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The hapless young man, reprimanded and sacked by his wealthy uncle, is a recurring figure in Agatha Christie's short stories. Here, he is enticed into an adventure with a beautiful socialite who talks of marriage.
It was first published under the title Playing Innocent, which was revised to The Golden Ball for the UK short story collection The Listerdale Mystery in 1934. It become the title story of the US collection The Golden Ball and Other Stories...
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Since Doyle created the immortal Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson, no other mystery writer has come close to eclipsing him as the standard bearer in crime fiction. A brilliant London-based "consulting detective," Holmes is famous for his intellectual prowess and renowned for his skillful use of astute observation, deductive reasoning, and inference to solve difficult cases. This collection includes twelve of Holmes' most famous cases:
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Match wits with Sherlock Holmes volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents two adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson each accompanied by a section identifying the clues mentioned in the story and explaining the reasoning used by Holmes to put the clues together and come up with a solution. Also includes a map highlighting the sites of the mysteries.
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Match wits with Sherlock Holmes volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents two adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, each accompanied by a section identifying the clues mentioned in the story and explaining the reasoning used by Holmes to put the clues together and come up with a solution. Also includes a map highlighting the sites of the mysteries.
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Match wits with Sherlock Holmes volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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Presents two adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, each accompanied by a section identifying the clues mentioned in the story and explaining the reasoning used by Holmes to put the clues together and come with a solution. Also includes a map highlighting the sites of the mysteries.
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IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 7
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A collection of three Diamond Brothers mysteries in which Tim and Nick bungle their way through a search for a missing philanthropist, find themselves in a Parisian prison, and are stranded on a Scottish island with a murderer.
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"Father Brown, one of the most quirkily genial and lovable characters to emerge from English detective fiction, first made his appearance in The Innocence of Father Brown in 1911. That first collection of stories established G.K. Chesterton's kindly cleric in the front rank of eccentric sleuths. This complete collection contains all the favourite Father Brown stories. They reporesent the quiet wit and compassion which is so different from his moody...
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