Summary: Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.087 LINSummary: In this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Les Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly-regarded mystery writers, others are best known for their work in the fields of fantasy or science...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ECHStilton, Geronimo
Summary: When the owner of the Daily Rat newspaper thinks Thea Stilton, who has vanished without a trace, is responsible for a recent string of robberies in New Mouse City, Geronimo must employ his "famouse" investigative skills to find Thea - and the truth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STIDoyle, Arthur Conan
Summary: A Scandal in Bohemia -- The Red-headed league -- A case of identify -- The Boscombe Valley mystery -- The Five orange pips -- The Man with the twisted lip -- The Adventure of the blue carbuncle -- The Adventure of the speckled bnad -- The Adventure of the engineer's thumb -- The Adventure of the noble bachelor -- The Adventure of the beryl coronet -- The Adventure of the copper beeches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 1987
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Summary: "Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHRISTIE, AGATHA WORCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B CHRISTIE WORDoyle, Arthur Conan
Summary: A collection of eight classic Sherlock Holmes mystery stories including "Silver Blaze" and "The Dancing Men."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOYDoyle, Arthur Conan
Summary: A collection of short stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reader's Digest Association 1988
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Summary: This collection contains 12 crime cases, including the disappearance of Lord Listerdale, a newlywed's fear of her ex-fiance, a strange encounter on a train, and a mild woman's sudden personality change.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRSummary: "The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC INSummary: "The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC INChristie, Agatha
Summary: They are formidable enemies in their own rights: a French scientist, an American millionaire, a brilliant Chinese gentleman, and a master of disguise. But together they are the Big Four, a partnership with one simple goal, murder. Hercule Poirot has never come up against an opponent so vicious, or so deadly.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 1986
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRSummary: "Open the files on seventeen new crime stories to probe the brutal and complex hearts of criminals ... Invisible Blood is a gripping collection of the compulsions of the criminal mind."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Titan Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC INVChristie, Agatha
Summary: There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is back from the grave, while another is envisioned in the recurring nightmare of a terrified eccentric. What's behind such ghastly misdeeds? Try money, revenge, passion, and pleasure. With multiple motives, multiple victims, and multiple suspects, it's going to take a multitude of talent to solve these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRChristie, Agatha
Summary: A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius.In The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer. . . . In The Actress, a great star's shady past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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Summary: After breaking out of prison, tricky magician Labra-Cadabra-Dor puts canine detective Rider Woofson under a evil spell.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2017
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1 available in Beginning Readers - Transitional Reader (Blue), Call number: JBR BLUE STYButler, Dori Hillestad
Summary: King and Kayla are going to a sleepover at Jillian and Thor's house. They usually sleep downstairs, but not this time. Jillian says there's a ghost down there.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Audiobooks, Call number: J CD FIC BUTContents: The Christmas gift / Anne Perry -- The four wise men / Peter Lovesey -- Eleemosynary, my dear Watson / Barbara Paul -- The adventure of the greatest gift / Loren D. Estleman -- The case of the Rajah's emerald / Carolyn Wheat -- The Christmas conspiracy / Edward D. Hoch -- The music of Christmas / L.B. Greenwood -- The adventure of the Christmas Bear / Bill Crider -- The adventure of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Prime Crime 1999
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MORKeene, Carolyn
Summary: Nancy Drew becomes involved in a double mystery concerning a haunted bridge and jewel thieves.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1972
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC KEESummary: A brand-new anthology of stories inspired by the Arthur Conan Doyle canon. In this follow-up to the acclaimed In the Company of Sherlock Holmes, expert Sherlockians Laurie King and Leslie Klinger put forth the question: What happens when great writers/creators who are not known as Sherlock Holmes devotees admit to being inspired by Conan Doyle stories? While some are highly regarded mystery...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ECHSummary: Presents a collection of stories by popular authors whose work inside and outside of the mystery genre has been influenced by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FORFrancis, Dick.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1991
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC FRAChristie, Agatha
Summary: In one of London's most elegant shops, a decorative doll in green velvet adopts some rather human, and sinister, traits....A country gentleman is questioned about a murder that has yet to be committed....In summoning spirits, a medium is drawn closer to the world of the dead than she ever imagined possible....In a small country church, a dying man's last word, sanctuary, becomes both an elegy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dodd, Mead & Company 1961