For generations, men in the Baskerville family have met with untimely deaths. One by one, they have fallen foul of the curse of the Hound of Baskervilles. So when the last of the Baskervilles inherits Baskerville Hall - the remote stately home where so many of his ancestors have met a terrifying end - he begins to suspect the same fate may await him.

Famous detective, Sherlock Holmes, sends his trusted companion Dr Watson to Baskerville Hall to investigate the legend of the hound and to protect Sir Henry Baskerville. But they are about to discover that terrible secrets and long-held grudges will lead them into shocking danger ... and that nobody is safe at night on the moors ...

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Reading age: 10-11 years