems odd that Ronald's door was locked from the inside. The only other way out was the window, and there was a 20-foot drop below it onto a flower bed, which now shows no sign of being disturbed. How did the murderer get out?
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The Empty House by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audio book
While still grieving over his great friend's death, Watson is stunned, relieved and joyful when Holmes suddenly appears and reveals that he has escaped an untimely end in that fatal struggle with his mortal enemy, Moriarty, at Reichenbach Falls. The criminal underworld suspects this, says Holmes, and Watson is drawn anew into Holmes's plot to deceive his enemies and foil a probable attempt upon his life.
This is the first Holmes story set after his supposed death at the Reichenbach Falls.
The story itself begins, typically enough, with a murder - the Park Lane Mystery, the seemingly motiveless killing of Mr. Ronald Adair, son of a high colonial official. The authorities, not to mention the man's family, are perplexed by the case: it seems that the Honourable Ronald Adair hadn't an enemy in the world. He was in his sitting room, with a window open, working on accounts of some kind, as indicated by the papers and money found by police. Ronald liked playing whist and regularly did so at several clubs, but never for great sums of money. It does, however, come out that he won as much as £420 in partnership with a Colonel Moran.
The motive does not appear to be robbery as nothing has been stolen.
It seems odd that Ronald's door was locked from the inside. The only other way out was the window, and there was a 20-foot drop below it onto a flower bed, which now shows no sign of being disturbed. How did the murderer get out?
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