A haunting Literary Classic by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles by Scotish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is a book of literary fiction first published in 1902 in the UK. A celebrated crime fiction classic filled with thrilling adventure and dark mystery. Sneak Peak ‘It came with the wind through the silence of the night, a long, deep mutter, then a rising howl, and then the sad moan in which it died away. Again and again it sounded, the whole air throbbing with it, strident, wild and menacing.’ Synopsis Everyone remembers the legend of the hideous beast that stalks the moor, and when Sir Charles Baskerville is found inexplicably dead in the grounds of Baskerville Hall people wonder... Could the giant ghostly canine that is claimed to have plagued Sir Charles Baskerville's family for generations have been the cause of his untimely death? Sherlock Holmes, ever the arch-rationalist, knows that there must be a more rational explanation. And, while engrossed in another case, he sends Dr Watson to safeguard the Baskerville heir and keep a close and watchful eye upon the suspects. The Hound of the Baskervilles is arguably one of the best crime stories ever written, with its chilling setting on the ancient and wild Devon moors and its terrifying ghostly monster...