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Holmes is called in to investigate the murder of Sir Eustace Brackenstall, apparently during a burglary.
After his life-long friend goes missing near the legendary river Strid, Weigall sets out to look for him.
Holmes investigates the murder of a popular and apparently happily married Colonel.
Holmes investigates when the Californian bride-to-be of Lord St. Simon goes missing just before the wedding.
A childhood holdiday to the seaside reveals some unhappy family truths.
A man buys the mummified foot of an Egyptian princess as a paperweight but soon finds his dreams disturbed.
A narrator who believes that children are pestilential little animals tells a Christmas story about the daughter of the Millionaire and her missing rag-doll.
An Arizona man on a brief trip to New York bumps into an old friend - but finds him changed by his seven years in the city.
A day in the life of the inhabitants of Crescent Bay.
Two sisters readjust their lives following the death of their father.
A man waits for his wife to disembark the ship she has returned on after ten months in Europe.
Virtually unprompted, Ellen - the lady's maid - reveals her history, habits and beliefs to a tired visitor.
Alternately funny and sad but ultimately heartwarming: a boy's experiences on Christmas Eve illustrate the harsh realities of his life.
An aging, exciled dictator returns to the country he once controlled.
A woman awaits the return of her husband at the end of the war.
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
