Sherlock Holmes Books: April 2012

Saturday, 28 April 2012

Coming soon: Sherlock's Home: The Empty House

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Sherlock's Home: The Empty House

by Sherlock Holmes Fans

1903 saw The Adventure of The Empty House and the return of Sherlock Holmes to 221b Baker Street where he explains the deception of his death at the Reichenbach Falls to his faithful friend Dr John Watson. 2012 sees The Crime of The Empty House where the former home of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Undershaw, lies in disrepair and the threat of being destroyed forever. Commissioned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle himself, Undershaw was witness to the creation of many of his most famous works, including The Hound of the Baskervilles and The Return of Sherlock Holmes. It is a building deserving preservation for the British nation, and indeed the world, for all time. Sadly, the building is currently under threat from the property developers who wish to divide the house into 3 separate units and build a further 5 alongside. Planning permission for development has already been approved by Waverley Borough Council. The Undershaw Preservation Trust (UPT), with Mark Gatiss [BBC Sherlock] as Patron, is dedicated to the preservation and protection of this important literary building and are campaigning to get this decision overturned, so the house can be restored to its original glory and enjoyed as the single dwelling Sir Arthur Conan Doyle intended it to be. This book is a collection of short Sherlock Holmes stories and poems written by fans from around the world in support of the Save Undershaw campaign - even the cover has been designed by fans. Royalties from the book go towards the UPT to preserve this wonderful house for future generations of Doyleans, Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts and literary fans of all kinds. More information on the Save Undershaw campaign can be found on their website: www.saveundershaw.com.

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Tuesday, 24 April 2012

Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes Collection-5

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Sherlock Holmes Collection-5

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The book is full of adventures. Sherlock Homes is a fictional London-based detective who is famous for his logical reasoning, his ability to take on almost any disguise and his use of forensic science to solve difficult cases.

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Sunday, 22 April 2012

Coming soon: The Complete Illustrated Novels of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The sign of the Four (Engage Collection)

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The Complete Illustrated Novels of Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles and The sign of the Four (Engage Collection)

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Complete Novels of Sherlock Holmes includes A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of the Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles, and The Valley of Fear. Included are illustrations by Sidney Paget, George Hutchinson, James Greig & Charles Kerr. Holmes will need to use his various skills, including a knack at cracking ciphers, an aptitude for acting and disguise, tracking footprints, hand to hand combat, and knowledge of psychology to solve cases involving kidnapping, murder and revenge. Sherlock Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and is renowned for his skilful use of deductive reasoning, astute observation, and forensic skills to solve difficult cases. Deductive reasoning allows Holmes to impressively reveal a stranger's occupation. Similarly, by studying inanimate objects, he is able to make astonishingly detailed deductions about their owners. This mindset was a major innovation in the field of crime fiction, inspiring authors like Robert J. Sawyer, Neil Gaiman and Stephen King.

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Thursday, 19 April 2012

Coming soon: El sabueso de los Baskerville (Spanish Edition)

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El sabueso de los Baskerville (Spanish Edition)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

El sabueso de los Baskerville (The Hound of the Baskervilles), es la tercera novela de Arthur Conan Doyle que tiene como protagonista principal a Sherlock Holmes. Fue publicada por entregas en el The Strand Magazine entre 1901 y 1902. Conan Doyle escribió esta historia poco después de regresar de Sudáfrica, donde había trabajado como voluntario médico en The Langman Field Hospital en Bloemfontein. Fue asistido en el argumento por un periodista de 30 años de edad del Daily Express llamado Bertram Fletcher Robinson (1870-1907). Sus ideas provienen de la leyenda de Richard Cabell, que fue la inspiración de la leyenda de los Baskerville. Su tumba se puede ver en un pueblo llamado Buckfastleigh.

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Monday, 16 April 2012

Coming soon: The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

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The Adventures Of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This is the classic detective novel of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This book contains twelve stories of the detective work of Sherlock Holmes: - "A Scandal in Bohemia" - "The Adventure of the Red-Headed League" - "A Case of Identity" - "The Boscombe Valley Mystery" - "The Five Orange Pips" - "The Man with the Twisted Lip" - "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" - "The Adventure of the Speckled Band" - "The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb" - "The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor" - "The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet" - "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches"

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Saturday, 14 April 2012

Coming soon: Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm

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Young Sherlock Holmes: Fire Storm

by Andrew Lane

Sherlock's tutor, Crowe, and Crowe's daughter, Ginny, have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived there. Neighbours claim never to have heard of them. Sherlock begins to doubt his sanity, until a clue points him to Scotland.

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Coming soon: England's Secret Weapon: The Wartime Films of Sherlock Holmes

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England's Secret Weapon: The Wartime Films of Sherlock Holmes

by Amanda J. Field

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Monday, 9 April 2012

Coming soon: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

This is a beautifully-designed new edition of the definitive "Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Includes 12 complete short stories, comprising the best-known cases of the world's best-loved sleuth.

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Sunday, 8 April 2012

Coming soon: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Saturday, 7 April 2012

Coming soon: A Study in Scarlet: The First Sherlock Holmes Mystery

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A Study in Scarlet: The First Sherlock Holmes Mystery

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Coming soon: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Thursday, 5 April 2012

Coming soon: Detective & the Woman a Novel of Sherlock

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Detective & the Woman a Novel of Sherlock

by Amy Thomas
Irene Adler, American opera singer and the one woman who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes, finds herself a widow at thirty-two, wealthy but emotionally broken. At the same time, Sherlock Holmes finds himself unable to return to England after faking his death at Reichenbach Falls and is drawn into an investigation of two men with designs on a woman they call Miss A, who is none other than Irene Adler herself. The Detective and The Woman throw their lot in together to uncover a dangerous plot with implications that stretch across the Atlantic. In the process, they meet legendary inventor Thomas Edison and experience life in Florida at the turn of the 20th century.

Coming soon: Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock T.V. Tie in)

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Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock T.V. Tie in)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective—these tie-in editions feature introductions from the show's creators and actors
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, first published in 1894, includes the infamous "The Final Problem"—one of the author's favorite Sherlock tales and the detective's deadliest challenge. In this ultimate thriller, Sherlock meets his match: the criminal mastermind Professor Moriarty. As Moriarty pushes Sherlock to his intellectual limits, this game of cat and mouse tests not only their wits, but also their mortality.

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Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes and The Whitechapel Vampire

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Sherlock Holmes and The Whitechapel Vampire

by Dean P Turnbloom

Victorian Englands most famous consulting detective is hot on the trail of London's most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper. But in Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Vampire, Jack is a vampire and Holmes refusal to believe it could be his undoing as the two match wits in this delightfully original first novel.

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Coming soon: Holmes and Watson End Peace: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes

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Holmes and Watson End Peace: A Novel of Sherlock Holmes

by David Ruffle

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Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Jacobite Rose

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Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Jacobite Rose

by Fiona-Jane Brown

Mycroft has a missing agent; the stepdaughter of Lord Wexford Foyle wants a pearl brooch authenticated. Sherlock Holmes has little interest in either until he learns the gem is the Jacobite Rose, a royal treasure. Reading Debretts Peerage, Holmes discovers Lord Foyle has a brother who is known as a craftsman in gold. Three strange clues the drawing of a rose, fish scales and a fragment of pine resin discovered at the last known locus of the missing man begin to link the two cases. This two act play, with ten main characters, is laid out in a large format ideal for theatre groups and classrooms.

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Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes Tales from the Strangers

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Sherlock Holmes Tales from the Strangers

by David Ruffle

There is melancholy here; there are laughs, tears and numerous flights of fancy. Did I mention weirdness? The overall content of the forum is varied in the extreme, covering every aspect of the lives of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson, their careers and along the way we have set ourselves various challenges such as writing pieces on a Holmesian theme for Christmas and Easter. Many of the pieces in this collection sprang from such challenges and there were many more that could have been included, but had to be omitted for reasons of space etc. (Volume Two anyone?)

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Coming soon: Memorias de Sherlock Holmes

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Memorias de Sherlock Holmes

by SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE

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Coming soon: The Secret Archives of Sherlock Holmes

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The Secret Archives of Sherlock Holmes

by June Thomson

Murder, deception and the long shadow of Moriarty. All in a day's work for the great Sherlock Holmes. A mysterious veiled lady carries a counterfeit painting into an art dealer's office. A widow with three hands slips out of a church door. A farmer lies dead in a barn, his son accused of his murder. A skeleton with a silver locket is unearthed in a back garden. What do they have in common? The famous resident of 221b Baker Street. From the gas-lit clamour of London's streets, to the isolated Welsh countryside, the great detective Sherlock Holmes, accompanied as always by his faithful friend and biographer Dr Watson, must solve cases as complex as any he has known before, some of which bring him face to face with old enemies from the past, figures left behind in the mists of the Reichenbach Falls - A brand new cache of original cases from the brilliant imagination of June Thomson displays the master of the art of deduction at his intriguing best and proves that the game is still very much afoot.

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Coming soon: Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Flipback Edition)

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Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Flipback Edition)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

'...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth...' In this collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, we find the legendary detective at the height of his powers. Together with his faithful companion and chronicler Dr Watson, Holmes tackles twelve cases of fiendish complexity from the deadly secrets of The Speckled Band to the international intrigue that lies behind A Scandal in Bohemia. Published complete and unabridged for the first time in flipback classics, now Sherlock Holmes is always at your fingertips...

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Coming soon: Pirate King (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes)

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Pirate King (Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes)

by Laurie R King

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Coming soon: Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet

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Sherlock: A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

Sherlock show cocreator Steven Moffat provides an introduction to this first in a set of Sherlock Holmes reissues that tie in with the television series The hit series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the classic Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective. The pilot episode took as its inspiration the very first Sherlock Holmes novel, A Study in Scarlet, and this new edition will allow Sherlock fans to discover, or rediscover, the power of that classic story. This is the genre-defining work with which popular crime fiction was born. A potent mix of serial murder, suspense, cryptic clues, red herrings, and revenge, the novel introduces us to the world-famous characters of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Inspector Lestrade and sees Sherlock and Dr. Watson meet and join forces for the first time as they track a mysterious killer that stalks London's streets. In addition to the original text, this edition also has an introduction by Steven Moffat, who tells how it inspired the script for his episode.

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Coming soon: Sherlock: The Sign of Four (Sherlock T.V. Tie in)

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Sherlock: The Sign of Four (Sherlock T.V. Tie in)

by Arthur Conan Doyle

The series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective—these tie-in editions feature introductions from the show's creators and actors

Sherlock and Dr Watson receive a visit from Mary Morsten, who offers up a particularly cryptic puzzle for them to solve. Her father went missing six years ago, and since then, she has received a pearl for every year he has not reappeared. Now, the treasure's sender has requested a meeting, and Mary would like Sherlock and Watson to accompany her. Finding the mystery benefactor is only the start of this adventure that puts Sherlock and Watson hot on the trail of cold-blooded killers and thieves—and a lost Indian fortune.

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Coming soon: The Plot Against Sherlock Holmes

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The Plot Against Sherlock Holmes

by Gary Lovisi

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Coming soon: The Return of Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis Lives Again (Pegasus Crime)

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The Return of Moriarty: Sherlock Holmes' Nemesis Lives Again (Pegasus Crime)

by John Gardner

The novel that reintroduced the Napoleon of crime to the Victorian underworld—now back in print after almost forty years.

Once again, the game is afoot . . .

What really happened in Switzerland between Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes in 1891? And why is Holmes, now in London at 221B Baker Street, curiously uncooperative with Scotland Yard's inquiries? Furthermore, why has Moriarty planned a grand meeting with the international crime syndicate? These are the questions that make up the larger mystery of the sinister Professor Moriarty's return.

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Coming soon: Pocket Posh Sherlock Holmes: 100 Puzzles & Quizzes

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Pocket Posh Sherlock Holmes: 100 Puzzles & Quizzes

by The Puzzle Society

Pocket Posh Sherlock Holmes is an engaging and stylish collection of brain-teasing puzzles and quizzes for fans of the endearing detective famous for his astute logical reasoning, his ability to take on almost any disguise, and his forensic science skills for solving difficult cases.

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Coming soon: The Lost Casebooks of Sherlock Holmes: Thee Volumes of Detection and Suspense (Pegasus Crime)

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The Lost Casebooks of Sherlock Holmes: Thee Volumes of Detection and Suspense (Pegasus Crime)

by Donald Thomas

A stunning new omnibus to fulfill the appetite of every fan of Sherlock Holmes—three volumes of mystery and deduction from a master of the form.

In these sixteen tales of intellectual derring-do, Sherlock Holmes is shown at the height of his powers: he co-operates with a young Winston Churchill in the famed siege of Sydney Street; helps defeat a plan for a German invasion outlined in the Zimmerman Telegram; establishes a link between two missing lighthouse keepers and the royal treasures of King John; contends with a supernatural curse placed upon an eccentric aristocrat; and discovers a lost epic poem of Lord Byron.

Everywhere in these finely wrought tales, encompassing the critically acclaimed The Execution of Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes and the King's Evil, and Sherlock Holmes and the Ghosts of Bly, riddles and mystery hover in the air. But they are not beyond the grasp of the incomparable Sherlock Holmes.

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Coming soon: Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula: Revised and Updated 2nd Edition

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Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula: Revised and Updated 2nd Edition

by Stephen Seitz

After Mina Murray asks Sherlock Holmes to locate her fiancee, Holmes and Watson travel to a land far eerier than the moors they had known when pursuing the Hound of the Baskervilles. The confrontation with Count Dracula threatens Holmes' health, his sanity, and his life. Will Holmes survive his battle with Count Dracula?

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Coming soon: Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

A Sherlock tie-in edition of Conan Doyle's first collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, with an introduction by show cocreator Mark Gatiss
In this new edition of Conan Doyle's first collection of short stories, Mark Gatiss explains how these gripping tales inspired and influenced the new series. This collection contains 12 short stories first published in the Strand magazine between 1891 and 1892, and then published as a collection in October 1892. It includes some of Conan Doyle's best tales of murder and mystery, such as "The Adventures of the Speckled Band," in which the strange last words of a dying woman "It was the band, the speckled band!" and an inexplicable whistling in the night are the only clues Sherlock Holmes has to prevent another murder; and "The Five Orange Pips," in which an untimely death and the discovery of the letter containing five orange pips lead to a cross-Atlantic conspiracy.

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Coming soon: Rebel Fire (Sherlock Holmes: the Legend Begins)

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Rebel Fire (Sherlock Holmes: the Legend Begins)

by Andrew Lane

Fourteen-year-old Sherlock Holmes knows that Amyus Crowe, his mysterious American tutor, has some dark secrets. But he didn't expect to find John Wilkes Booth, the notorious assassin, apparently alive and well in England—and Crowe somehow mixed up in it. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have to risk all to discover it for yourself. And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock across the Atlantic, to the center of a deadly web—where a friend is in peril and a defeated army threatens to rise again.

Andrew Lane's exciting second case for the teenage Sherlock leads the young detective to America, straight into the heart of a shocking conspiracy.

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Coming soon: Pirate King: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

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Pirate King: A novel of suspense featuring Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes

by Laurie R. King

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In England's young silent-film industry, the megalomaniacal Randolph Fflytte is king. But rumors of criminal activities swirl around his popular movie studio. At the request of Scotland Yard, Mary Russell travels undercover to the set of Fflytte's latest cinematic extravaganza, Pirate King. Based on Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance, the project will either set the standard for moviemaking for a generation . . . or sink a boatload of careers.

As the company starts rehearsals in Lisbon, the thirteen blond-haired, blue-eyed actresses whom Mary is chaperoning meet the swarm of real buccaneers Fflytte has recruited to provide authenticity. But when the crew embarks for Morocco and the actual filming, Russell senses ominous currents of trouble: a derelict boat, a film crew with many secrets, decks awash with budding romance—and now the pirates are ignoring Fflytte and answering only to their outlaw leader. Where can Sherlock Holmes be? As movie make-believe becomes true terror, Russell and Holmes themselves may experience a final fadeout.

Features Laurie R. King's short story, Beekeepers for Beginners, previously available only as an eBook!

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Coming soon: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Qualitas Classics)

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Qualitas Classics)

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes presents the ultimate detective stories. Holmes is likely the world's best known fictional detective. Operating in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, he was a brilliant consulting detective, operating out of his home base on Baker Street in London, England. Holmes is famous for his powers of observation and deduction. He could always be called upon to crack the most difficult cases with the able assistance of his steady side-kick, Dr. Watson, who narrates the stories. This publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is part of the Qualitas Classics Fireside Series, where pure, ageless classics are presented in clean, easy to read reprints. For a complete list of titles, see: http://www.qualitaspublishing.com

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