The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Eleven cases from the great detective's prime, told as always by the faithful Dr. Watson: a champion racehorse vanishes and its trainer is found dead on the moor ('Silver Blaze,' with its immortal curious incident of the dog in the night-time); a Greek interpreter is kidnapped for a sinister translation job; a naval treaty disappears from a locked office; and in 'The Gloria Scott' and 'The Musgrave Ritual,' Holmes himself takes over the storytelling to recount the very first cases of his career.

Then comes 'The Final Problem.' Convinced Holmes had run his course, Conan Doyle built him a nemesis worthy of the ending (Professor Moriarty, the Napoleon of crime, a spider at the centre of a web covering all of London) and sent them both to the Reichenbach Falls. The public outcry that followed changed publishing history. Short, perfectly constructed mysteries, ideal for one-a-day listening, ending on the most famous cliffhanger in detective fiction.

At roughly 102,100 words, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes runs about 11½ hours at 1x narration speed. That figure is an estimate based on a typical narration pace. The exact length depends on the voice and the playback speed you choose.

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