Sherlock Holmes Beastly Mysteries

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes -- Beastly Mysteries written by Lyn McConchie and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyn McConchie again carries the reader back to the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, this time with two Beastly Mysteries. When Lord Temberton opens an Anglo-Saxon barrow and finds a securely locked Elizabethan chest seven mummified penguins placed around it in a circle, it is to Sherlock Holmes that he turns for answers. Is this sabotage? A practical joke? Or something more sinister? Holmes, together with Watson, must unravel the journeys of an Antarctic traveler, the family history of an old lady, and discover the mind and motive behind this bizarre interment. A fourteen-year-old boy is missing. Could he have run away or is there a more dire reason for his disappearance? The lad's grandfather begs Holmes for help, but he is engaged on an urgent case for a Lady of Royal Blood, so Holmes sends his faithful Watson in his stead. The supposedly peaceful countryside harbors a multitude of criminals, but there is no trace of the missing boy. Only Holmes can put together the clues that lead to a desperate search and a shocking revelation!

Download or read book The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009-07-30 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the last twelve stories Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. They reflect the disillusioned world of the 1920s and also include some of the wittiest passages in the series.

Download or read book Beastly Bones written by William Ritter and published by Algonquin Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second installment of the New York Times bestselling series, detective of the supernatural R.F. Jackaby and his assistant Abigail Rook follow a case to a paleontological dig site in nearby Gad's Valley on the trail of a thief, a monster, and a murderer. In 1892, New Fiddleham, New England, things are never quite what they seem, especially when Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, are called upon to investigate the supernatural. First vicious shape-shifters disguise themselves as a litter of kittens, and a day later, their owner is found murdered. Then in nearby Gad’s Valley, bones from a recent dig mysteriously go missing, and an unidentifiable beast starts attacking animals and people, leaving mangled bodies behind. Charlie calls on Abigail for help, and soon Abigail and Jackaby are on the hunt—for a thief, a monster, and a murderer.

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes: Strange Events written by Lyn McConchie and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now you see them, now you don’t ... Where is the missing mother? And the omnibus with nine occupants? In Strange Events, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson return in two bizarre and chilling tales by the ingenious Lyn McConchie. How can an omnibus with eight passengers and a driver simply vanish into thin air? The newspapers are full of speculation, and the police are clueless. Maurice Jepson’s wife Thelma was on the missing omnibus, and in desperation, he turns to Holmes and Watson. Their investigations lead them from the omnibus’s last route into unsavory gambling hells, where all is not as it seems. And when the body of one of the passengers is discovered in a vacant plot of land, the race is on to save the others! Mrs. Martha Bewden left for a holiday, placing her legal affairs in the hands of her elder daughter, Heather. But two months have passed without a letter or any word, and her younger daughter Dorothy is growing concerned. Where is her mother? And why hasn’t she written or returned home? Holmes and Watson’s search for the missing woman carries them to the quaint villages of Cornwall and the bleak wilds of Dartmoor, where danger and horror await!

Download or read book A Brief History of Sherlock Holmes written by Nigel Cawthorne and published by Robinson Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The complete guide to the world's most famous dectective"--Cover.

Download or read book Jackaby written by William Ritter and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Miss Rook, I am not an occultist,” Jackaby said. “I have a gift that allows me to see truth where others see the illusion--and there are many illusions. All the world’s a stage, as they say, and I seem to have the only seat in the house with a view behind the curtain.” A Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Book of 2014 Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job,Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial killer is on the loose. The police are convinced it’s an ordinary villain, but Jackaby is certain it’s a nonhuman creature, whose existence the police--with the exception of a handsome young detective named Charlie Cane--deny. Doctor Who meets Sherlock in a debut novel, the first in a series, brimming with cheeky humor and a dose of the macabre. “The rich world of this debut demands sequels.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Download or read book Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #33 written by Janice Law and published by Wildside Press. This book was released on 2024-06-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine #33 presents new tales by modern writers, great nonfiction, as well as classic Holmes adventures. In this issue: FEATURES FROM WATSON’S NOTEBOOKS, by John H Watson, M.D. ASK MRS HUDSON, by (Mrs) Martha Hudson SCREEN OF THE CRIME, by Kim Newman NON-FICTION SIX DEGREES OF TENTACULAR SEPARATION, by Elizabeth Crowens NEW FICTION THE ADVENTURE OF THE DURHAM MONOGRAPH, by Robert Dawson THE CASE OF THE DIRTY PAWS, by J.M. Walker LONG SHOT, by Hal Charles CAPTAIN DAYLIGHT, by Andrew Salmon ONE NIGHT AT MCGUFFIN’S TAVERN, by Teel James Glenn THE ADVENTURE OF THE TWO GUINEAS, by Michael Mallory THE HOLMES IMPERSONATOR ON THE BOARDS, by Janice Law THE MAN WHO SLIPPED BETWEEN, by Dennis Maulsby THE ADVENTURE OF THE IRON ELEPHANT, by Jim Robb CLASSIC SHERLOCK HOLMES THE ADVENTURE OF THE THREE STUDENTS, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle