A collection of eleven classic Sherlock Holmes stories, including Holmes's most dramatic encounter with his nemesis, the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarity. With a new introduction by Steve Thompson, writer for the television series Sherlock.

"Presented by the Horror Writers Association, this collection of classic short stories were written by iconic author--and creator of Sherlock Holmes--Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Classic stories of horror and terror include: The Parasite, The Mystery of Sasassa Valley, J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement, The Captain of the "Pole-Star," The Great Keinplatz Experiment, The Ring of Thoth, The Bully of Brocas Court, Selecting a Ghost, and How it Happened"--

Tales for a Winter s Night brings together eight Arthur Conan Doyle mystery classics that originally appeared in the Strand between July 1898 and January 1899. When first gathered into one volume in 1908, the book was entitled Round the Fire Stories, since the author recommended that they be read ideally round the fire upon a winter s night. According to Barzun and Taylor in A Catalogue of Crime, As one reads The Man with the Watches, The Lost Special,...