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Author
Series
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
"On the 150th anniversary of Sherlock Holmes's birthday comes the most important Sherlock Holmes publication in four decades, edited by one of the world's formost Sherlockian authorities, Leslie S. Klinger - a book that will appeal to every reader and lover of great literature. Those new to the famous detective will appreciate Klinger's clear presentation of the renowned stories in the original published order, while experienced Sherlockians will...
62) The game
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.5 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
It’s only the second day of 1924, but Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes, find themselves embroiled in intrigue. It starts with a New Year’s visit from Holmes’s brother Mycroft, who comes bearing a strange package containing the papers of an English spy named Kimball O’Hara—the same Kimball known to the world through Kipling’s famed Kim. Inexplicably, O’Hara withdrew from the “Great...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In Nicholas Meyer's The Return of the Pharaoh, Sherlock Holmes returns in an adventure that takes him to Egypt in search of a missing nobleman, a previously undiscovered pharaoh's tomb, and a conspiracy that threatens his very life. With his international bestseller, The Seven Per Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes that reinvigorated the world's interest in the first consulting detective....
Author
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"1894. The monstrous Hound of the Baskervilles has been dead for five years, along with its no less monstrous owner, the naturalist Jack Stapleton. Sir Henry Baskerville is living contentedly at Baskerville Hall with his new wife Audrey and their young son Harry. Until, that is, Audrey's lifeless body is found on the moors, drained of blood. It would appear some fiendish creature is once more at large on Dartmoor and has, like its predecessor, targeted...
65) Mr. Holmes
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In 1947, an aging Sherlock Holmes returns from a journey to Japan, where, in search of a rare plant with powerful restorative qualities, he has witnessed the devastation of nuclear warfare. Now, in his remote seaside farmhouse, Holmes faces the end of his days, with only the company of his housekeeper and her young son, Roger. Grappling with the diminishing powers of his mind, Holmes comes to rely upon the boy as he revisits the circumstances of the...
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A contemporary take on the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes who investigates crimes in modern-day New York City as a consultant to the NYPD and is assisted by Joan Watson, a former surgeon, who is hired by Holmes' wealthy father to help keep the eccentric detective sober.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"With the international bestseller The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, Nicholas Meyer brought to light a previously unpublished case of Sherlock Holmes, as recorded by Dr. John H. Watson. Now Meyer returns with a shocking discovery-an unknown case drawn from a recently unearthed Watson journal. January 1905: Holmes and Watson are summoned by Holmes' brother Mycroft to undertake a clandestine investigation. An agent of the British Secret Service has been...
68) Arrowood
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
1895: London's scared. A killer haunts the city's streets. The poor are hungry; crime bosses are taking control; the police force stretched to breaking point. While the rich turn to Sherlock Holmes, the celebrated private detective rarely visits the densely populated streets of South London, where the crimes are sleazier and the people are poorer. In a dark corner of Southwark, victims turn to a man who despises Holmes, his wealthy clientele and his...
Author
Series
The Cthulhu casebooks volume 1
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Autumn 1880: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson investigate mysterious deaths-by-starvation in London's Shadwell district.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"The three gables": A woman calls for an investigation after she is offered a lot of money to sell her estate. "The dying detective": A woman is convinced that her cousin is putting her family in jeopardy. "The golden pince-nez": Scotland Yard is troubled with a murder investigation and no promising leads. "The red circle": Holmes and Watson are called upon by the landlady of a rooming house who is afraid one of her tenants is up to no good. "The...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"The Hound of the Baskervilles is the tale of an incient curse suddenly given a terrifying modern application. The grey towers of Baskerville Hall and the wild open country of Dartmoor hold many secrets for Holmes and Watson to unravel. The detective is contemptuous of supernatural manifestations, but the reader will remain perpetually haunted by the hound from the moor"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Roca Editorial
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Arsène Lupin is involved in two robberies and a scam. The three victims decide to get together and call Herlock Sholmès to travel from London and put things in their place. Sholmès discovers three secrets that are about to lose Lupine: the hidden tunnels through which he moves, the pseudonym under which he lives among honest people, and his passionate love for the daughter of the architect Destange. But the tables turn and Lupine not only manages...
80) Holmes & Watson
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a mysterious murder at Buckingham Palace. It seems like an open-and-shut case as all signs point to Professor James Moriarty, the criminal mastermind and longtime nemesis of the crime-solving duo. When new twists and clues begin to emerge, the world's greatest sleuth and his trusted assistant must now use their legendary wits and ingenious methods to catch the killer before the...
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