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Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Sherlock Holmes is unwavering in his quest to capture the killer responsible for terrifying London's East End. When Holmes is wounded in Whitechapel during an attempt to catch the monster, the press launches its own investigation, questioning the detective's role in the crimes he is struggling to prevent. Stripped of his credibility, Holmes is left with no choice but to break every rule to find the madman.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
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A reprinting of the story that introduces the world-famous characters of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Inspector Lestrade as they join forces for the first time to track a mysterious killer that stalks London's streets. Includes a new introduction by Steven Moffat, co-creator of the television series Sherlock.
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Pub. Date
2014
Description
The Bonnie Bag of Bones: Holmes and Watson are led to the myth-laden mountains of Scotland where Irene Adler is involved with a 25 year old mystery. Curse of the Black Feather: Holmes and the Irregulars seek to expose a "baby-farming" scheme; as they investigate, they attract the attention of a dangerous adversary, Ciarán Malastier. Maestro of Mysteries: Mycroft sends Homes on an investigation that leads to another confrontation with Malastier, but...
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Pub. Date
2022.
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"It's Christmastime in London, and Sherlock Holmes takes on two cases. The angelic three-year-old child of a wealthy couple is the target of a vicious kidnapper, and a country aristocrat worries that his handsome, favorite son has mysteriously vanished from his London pied à terre. Holmes and Watson, aided by the colorful Heffie O'Malley, slip slide in the ice to ensure a merry Christmas is had by nearly everybody..."--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2021.
Description
"Joanna and the Watsons are called in by the Whitechapel Playhouse to find Pretty Penny, a lovely young actress who has gone missing without reason or notice. While on their search, the trio is asked by Scotland Yard to join in the hunt for a vicious murderer whose method resembles that of Jack the Ripper. It soon becomes clear that The Ripper has reemerged after a 28-year absence and is once again murdering young prostitutes in Whitechapel. Following...
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"Beloved adventuress Irene Adler teams up with her former adversary in a near-deadly inquiry into a room full of eerily stopped grandfather clocks. Learn of the case that cemented the lasting friendship between Holmes and Inspector Lestrade, and of the tragic crime which haunted the Yarder into joining the police force. And witness Stanley Hopkins's first meeting with the remote logician he idolizes, who will one day become his devoted mentor. From...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
"The deadly dimensions over London have been sealed, and the monsters have departed. But word has come to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson of a more terrifying creature still -- the great Cthulhu has been sighted off the waters of Innsmouth, Massachusetts. Only Holmes can defeat him. And in the muddy village of Innsmouth, surrounded by villagers who are more sea-monster than human, Holmes meets again his nemesis, Moriarty, and yet greater foes: Amelia...
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Series
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
It is 1890, and in the days before Christmas Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson are visited at Baker Street by a new client. Eve Allerthorpe - eldest daughter of a grand but somewhat eccentric Yorkshire-based dynasty - is greatly distressed, as she believes she is being haunted by a demonic Christmas spirit. Her late mother told her terrifying tales of the sinister Black Thurrick, and Eve is sure that she has seen the creature from her bedroom window....