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  The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

  Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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  The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1893, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
  Doyle had decided that these would be the last collection of Holmes's stories, and intended to kill him off in "The Final Problem". Reader demand stimulated him to write another Holmes adventure - The Hound of the Baskervilles. In "The Return of Sherlock Holmes", Holmes relates the aftermath of "The Final Problem", and how he survived.
  
  Content: I. The Adventure of Silver Blaze / II. The Adventure of the Cardboard Box / III. The Adventure of the Yellow Face / IV. The Adventure of the Stockbroker's Clerk / V. The Adventure of the Gloria Scott / VI. The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual / VII. The Adventure of the Reigate Squire / VIII. The Adventure of the Crooked Man / IX. The Adventure of the Resident Patient / X. The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter / XI. The Adventure of the Naval Treaty / XII. The Final Problem

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  Now Entering Silver Hollow

  Lucienne LeBeau

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  Could a basement be a portal to Perdition? How many heads can fit in a duffel bag? Where did the family living at Dubbs House go? What’s the difference between waking from a nightmare and waking into a nightmare? 
  "Now Entering Silver Hollow" answers these questions, and questions these answers as the residents and visitors of the town are tormented by forces at Dubbs House that they cannot comprehend and may never understand.

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  Hyacinth

  Saki Saki

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  In this comedic tale, the story revolves around a spirited young boy named Hyacinth, whose mischievous nature leads to chaos during a local election. His mother, Matilda, is determined to bring him along to the polling station, despite warnings from her friend Mrs. Panstreppon about Hyacinth's unpredictable behavior. As the election unfolds, Hyacinth's antics take a wild turn when he befriends the children of a rival candidate and mischievously locks them in a pigsty, threatening their safety in the heat of political rivalry.

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  Where There's a Will

  Elizabeth Spann Craig

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  No good deed goes unpunished. 
   
   
   
  The Whitby Library is a hive of activity. The basement of the old building is under construction and there are smaller projects on the main floor, too. The work is being done practically pro-bono by Cornelius, a Friends of the Library member who's a local real estate investor and builder and now a philanthropist. 
   
   
   
  Then Cornelius is found dead in an elevator shaft under mysterious circumstances. The focus falls on his family after his will is read and the amount of his fortune is realized. 
   
   
   
  Can Ann track down the killer before he strikes again? Where there's a will, there's a way.

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  Mistletoes - A Christmas Mystery...

  Yvonne Vincent

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  It’s almost Christmas and, in a ballroom just beyond the cobbled streets of Edinburgh’s Old Town, the most important event of the year is taking place – the Foxtrot Oscars. Mrs Hubbard’s whole senior citizenship has been building towards the moment she and her Douglas take the Over Sixties Swingers Cup. What could possibly go wrong, dearies? 
   
  When the Losers Club friends arrive to cheer the couple on, they expect a weekend of shopping, dancing and binge-watching all the TV programmes they can’t get back home. Instead, they find Mrs Hubbard missing and blood on the dancefloor. 
   
  With the city gridlocked and the police unable to reach them, it is up to Losers Club to investigate. Why would someone snatch the village shopkeeper? And what does it have to do with the contents of Mrs Hubbard’s third biggest handbag? 
   
  Helped by friends old and new, the Losers follow the trail through Edinburgh’s darkest places to solve a Jacobite mystery locked in time.

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  Seam Ripper Riddle The: A Cozy...

  Hang Nguyen

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  ✂️ Vintage sewing tool expert and restoration specialist Ripley Stitch is curating a historical sewing implements exhibit when the exhibit's major donor—a ruthless fashion historian—is found dead in her workshop, an antique seam ripper mysteriously embedded in a priceless Victorian gown. The police suspect a tragic accident, but Ripley notices the ripper's blade shows modern sharpening marks and the damaged gown reveals hidden layers of fabric that tell a different story. With her restoration business under scrutiny and the textile community in an uproar, Ripley must carefully unpick the layers of deception. Assisted by her conservation colleagues and the handsome textile analyst examining fabric degradation, Ripley uncovers a scheme involving garment forgery, stolen historical costumes, and a sophisticated operation altering museum-quality pieces. From suspicious stitch removal patterns that reveal multiple handlers to fabric fading that doesn't match the era, every torn thread tells a story. But when Ripley discovers the victim was systematically "authenticating" forged historical garments for insurance fraud, she realizes the killer is protecting a fashion legacy more valuable than any single piece. With the exhibit opening imminent and the real forger still cutting corners, Ripley must stitch together the evidence before her own reputation gets permanently torn apart.

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