# The Hound of the Baskervilles

**Author:** Arthur Doyle
**Tags:** Private investigators, Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character), Detective and mystery stories, Blessing and cursing, Dogs, Dartmoor (England)
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**Added:** 10.07.2026
**URL:** https://samolit.com/books/95849

## Description

Sherlock Holmes returns to face one of his eeriest and most celebrated cases in this classic tale of mystery and menace. When Dr. James Mortimer arrives at Baker Street bearing an ancient parchment recounting the legend of a savage, spectral hound said to haunt the Baskerville family, Holmes is initially inclined to dismiss the tale as country superstition. But the recent death of Sir Charles Baskerville, found sprawled near his home with a look of terror frozen on his face and strange paw prints nearby, suggests something far more sinister than folklore. As the new heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, arrives from Canada to claim his inheritance, Holmes sends the loyal Dr. Watson to Devonshire to guard him while pursuing his own hidden line of inquiry. Amid the fog-bound bogs, granite tors, and ancient stone ruins of Dartmoor, escaped convicts, brooding neighbors, and unexplained howls in the night draw Watson deeper into an atmosphere thick with dread. Blending gothic horror with rigorous deduction, this enduring adventure pits reason against superstition as Holmes unravels a scheme of greed and deception lurking behind the legendary curse.