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Boscombe Valley Mystery by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle audio books - Holmes is brought into the investigation of what appears a simple, obvious case of a son murdering his father shortly after the son was seen by witnesses near, and at, the scene of the man's
Written by: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Read by: David Ian Davies
Boscombe Valley Mystery Audio Book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes is brought into the investigation of what appears a simple, obvious case of a son murdering his father shortly after the son was seen by witnesses near, and at, the scene of the man's death.
Set in 1888, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called down to Boscombe Valley (a fictitious place in Herefordshire) to investigate the death of Mr. Charles McCarthy. Lestrade, a detective from Scotland Yard whose meagre abilities are often upstaged by Holmes's brilliant deductions, has concluded without much ado that it is a murder, and that McCarthy's son James is the killer. James was seen by one witness following his father to the nearby pond, and another, a young girl, saw the two remonstrating with each other by the pond.
Holmes will not accept Lestrade's conclusions, however, as there are some facts that simply do not seem to fit.
* Whom was McCarthy going to the pond to meet? He had told his serving-man that he had to keep an appointment there, from which he never came back alive.
* How could the meeting have been with James when McCarthy believed that his son was in Bristol?
* Why did McCarthy use the call "Cooee!", which his son is used to using?
* Why did he get angry with James?
* Why won't James reveal the exact nature of the conversation when his silence might well put his neck in a noose?
* How did a piece of clothing a few yards from James and his dying father vanish without a trace while James was right there?
* What did McCarthy's dying words about "a rat" mean?
* Who could have wanted McCarthy dead, if not James, and why?
* Is Miss Turner, who wants to marry James, somehow tied into all this?
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Boscombe Valley Mystery Audio Book by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes is brought into the investigation of what appears a simple, obvious case of a son murdering his father shortly after the son was seen by witnesses near, and at, the scene of the man's death.
Set in 1888, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are called down to Boscombe Valley (a fictitious place in Herefordshire) to investigate the death of Mr. Charles McCarthy. Lestrade, a detective from Scotland Yard whose meagre abilities are often upstaged by Holmes's brilliant deductions, has concluded without much ado that it is a murder, and that McCarthy's son James is the killer. James was seen by one witness following his father to the nearby pond, and another, a young girl, saw the two remonstrating with each other by the pond.
Holmes will not accept Lestrade's conclusions, however, as there are some facts that simply do not seem to fit.
* Whom was McCarthy going to the pond to meet? He had told his serving-man that he had to keep an appointment there, from which he never came back alive.
* How could the meeting have been with James when McCarthy believed that his son was in Bristol?
* Why did McCarthy use the call "Cooee!", which his son is used to using?
* Why did he get angry with James?
* Why won't James reveal the exact nature of the conversation when his silence might well put his neck in a noose?
* How did a piece of clothing a few yards from James and his dying father vanish without a trace while James was right there?
* What did McCarthy's dying words about "a rat" mean?
* Who could have wanted McCarthy dead, if not James, and why?
* Is Miss Turner, who wants to marry James, somehow tied into all this?
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