Maya's Staff Picks (Top Favorite)

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Book cover for "The adventures of Sherlock Holmes"
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Average Rating:
4.5 stars
Description:
A collection of Sherlock Holmes mystery adventures, including "A Scandal in Bohemia," "The Red Headed League," "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," and "The Final Problem"
Book cover for "And then there were none"
Star rating for And then there were none
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Notes:
Also known as "Ten Little Indians"
Description:
A killer stalks a group of ten total strangers on an isolated island off the Devon coast, in a story of murder and retribution set to a sinister nursery rhyme.
Book cover for "The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen"
Star rating for The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
Description:
A chance meeting with an elderly beekeeper turns into a pivotal, personal transformation when fifteen-year-old Mary Russell discovers that the beekeeper is the reclusive Sherlock Holmes, who soon takes on the role of mentor and teacher
Book cover for "Homicide in hardcover"
Star rating for Homicide in hardcover
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Average Rating:
4 stars
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"Brooklyn Wainwright is a skilled surgeon. Sure, her patients might smell like mold and have spines made of leather, but no ailing book is going to die on her watch. The same can't be said of Abraham Karastovsky, Brooklyn's friend and former employer. On the eve of the celebration for his latest book restoration, Brooklyn finds her mentor lying a pool of his own blood. With his final breath, Abraham leaves Brooklyn a cryptic message, 'Remember the...
Book cover for "Murder on the Orient Express"
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Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIMENOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY KENNETH BRANAGH AND PRODUCED BY RIDLEY SCOTT!

"The murderer is with us—on the train now . . ."

Just after midnight, the famous Orient Express is stopped in its tracks by a snowdrift. By morning, the millionaire Samuel Edward Ratchett lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door

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Book cover for "Mystic River"
Star rating for Mystic River
Average Rating:
4.3 stars