Listened to an audio version while working on a Sherlock Holmes jigsaw puzzle. ( )

This is the play version by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, premiered in 1910, of one of his more famous short stories, indeed the one that headed his own personal list of his favourite dozen of his own stories published in The Strand magazine in March 1927 as part of a competition whereby readers could guess the author's list to win a prize. This three act play expands on the already excellent narrative of the short story to produce a really great tense narrative, with Dr Grimesby Rylott being a really well drawn domestic bully terrorising his step daughters and household. Really great - I wonder if this play is ever staged today? ( )

Air eadar-theangachadh gu Gàidhlig snasail, ach ’s ann gu tur mì-choltach, neo-chreidsinneach, ròlaisteach, far-fetched a tha an sgeul fhèin. ( )

内容（「BOOK」データベースより）
ロイロット家のふたごの姉ジュリアが不審な死を遂げた。手がかりは、妹ヘレンのうでにだかれて最期にのこした「まだらのひも」ということば。しかし彼女が亡くなったとき部屋は完全な密室だった。ホームズが調べていくうちに、おぞましい事実が浮かび上がる…。表題作ほか、『技師の親指』『緑柱石の宝冠』『海軍条約文書』の4編。小学上級から。

Perhaps I think I might be learning too much about crime, I love it when things are referenced and I have to find out about it. ( )