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Secret Letters

Leah Scheier · 327 pages

Sixteen-year-old Dora travels to London to meet Sherlock Holmes, who might be her biological father, and ask his help for her cousin who is being blackmailed over some stolen letters, but although Holmes dies before she arrives, a handsome young detective comes to Dora's aid.

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The Dragon Turn

Shane Peacock · 242 pages

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Good Night, Mr. Holmes

Carole Nelson Douglas · 286 pages

Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, is given a life of her own in this first of a series. Her talent for detection is called upon, not her singing, as she rescues handsome barrister Godfrey Norton, and "duels" with Mr. Holmes himself.

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Mrs Hudson and the Spirits' Curse

Martin Davies · 320 pages

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Murder on Cold Street

Sherry Thomas · 344 pages

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The Chess Queen Enigma

Colleen Gleason · 357 pages

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that's been missing for centuries. But when the letter--which will heal a centuries-old rift between England and the Betrovians--is stolen out from unde

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The Fall

Annelie Wendeberg · 320 pages

When Anna Kronberg wakes up to a gun pressed to her head and learns that her father has been taken captive and held hostage by Professor James Moriarty, she determines to put things right.

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The Mangle Street Murders

M.R.C. Kasasian · 352 pages

1882. London is at its murkiest yet most vibrant, wealthiest yet most poverty-stricken. No sooner does March Middleton arrive to live with her guardian, Sidney Grice, than a case presents itself: a young woman has been brutally murdered, and her husband is the only suspect. The victim's mother is convinced of her son-in-law's innocence, and March is so touched by her pleas she offers to cover Sidn

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Art in the Blood

Bonnie MacBird · 313 pages

1888. After a disasterous Ripper investigation, Holmes sinks into a deep depression. Watson can do nothing to help his friend, but an encoded letter from the French singer, Emmeline La Victoire, rekindles the detective's interest. The singer's illegitimate son, Emil, who is 10, has disappeared, and may have been kidnapped. As Holmes and Watson travel to Paris, they discover that Emil's fa

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Clockwork Angel

Cassandra Clare · 489 pages

When Tessa Gray crosses the ocean to find her brother in Victorian England, something terrifying is waiting for her in London's Downworld. Kidnapped by the mysterious Dark sisters, who are members of a secret organization called the Pandemonium club, Tessa soon learns that she has the power to transform into another person. The Magister, the shadowy figure who runs the club, will stop at nothing t

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The House of Silk

Anthony Horowitz · 312 pages

For the first time in its one-hundred-and-twenty-five-year history, the Arthur Conan Doyle Estate has authorized a new Sherlock Holmes novel. Once again, THE GAME’S AFOOT… London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap – a wanted criminal who seems to have fo

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Ghostly Echoes

William Ritter · 340 pages

Jenny Cavanaugh, the ghostly landlord of 826 Augur Lane, has enlisted the services of her detective-agency tenants to solve a decade-old murder--her own. Abigail Rook and her eccentric employer, R. F. Jackaby, dive into the cold case, starting with a search for Jenny's fianc , who went missing the night she died. But when a new, gruesome murder closely mirrors the events of ten years prior, Abigai

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The West End Horror: A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, MD

Nicholas Meyer · 224 pages

"Acquired" from a widow whose husband was descended from the distaff side of Holmes's family, this mystery finds Holmes solving a double murder in London's theater district.

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A Treacherous Curse

Deanna Raybourn · 308 pages

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Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson

Lyndsay Faye · 330 pages

In *Dust and Shadow*, Sherlock Holmes hunts down Jack the Ripper with impeccably accurate historical detail, rooting the Whitechapel investigation in the fledgling days of tabloid journalism and clinical psychology. This astonishing debut explores the terrifying prospect of hunting down one of the world's first serial killers without the advantage of modern forensics or profiling. Sherlock's de

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The Last Moriarty

Charles Veley · 287 pages

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The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter

Theodora Goss · 409 pages

Mary Jekyll, alone and penniless following her parents' death, is curious about the secrets of her father's mysterious past. One clue in particular hints that Edward Hyde, her father's former friend and a murderer, may be nearby, and there is a reward for information leading to his capturea reward that would solve all of her immediate financial woes. But her hunt leads her to Hyde's daughter, Dian

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The Dark Lady

Irene Adler · 240 pages

> While on summer vacation, little Irene Adler meets a young William Sherlock Holmes. The two share stories of pirates and have battles of wit while running wild on the sunny streets and rooftops. When Sherlock's friend, Lupin, joins in on the fun, they all become fast friends. But the good times end abruptly when a dead body floats ashore on the nearby beach. The young detective trio will have to

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The Black Hand

Will Thomas · 336 pages

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A Study in Sable

Mercedes Lackey · 313 pages

Sent by Lord Alderscroft to the bachelor's flat of a certain famous, and rather rude, detective, psychics Sarah and Nan are compelled to prove their powers to him before being asked to consult on behalf of his Elemental Masters associates, John and Mary Watson.

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