Summary: Dr. Thorndyke is an early proponent of forensic investigation; and there is the blind gumshoe Mac Carrados; and gentleman thief Simon Carne; and Mr. Carnacki who is a detective of the occult. These men pit their wits against the best that London's underworld has to offer. Victorian London was a boon for crooks and a bane to Scotland Yard, whose job it was to keep the city safe from criminals.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Acorn Media 2009
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIVSummary: It's all 'elementary, my dear' in two classic Sherlock Holmes tales, starring Christopher Lee. In 'Sherlock Holmes & the Leading Lady', Holmes and Watson foil a bombing plot directed at killing the Austro-Hungarian Emperor. In 'Sherlock Holmes and the Incident at Victoria Falls', someone is killed on Africa's Orient Express while Holmes is on his way to save a famous diamond. A passenger is the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mill Creek Entertainment 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Private Eye Jake Doyle returns for a raucous second season, solving cases, dodging punches, and chasing criminals through the hilly, colorful streets of seaside St. John's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Entertainment One 2011
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV REPSummary: Crime abounded in late Victorian and Edwardian times--from the streets of London to the country houses of nobility; from the royal apartments of Vienna to the hotel rooms of quiet Copenhagen. Sherlock Holmes took on many of the era's crooks, killers, blackmailers, and schemers, but so did the fictional sleuths of other celebrated writers of the time. (from container.).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Acorn Media 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV RIVSummary: In 1985, teen-nerd Ted challenges a high-schooler who's bullying retarded Warren. His concern prompts Warren's sister, the dazzling and desirable Mary to choose Ted as her senior prom date, but the date never happens. 13 years later Ted hires Pat to locate Mary, and the private investigator finds her in Miami. Pat claims to be a Harvard-educated architect and Mary falls in love with him....
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2004