In Sherlock Holmes: The Dark Mysteries, Sherlock Holmes expert David Stuart Davies has selected the cases of the great detective that best reflect Sir Arthur Conan Doyle`s deep interest in the supernatural. The first is the terrifying novel The Hound of the Baskervilles, followed by nine Gothic adventures: `The Sussex Vampire`, `The Creeping Man`, `Shoscombe Old Place`, `The Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax`, `The Veiled Lodger`, `The Devil`s Foot`, `The Blanched Soldier` and `The Cardboard Box`. All of the stories are accompanied by their original illustrations. With an introduction by the collection`s editor, David Stuart Davies. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector`s Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector`s Library are books to love and treasure.