Hound of Baskervilles

The Hound of the Baskervilles written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the third of the four book series that was based on London's Baker Street detective Sherlock Homes. After the recent death of Sir Charles Baskervilles, Dr. Mortimer comes to detective Sherlock Homes as he fears for the life of the former's heir Sir Henry, who is to return from Canada. Upon reaching Devonshire, Homes finds family servant Barrymore signalling someone at night, hears about a mysterious letter with initials L.L. and a family curse about a hound running in the moors to kill Baskervilles line.