Browse Stories

A reclusive gentleman on Sullivan's Island finds a peculiar golden beetle and a parchment containing a cryptogram, leading him and his companions on an adventurous hunt for Captain Kidd's buried treasure.

A young man's proposal at a confectioner's shop intertwines with a mysterious series of events involving an 'invisible man' and threats, leading to an investigation by Father Brown.

Parisian police chief Valentin tracks the notorious thief Flambeau to London, only to find the criminal's elaborate plan to steal a jeweled cross cleverly undone by the unassuming Father Brown through a series of bizarre clues and an understanding of human nature.

A young woman inherits a collection of costume jewelry from her aunt, but discovers a string of pearls among them that may be real, leading to a moral dilemma and unexpected consequences.

Sherlock Holmes recounts his confrontation with the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty, culminating in a fateful struggle at the Reichenbach Falls.

Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious appearance of a valuable blue carbuncle found in the crop of a Christmas goose, leading him through a trail of clues to uncover the thief.

Sherlock Holmes investigates the mysterious death of Helen Stoner's sister, who mentioned a "speckled band," and uncovers a deadly plot by their stepfather to prevent their marriages and retain their inheritance.

Sherlock Holmes is outwitted by the clever Irene Adler while attempting to retrieve a compromising photograph for the King of Bohemia.

A London pawnbroker, Jabez Wilson, consults Sherlock Holmes about a peculiar society that employed him for a trivial task before abruptly vanishing, leading Holmes to uncover a daring bank robbery plot.

A young Englishman becomes entangled in a mystery involving a beautiful Countess and a sinister inn.

Detective C. Auguste Dupin solves the case of a stolen letter, crucial to a royal figure, by understanding the thief's psychology and looking where the police failed to.

C. Auguste Dupin, a brilliant amateur detective, investigates the baffling and brutal murders of two women in a locked room in Paris, using his extraordinary powers of deduction ('ratiocination').