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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes: The French Conundrum

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes: The French Conundrum

Sherlock Holmes Magazine A cross-continent mystery featuring a host of characters, including C Auguste Dupin. The plot involves assassination attempts, a journey on the Orient Express and a ruthless criminal mastermind.     The Sinister House series is available on this site and; Amazon USA       Barnes and Noble     Amazon UK     Kindle About This Book: Sinister House Book 2 Sherlock Holmes, his trusted friend, Dr. John Watson, and Sherlock’s older brother, Mycroft, had successfully unraveled a devious plot to assassinate Prince Edward Albert, Prince of Wales. With the aid of a colorful assortment of associates, Holmes and...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes Five Miles of Country

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Sherlock Holmes Five Miles of Country

Sherlock Holmes Magazine In 1896, Holmes meets Edison at the dawn of moving pictures. Murder, ghosts and mystery intertwine as Holmes and Watson navigate New York's diverse landscape alongside police chief Theodore Roosevelt. Reedsy The novel offers a fresh take on so many stock Holmes elements that could have been stale; for fans and others it is a pleasurable read.   The third in the Rachel Holmes series available from this site and also: Amazon USA    Barnes and Noble   Amazon UK The year is 1896. Sherlock Holmes meets Thomas Edison. At the dawn of Cinema, a beautiful Broadway danseuse...

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Mary Watson In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes

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Sherlock Book Reviews - Mary Watson In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Magazine In the late nineteenth-century London, beneath the glitz lay social turmoil. Mary Watson, inspired by her husband and Sherlock Holmes, battles injustice and aids the vulnerable.   Mary Watson: In The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes is available from this site and also from:   Amazon USA     Barnes and Noble    Amazon UK About This Book: London, end of the century, the capital of the largest empire of the world: a sprawling city populated by millions of people. Yet not all that glitters is gold. Behind, or rather beneath the lights and extravagance, the theaters and music,...

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Sherlock Books Generate Over 700 Meals for ShareTheMeal

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Sherlock Books Generate Over 700 Meals for ShareTheMeal

We're delighted to confirm that since we began donating a meal for every book bought on this website, we have now passed 700 meals donated.  We encourage all others with online shops to do the same. It's a way for every customer that uses your shop to make a difference to those in need. The ShareTheMeal program has now passed over 200 million meals.     Our co-founder, Steve Emecz, has been an external advisory council member for the last seven years for the WFP Innovation Accelerator in Munich. He's participated in many bootcamps and innovation nights as well as mentoring several...

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Book Review - Adventures of a Teenage Detective

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Book Review - Adventures of a Teenage Detective

Sherlock Holmes Society of London  The subtitle identifies the target readership of this graphic novel. It’s set in the present day, though it begins with a flashback to the terrible event that led to Violet’s being adopted as his daughter by Sherlock Holmes. The story proper begins with Violet’s first day at school after years of home tutoring. It becomes evident that Sherlock had rather special reasons for choosing Bardle School, where break-ins have occurred, computer equipment has been stolen, some pupils and a teacher appear to be engaged in secret activities, and the headmaster has some sort of a...

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