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Author
Publisher
W. Morrow
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
Dark Brotherhood
As the city of London slumbers, there are those in its midst who conspire to rule the world through the darkest and most nefarious means. These seven, seated in positions of extraordinary power and influence, marshal forces from the far side to aid them in their fiendish endeavor.
Force of One
In the aftermath of a bloody séance and a terrifying supernatural contact, a courageous young doctor finds himself drawn into a malevolent...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
In 1885 England, sleuth Sir Arthur Conan Doyle joins forces with writer Lewis Carroll to find a kidnaped girl. She is the daughter of a member of parliament campaigning against child labor in brothels. Doyle suspects brothel keepers.
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
1944.
Language
English
Description
First published in 1944, this is an anthology of parodies and pastiches, and comprises of a collection of more than 30 stories-written by detective story writers, famous literary figures, humorists and others-of burlesques and pastiches of the famous detective that represent the highlights of character, style, idiosyncrasies, deduction associated with Sherlock Holmes. Barrie, O'Henry, Clendening, Agatha Christie, Anthony Berkeley are but a few of...
Author
Publisher
Gotham Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The riveting history of tuberculosis, the world's most lethal disease, the two men whose lives it tragically intertwined, and the birth of medical science. In 1875, tuberculosis was the deadliest disease in the world, accountable for a third of all deaths. A diagnosis of TB-often called consumption-was a death sentence. Then, in triumph of medical science, a German doctor named Robert Koch deployed an unprecedented scientific rigor to discover the...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
He has been called a genius and a fraud, a hero and an addict, but who really was Sherlock Holmes? With an attention to detail that would make his subject envious, Nick Rennison combs the literature for clues, omissions, and inconsistencies in Dr. Watson's immortal narration. He delves into Holmes's contact with prominent historical figures-including Oscar Wilde and Sigmund Freud-and uncovers startling, new information.
How did a Cambridge dropout...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
The first Tommy and Tuppence mystery. They're the perfect partners in marriage, as well as in crime. Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have a unique way of solving cases: They assume the methods and personalities of the world's greatest sleuths. Tommy and Tuppence take over a detective agency and assume the methods of such great fictional detectives as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot to solve case after case.
Author
Pub. Date
1972.
Language
English
Description
THE CURIOUS NARRATIVE DESCRIBING THE FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE LEADING EXPONENT OF SPIRITUALISM AND HIS FOREMOST OPPONENT
HARRY HOUDINI spent the last years of his life in a crusade against fake spirit mediums. He wanted to believe in spiritualism, but he could not.
Conan Doyle devoted to the cause of spiritualism all the money and fame he got out of Sherlock Holmes; he cared more about spiritualism than about anything else in the world.
These men...
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retold in graphic novel form, Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of a pawnbroker who has joined a club to earn extra money, but suspects something nefarious is happening in his shop while he his away. Includes a section explaining Holmes's reasoning and the clues he used to solve the mystery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Graphic Universe
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Retold in graphic novel form, Sherlock Holmes attempts to solve the murder of a Herefordshire landowner, whose estranged son has been accused of the crime. Includes a section explaining Holmes's reasoning and the clues he used to solve the mystery.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Explores the parallel histories of Sherlock Holmes and England during the Victorian era. Black traces the evolution of Arthur Conan Doyle's plots and characters as culture and society changed dramatically in his lifetime"--
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