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As media attention rouses excitement for the upcoming motion picture, readers will want to pick up The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a gripping collection which includes many of the famous cases--and great strokes of brilliance--that made the legendary Sherlock Holmes one of fiction's most popular creations.
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Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 5
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English
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Sir Charles Baskerville's sudden heart attack and death have the townspeople in shock and searching for the one to blame--the family dog--while Sherlock Holmes leads the investigation.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8
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English
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Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. One of his fellow passengers must be the murderer. Isolated by the storm, detective Hercule Poirot must find the killer among a dozen of the dead man's enemies, before the murderer decides to strike again.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 20
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English
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An exclusive hotel on a tiny, picturesque island seems to be the ideal retreat for the stresses of criminal detection for Hercule Poirot. But with the appearance of the beautiful Arlena Stuart, the quiet and peaceful atmosphere becomes charged with an indefinable erotic tension. And when she is found viciously strangled in a secluded cove, there are few, especially among the women, who seem to feel either surprise or regret.
11) The silkworm
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Cormoran Strike novels volume 2
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English
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Cormoran Strike investigates the disappearance of a novelist who, in his most recent book, unflatteringly portrayed people from his life.
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 17
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[2008]
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English
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Poirot is called to the family estate of Simeon Lee, after he is found lying in a pool of blood on Christmas Eve.
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Maisie Dobbs novels volume 8
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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In the summer of 1932, the career of psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs takes an exciting new turn when she accepts an undercover assignment from the British Secret Service. Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, she will monitor any activities "no in the interests of His Majesty's government." When the college's controversial pacifist founder, Greville Liddicote, is murdered, however, Maisie is directed to stand...
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Fethering mysteries volume 14
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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The genteel game of Real Tennis takes a murderous twist when Jude boyfriend's friend winds up dead on the court.
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Maisie Dobbs novels volume 9
Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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When Eddie Pettit's death is ruled an accident by the police, many believe that this gentle soul was murdered and Maisy Dobbs, determined to do right by Eddie, searches for the truth amid the working-class of Lambeth.
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