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1. The adventures of Sherlock Holmes

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Author:
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930
Average Rating:
4.5 stars
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5 copies, 3 people are on the wait list.
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"

2. The beekeeper's apprentice, or, On the segregation of the queen

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Author:
King, Laurie R.
Series:
Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes mysteries volume 1.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Northeast Regional - Mystery
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KING
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

3. Murder on the Orient Express: a Hercule Poirot mystery

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Author:
Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976
Series:
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 8.
Average Rating:
4.1 stars
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Book, Large Print, OverDrive eAudiobook, OverDrive eBook
Description:

THE MOST WIDELY READ MYSTERY OF ALL TIME—NOW 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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