The Speckled Band

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

Narrated by: B. J. Harrison

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson are visited by a young lady of 30 with a face like a hunted animal. Fear, it seems, causes her to constantly shiver. But her horror lies in the fact that her fears are so vague. Two years ago, in the small hours of the morning, a low whistle was heard in their ancestral home. It was then that her sister suddenly died. Now she lives in the same room her sister vacated, and last night, the whistle sounded again.

Public Domain (P)2007 B.J. Harrison

Good Rendition of Doyle’s Favorite Short

I do family sharing and my daughter bought a different version this story so I will compare both.
This is Doyle’s favorite story, and it is straightforwardly classic Holmes. This is not one of my favorite Holmes stories, but it is a good short story.

Of the two versions I prefer the narration of David Timson to the one narrated by B. J. Harrison.
Both are completely acceptable narrations, but I preferred the energy of Timson over Harrison.