Audiobook46 minutes
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated by Edward Raleigh
Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A humorous holiday mystery for the Great Detective. What surprises a Christmas goose can bring!
Author
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) was a Scottish writer and physician, most famous for his stories about the detective Sherlock Holmes and long-suffering sidekick Dr Watson. Conan Doyle was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.
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Reviews for The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
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143 ratings8 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5At Christmastime, Sherlock Holmes is tasked with returning a lost goose to its rightful owner, whose identity Holmes deduces from the hat he lost with the goose. The case gains a new urgency when the goose is discovered to hold a valuable secret. This is one of the more familiar Holmes stories since it’s often included in anthologies of Christmas mysteries. It’s a good entry point to the Holmes canon. Holmes gives a magical performance as he extracts a man from his hat!
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is Conan Doyle's Christmas Sherlock Holmes story, about a lost jewel concealed within the crop of a Christmas goose. It's a good story that manages to combine Christmas humour with a serious backdrop of a man wrongly accused with the theft of the jewel. Not one of Conan Doyle's very best, but always comes up well.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Cute short Holmes mystery. Because it was so short, you really didn't get a chance to fall into the story like Doyle's longer works.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A little Christmas story free from audible. A little grace handed out by Sherlock to one unfortunate man and a would be crook.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5A short story or novella that I enjoyed, but didn't have much to it. I did enjoy turning over the word "carbuncle" in my mind. It is a word that we don't hear very often and certainly don't attribute to beautiful gems.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A classic Holmes story, and a classic reader. While I'm not a huge fan of Holmes, I've always enjoyed Alan Cumming's performances. He makes this one of the best readings I've heard in a long time. He distinguishes voices very clearly, and makes characters of different classes sound eerily accurate. The story, while not complex, is interesting. Really, though, it's the reading that makes it all worthwhile. If you can, get this edition.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Short story occurring during Christmas time about a missing goose. No murder involved. Minimal violence. Would be rated PG-13 if a movie!Enjoyable short about Sherlock discovery of a goose and hat found by local constable. Not complicated, but easily Sherlock.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5James Alexander narrates these one story wonders. I enjoyed the reading very much. This makes a great Christmas story, but always makes me want to eat goose for dinner.