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The West End horror

a posthumous memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.
1976

The post office cat

1976
Searching for a home, Clarence the cat arrives at the local post office at an opportune time.

The thundering underground

2006
London detective Sherlock Holmes turns to the Baker Street Brigade, a group of orphans in the district, for help in solving a series of mysterious explosions and deaths on the construction site of London's Underground.

The mystery of the yellow hands

2006
The three friends--Danny, Peachy, and Duff--assist Sherlock Holmes in solving the mysterious kidnapping of children in London during the 1880's.

The Jeweled Peacock of Persia

2006
While investigating the dangerous and inexplicable occurrences surrounding an ancient jewelled artifact, Sherlock Holmes and his Baker Street Brigade find unexplained fires, falling masonry, and other sinister events.

The Traitors' Gate

2010
When his father is arrested as a debtor in 1849 London, fourteen-year-old John Huffman must take on unexpected responsibilities, from asking a distant relative for help to determining why people are spying on him and his family.

Gallows thief

2002
A veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, Rider Sandman accepts the job of government Investigator in order to survive but finds himself in trouble when his first case pits him against powerful people who wish to see an innocent man hung.

Wendy

2004
In early twentieth-century London, before their encounter with Peter Pan, nine-year-old Wendy and her younger brothers lead far from perfect lives with their emotionally distant parents and abusive Nanny, a situation that only worsens for Wendy when she see her father kiss another woman and finds herself pulled into an adult world of mysteries and lies.

Prisoners in the palace

how Victoria became queen with the help of her maid, a reporter, and a scoundrel : a novel of intrigue and romance
2010
Sixteen-year-old Liza becomes a lady's maid to Princess Victoria and finds that the gossipy world of the palace servants gives her the chance to determine her own fate and help Victoria become queen.

Montmorency

thief, liar, gentleman?
2004
In Victorian London, after his life is saved by a young physician, a thief utilizes the knowledge he gains in prison and from the scientific lectures he attends as the physician's case study exhibit to create a new, highly successful, double life for himself.

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