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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Written by Katie on 09/09/2010 — 1 Comment

Genre: Mystery/crime Addition: Paperback (own copy) Rating: 4/5 Synopsis: This is a series of short stories about a detective Sherlock Holmes, and his assistant, Dr. Watson. The detective is at the height of his powers and the volume is full of famous cases, including ‘The Red-Headed League, ‘ ‘The Blue Carbuncle, ‘ and ‘The Speckled [...]

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Teaser Tuesday! (3)

Written by Katie on 06/07/2010 — 8 Comments

This is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading. It is easy to join in, just follow these guidelines: Grab your current read Open to a random page Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t [...]

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Sherlock Holmes and the Brighton Pavilion Mystery by Val Andrews

Written by Katie on 30/01/2010 — Leave a Comment

This novel sees Val Andrews writing a Sherlock Holmes mystery. In this book Holmes comes out of retirement and solves a murder in Brighton. A woman has gone missing and a man has mysterious turned up at the Royal Pavilion but there are no signs of forced entry. The police are clueless and as a [...]

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