"He burst into one of his rare fits of laughter as he turned away from the picture. I have not heard him laugh often, and it has always boded ill to somebody."
Sir Charles Baskerville is dead. Rumour has it that the great beast who haunts the moors around Baskerville Hall is the reason for his untimely death. While Sherlock Holmes is busy with another case, John Watson heads to Baskerville Hall to keep the new heir safe from harm. When a giant ghostly hound is seen wandering the moors, Watson and Holmes must work quickly to solve the mystery before the curse comes for the next Baskerville.
One of the best-known crime novels of all time, The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third full-length novel featuring consulting detective Holmes and his compatriot Watson. Published in 1902, the tale is inspired by a Devonshire legend of the cursed country squire and the hellhound that haunts him.
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