Download or read book The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume 3 written by Orlando Pearson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume III of THE REDACTED SHERLOCK HOLMES presents six more scintillating stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson about the great Baker Street detective. Holmes investigates: - Alarming events at the medical practice next door to Dr Watson; - Missing autograph manuscripts in Fascist Italy; - Climate change and a mysterious birth in London in 1894/95; - Tax evasion by the London Softwear Company; - The role of cricket in the rise of Hitler; and - A Kafkaesque plot which foreshadows the banking crash of 2007/08 Mr Pearson mixes the Canon with events from history both very recent and from earlier epochs to show-case the talents of the Baker Street sleuth. In this latest volume: - Dr Anstruther's Practice; - The Red Priest's Treasure Trove; - A Seasonal Tale; - A Dutch Sandwich; - A New Line of Attack; and - The Trial of Joseph Carr
Download or read book The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume 4 written by Orlando Pearson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five more sizzlingly scandalous Sherlock Holmes stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson - The Baron of Wimbledon: Holmes averts an injustice and makes a dramatic self-discovery - On Consistent Luck: What an enables an industry to enjoy constant good fortune? Sherlock Holmes shows how - Variations on an Enigma: Holmes unravels one Enigma and analyses another - A Study in Red, White and Blue: A diplomatic coup after a divisive vote on a European Alliance - The Hounding of Peers Baskerville: Is the Hound back on Dartmoor? Holmes and Watson investigate Mr Pearson mixes the canon with elite sport, business high jinks, a musical mystery, a literary mystery, Realpolitik and, in The Hounding of Peer Baskerville rolls the most famous of all detective stories on twenty years. A must for traditionalists, lovers of mystery, and anyone who likes a rattling good read.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Sherlock Complete Set 3 written by Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Review. This book was released on 2012-03-01 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart'. Scandal, treachery and crime are rife in Old London Town. A king blackmailed by his mistress, dark dealings in Opium dens, stolen jewels, a missing bride - these are cases so fiendishly complex that only the great Sherlock Holmes would dare to investigate. For he, and he alone, has the extraordinary faculty of perception and almost unhuman energy which could solve them ...
Download or read book A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes Stories written by Jay Ganguly and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2021-09-28 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are no strangers to peculiar cases. Be it the dilemma of an Indian princess on the run, perfectly healthy people dropping dead as divine punishment, being challenged to a duel, a heartbroken and suicidal young man, a beautiful woman claiming to be Mrs. Holmes, a little boy who loves his dog, an old Scottish ghost that traditionally haunts husbands of pregnant women - there is very little they haven't seen (and solved). But, besides regular adventures, there are quite a few questions - Where was Holmes during the Great Hiatus? How was Sherlock Holmes as a child? Who was ‘the most repellent man'? What happened after ‘The Five Orange Pips’? What ingenious crime did Holmes solve by observing ‘the depth which the parsley had sunk into the butter upon a hot day’? A Continuum of Sherlock Holmes brings together a baker’s dozen of such stories. These are all traditional-style pastiches published in various anthologies from 2015 - 2020, including the MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories. Jayantika Ganguly, better known as Jay, is an international Sherlockian from India who believes there can never be enough Sherlockian stories.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes The Whitechapel Vampire written by Dean P. Turnbloom and published by Jaico Publishing House. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jack the Ripper is on the loose, terrorizing the streets of London’s seamy East End In this fast-paced novel set in the Victorian London, a string of heinous murders in London’s East End has Inspector Abberline of Scotland Yard baffled and his boss, Commissioner Sir Charles Warren furious that no arrests have been made of the culprit the newspapers have dubbed “Jack the Ripper”. With pressure for an arrest mounting, a reluctant Abberline calls on Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson for assistance. Using a combination of intuition, luck, and good old-fashioned police work, the trail they follow leads them directly to Baron Antonio Barlucci. The wealthy Italian financier is a long time family friend of Sir Charles and a ruthless vampire. His trail of blood stretches from Paris to London and if he’s not captured soon an innocent young Italian immigrant will swing from the gallows for a murder he didn’t commit. The baron, though, has other plans. He’s come to London to enlist the aid of a young American, Dr Alan Tremaine, to cure his vampirism. To complicate matters, the baron has fallen in love with Sir Charles's niece, Abigail Drake. Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts, “Jack the Ripper” aficionados and fans of old school vampires will find something to love in this meticulously researched novel that dares cross multiple genres. DEAN TURNBLOOM was born in southern Indiana in 1954. Seventh child of a coal miner, he joined the US Navy in 1973, where he served for thirty years.
Download or read book Memoirs from Mrs Hudson s Kitchen written by Wendy Heyman-Marsaw and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs. Hudson is possibly the most famous landlady in literature. Presiding over the comings and goings at 221B Baker Street, she saw many clients, villains and Baker Street Irregulars during the tenancy of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. This series of columns, thoughts, recipes and memoirs are from a long-running column in the Sherlockian journal Canadian Holmes. In it the author, Wendy Heyman-Marsaw, puts herself in Mrs. Hudson's shoes, up and down the 17 steps, and recounts not only the time and era but the food, dining and eating habits of Victorian England. This book explores the meals Mrs. Hudson would have prepared and served her two famous lodgers, what food they would have had while on rail journeys or eaten at hotels around London or inns around England. You will also learn about Mrs. Hudson herself, her husband and even her views towards women's roles and rights in Victorian times. With many illustrations from the Strand Magazine, readers will get a rare peek inside Victorian life.
Download or read book The Redacted Sherlock Holmes written by Orlando Pearson and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: VOLUME III of THE REDACTED SHERLOCK HOLMES presents six more scintillating stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson about the great Baker Street detective. Holmes investigates: - Alarming events at the medical practice next door to Dr Watson; - Missing autograph manuscripts in Fascist Italy; - Climate change and a mysterious birth in London in 1894/95; - Tax evasion by the London Softwear Company; - The role of cricket in the rise of Hitler; and - A Kafkaesque plot which foreshadows the banking crash of 2007/08 Mr Pearson mixes the Canon with events from history both very recent and from earlier epochs to show-case the talents of the Baker Street sleuth. In this latest volume: - Dr Anstruther's Practice; - The Red Priest's Treasure Trove; - A Seasonal Tale; - A Dutch Sandwich; - A New Line of Attack; and - The Trial of Joseph Carr More information on other stories in The Redacted Sherlock Holmes series can be found at www.OrlandoPearson.com.
Download or read book Sherlock Holmes and the Whitechapel Murders written by Mark Sohn and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-02-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the year 1888. A madman stalks the East End of London and only Sherlock Holmes and his trusted colleague and scribe Dr. John Watson stand between him and the women he preys upon. However, the World's first Consulting Detective is plunged into a web of intrigue and deceit. Is Jack the Ripper acting alone? Is there a conspiracy to murder fallen women in Whitechapel? How far must Holmes go to stop it? Add a plot to steal the most famous jewels in existence and a sinister figure known only as 'The Professor' and you have more than one mystery to be solved...
Download or read book The Adventure of the Coal Tar Derivative written by Steven Philip Jones and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2022-02-09 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Holmes and Watson’s exploits during the Great Hiatus are revealed in a series of short stories and novellas. These adventures include how they separately helped stop the Moriarities from starting a world war and using a legendary stone to destroy London. Also revealed are the facts behind the Giant Rat of Sumatra and Holmes’s encounter with Jack the Ripper.
Download or read book Finding Casey written by Jo-Ann Mapson and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glory Vigil, newly married, unexpectedly pregnant at 41, is nesting in the home she and her husband Joseph have just moved to in Santa Fe, a house that unknown to them is rumored to have a resident ghost. Their adopted daughter Juniper is home from college for Thanksgiving and in love for the very first time, quickly learning how a relationship changes everything. But Juniper has a tiny arrow lodged in her heart, a leftover shard from the day eight years earlier when her sister Casey disappeared-in a time before she'd ever met Glory and Joseph. When a fieldwork course takes Juniper to a pueblo only a few hours away, she finds herself right back in the past she thought she'd finally buried.A love story, a family story, a story of searching and the bond between sisters, Finding Casey is a testament to human resilience.
Download or read book Jeremy Brett is Sherlock Holmes written by MAUREEN. WHITTAKER and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Holmes could be rude, impatient, abrupt, and his intolerance of fools was legendary. I tried to show all this, all of the man's incredible brilliance. But there are some cracks in Holmes's marble, as in an almost-perfect Rodin statue. And I tried to show that, too. It's difficult for me to say what I may have given to the image of Holmes. Faithful to Conan Doyle's text, certainly. Also, I've tried to bring out the emotion that is there in Holmes. On the surface he seems a cold, sometimes dark, rather off-putting figure. But deeper down, I think, he's a man of feeling." Jeremy Jeremy Brett is still recognised as the most celebrated incarnation of Sherlock Holmes which he presented for ten years. Jeremy delighted viewers with his dashing, arrogant, moody interpretation of the most popular famous detective he brought a brooding intensity to his finest role - one of disturbing power. He is still called the definitive Sherlock Holmes. Important Note: This book is an extract from the 468 page biography, 'Jeremy Brett - Playing a Part' - this book contains the Sherlock Holmes section only. If you already have the full book then there is minimal additional content here. We wanted, however, to make a Sherlock Holmes specific version available.
Download or read book The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume 4 written by Orlando Pearson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five more sizzlingly scandalous Sherlock Holmes stories from the pen of Orlando Pearson - The Baron of Wimbledon: Holmes averts an injustice and makes a dramatic self-discovery - On Consistent Luck: What an enables an industry to enjoy constant good fortune? Sherlock Holmes shows how - Variations on an Enigma: Holmes unravels one Enigma and analyses another - A Study in Red, White and Blue: A diplomatic coup after a divisive vote on a European Alliance - The Hounding of Peers Baskerville: Is the Hound back on Dartmoor? Holmes and Watson investigate Mr Pearson mixes the canon with elite sport, business high jinks, a musical mystery, a literary mystery, Realpolitik and, in The Hounding of Peer Baskerville rolls the most famous of all detective stories on twenty years. A must for traditionalists, lovers of mystery, and anyone who likes a rattling good read.
Download or read book The Adventure of the Speckled Band written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-08-31 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sherlock Holmes, the world's “only unofficial consulting detective”, was first introduced to readers in A Study in Scarlet published by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in 1887. It was with the publication of The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, however, that the master sleuth grew tremendously in popularity, later to become one of the most beloved literary characters of all time. In this book series, the short stories comprising The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes have been amusingly illustrated using only Lego® brand minifigures and bricks. The illustrations recreate, through custom designed Lego models, the composition of the black and white drawings by Sidney Paget that accompanied the original publication of these adventures appearing in The Strand Magazine from July 1891 to June 1892. Paget's iconic illustrations are largely responsible for the popular image of Sherlock Holmes, including his deerstalker cap and Inverness cape, details never mentioned in the writings of Conan Doyle. This uniquely illustrated collection, which features some of the most famous and enjoyable cases investigated by Sherlock Holmes and his devoted friend and biographer Dr. John H. Watson, including A Sandal in Bohemia and The Red-Headed League, is sure to delight Lego enthusiasts, as well as fans of the Great Detective, both old and new. LEGO® is a trademark of the LEGO Group of Companies. The LEGO Group has not been involved in nor has it in any other way licensed or authorised the publication of this book. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND: A distraught young woman named Helen Stoner arrives at Baker Street early one morning to ask Sherlock Holmes for help as she fears that her life is being threatened by her stepfather, Dr. Grimesby Roylott. At Stoke Moran, the estate where Miss Stoner and her stepfather live, Holmes carefully inspects the recent, but unnecessary, repairs to the manor-house and in doing so exposesamurderous plot.
Download or read book The Vanishing Stair written by Maureen Johnson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestseller! In New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson’s second novel in the Truly Devious series, there are more twists and turns than Stevie Bell can imagine. No answer is given freely, and someone will pay for the truth with their life. The Truly Devious case—an unsolved kidnapping and triple murder that rocked Ellingham Academy in 1936—has consumed Stevie for years. It’s the very reason she came to the academy. But then her classmate was murdered, and her parents quickly pull her out of school. For her safety, they say. She must move past this obsession with crime. Stevie’s willing to do anything to get back to Ellingham, be back with her friends, and solve the Truly Devious case. Even if it means making a deal with the despicable Senator Edward King. And when Stevie finally returns, she also returns to David: the guy she kissed, and the guy who lied about his identity—Edward King’s son. But larger issues are at play. Where did the murderer hide? What’s the meaning of the riddle Albert Ellingham left behind? And what, exactly, is at stake in the Truly Devious affair? The Ellingham case isn’t just a piece of history—it’s a live wire into the present. * Junior Library Guild Selection * Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2019 * Hypable's Best Books of 2019 * Praise for Book One: “The Agatha Christie-like ecosystem pairs with lacerating contemporary wit, and alternating past and present scenes makes for a multilayered, modern detective story.” —New York Times Book Review “Remember the first time reading Harry Potter and knowing it was special? There’s that same sense of magic in the introduction of teen Sherlock-in-training Stevie Bell.” —USA Today (four stars) “Be still, my Agatha-Christie-loving beating heart.” —Bustle
Download or read book The Book of Tells written by Peter Collett and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TELL IS AN ACTION THAT TELLS YOU WHAT SOMEONE IS THINKING, EVEN IF THAT PERSON DOESN'T KNOW IT THEMSELVES. AND TELLS ARE HIGHLY INFORMATIVEa The way you stand when you're talking to others, how you move your feet, your hands, your eyes - even your eyebrows - says a lot about your commitment to a conversation and your underlying attitude. Your actions and stance can also affect how long you get to talk and how often you get interrupted. Even when you're seated, the position of your arms and legs provides a wealth of information about your mood and intentions, showing whether you feel dominant or submissive, preoccupied or bored. But Tells aren't confined merely to conversations; when you are alone you are constantly shifting your body - and each movement, each gesture provides clues about your state of mind. In this illuminating book, Peter Collett, social psychologist, former Oxford don and Big Brother's resident psychologist, introduces us to the fascinating concept of Tells, showing how they work, where they come from and how to identify and iterpret them. Whilst sentizing readers to the motives and actions of other people, this invaluable guide also focuses on the messages that we unwittingly send, and the impact that these might have on those around us. Comprehensive and accessible in its approach, and written in the tradition of the international bestseller, Manwatching, THE BOOK OF TELLS offers a new, unifying vocabulary for understanding human communication and social influence - and a unique opportunity to read yourself, and others.
Download or read book The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume 6 written by Orlando Pearson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2020-07-13 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Orlando Pearson presents five more scandalously entertaining stories in his well-known Redacted Sherlock Holmes series - A Perilous Engagement: Mycroft Holmes and a Whitehall whitewash; - Death at Tennis: The hunt for the lady who fled the ball; - An Encirclement Thwarted: Espionage work at the outbreak of World War I; - The Sorceress and the Sea-Lord: A financial scandal and a familiar discovery; and - De Profundis: Holmes and Watson at the worst place on earth in 1945 Pearson mixes the Great Baker Street detective with history both familiar and unfamiliar to deliver his customary heady brew of Holmesiana.
Download or read book The Redacted Sherlock Holmes Volume 2 written by Orlando Pearson and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2016-06-29 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume II of the Redacted Sherlock Holmes presents more stories manifestly too scandalous to publish in the lifetime of the Great Baker Street detective. Here we meet Sherlock Holmes as he investigates: - why the publication of a British Government report of a recent war is being delayed; - the continued career of James Windibank, villain of A Case of Identity; - the mystery behind the commissioner of a musical masterpiece; - a notorious killing in 1930's Berlin; and - the complex relationship between Queen Victoria, her family and her domestic servants. Finally, The Adventure of the Fourth Messenger elucidates the contribution of Sherlock Holmes to the writing of the Bible. Mr Pearson mixes canonical stories, history and speculation to produce a sensationally entertaining brew which all lovers of serious sleuthing will find themselves unable to put down. In this volume: - The Alcock Report - The Camberwell Tyrant - An Anonymous Commission - The German Interpreter - The Prince and the Munshi - The Adventure of the Fourth messenger
