The veiled lodger

Seven years ago a disturbing incident took place in the village of Abbas Parva. Mr Ronder, owner of Ronder's Wild Animals Show, met his end after an escaped lion attacked him. Holmes is confronted with an old mystery when he is summoned to visit a lady who refuses to show her face. A grisly crime committed seven years ago has had terrible consequences, and it is up to Holmes to save the veiled…

The Sherlock Holmes: the lion's mane

Mr McPherson shook his head, squeezed his hands into tight fists and, using the last of strength, said: The lions mane. Retired now and living in Sussex, Holmes life should be perfectly peaceful. But when a local teacher drops dead in front of him, Holmes is thrown back into the world of dangerous detective work. With multiple suspects, mysterious wounds and no Watson around to help him, Holmes…

The Sherlock Holmes: the three students book 10

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781782264187

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Series Title

Sherlock Holmes

Call Number

823 DOY t

Creepella von Cacklefur: Ride for Your Life

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ISBN/ISSN

9780545646598

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128p; ill; col; pbk

Series Title

Creepella von Cacklefur

Call Number

F STI c

A to Z Mysteries : Detective Camp

Welcome to summer camp for detectives! The kids can’t wait to spend a week following clues and learning about the science of crime solving. Soon all the campers are working on a mystery. But while Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are figuring out their part of the puzzle, they stumble onto something suspicious. Could a real crime be happening at detective camp?

The blue hour

An isolated Scottish island, accessible to the mainland only twelve hours a day. A famous (some might say infamous) artist whose notoriously unfaithful husband disappeared after visiting her twenty years ago. A present-day discovery that intimately connects three people and unveils a web of secrets and lies. A masterful and propulsive novel that asks searing questions of ambition, power, gen…

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When a wealthy heiress is found poisoned in her country estate, suspicion falls on everyone in the household. Into this web of secrets and shifting alibis steps the brilliant Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. With his keen eye for detail and methodical mind, Poirot unravels a complex puzzle of motives, deception, and hidden relationships. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is a classic whodunit th…