The Hound of the Baskervilles

No. 8 in Mavenhill Classics, this annotated edition presents Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous Sherlock Holmes novel, with a foreword by A.M. Khalifa and clear chapter-by-chapter summaries.

For generations the Baskervilles have lived under a curse: a spectral hound that hunts the men of the family across the Devon moor. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead at the edge of his estate, his face twisted in terror and the prints of a gigantic hound nearby, the legend seems to have claimed another victim.

The heir, Sir Henry, arrives from Canada to claim the estate. Sherlock Holmes sends Dr. Watson with him to Baskerville Hall, where an escaped convict hides on the moor, the servants keep secrets, and the deadly Grimpen Mire waits for anyone who strays from the path.

Gothic, atmospheric and brilliantly plotted, The Hound of the Baskervilles is the novel that brought Holmes back to the public and remains the most loved story in the canon.