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Free Strand Magazine With All UK Mystery Orders
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Our friends at The Strand magazine have given us some additional copies of one of their most popular issues of 2020 - The Louisa May Alcott issue (author of Little Women). "In our 60th issue, we’re proud to present an unpublished Louisa May Alcott story, Aunt Nellie’s Diary, published here for the first time, is told from the perspective of a single and insightful forty-year-old woman who is responsible for the care of her teenage niece. Her niece’s beautiful, worldly friend is staying with them over the summer, as is a young man—Nellie’s friend’s handsome son. According to scholars, Aunt...
The Deductionist - Body Language Explained
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Real life Sherlock Holmes, Bend Cardall takes us through body language... Learn to be like Sherlock Holmes with Ben's book The Monographs...
#THIF - Thank Holmes It's Friday Week 16
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Week 16 - Here are the offers valid from now until 9am Saturday UK time (4am EST). Only one discount code can be used per customer so please pick your offer. Please consider adding a 'mystery book' to your order too as it helps us spread the postage. Books of the week Octavius Bear Books 1-3 (click) $54.85 Imagine if Sherlock Holmes was a bear. This collection includes the first three novels of 'The Alternative Universe Mysteries for Adult Animal Lovers' that relate the exploits of super-sleuth Octavius Bear and his cohorts. Just for fun, this series swaps animals for humans in...
Drawing Benedict Cumberbatch
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We've published three Benedict Cumberbatch performance biographies charting his career on stage and screen. Here is Brent Florica, with his Sketchbook B, his attempt to draw Benedict Cumberbatch's Sherlock Holmes in the style of 10 different comic book artists from past and present! Artists who's styles are featured in this Video - Francis Manapul, Daniel Acuna, ason Fabok, Howard Porter, Alex Ross. If you'd like to learn how to create your own comic book, try Petr Kopl's Comic Sketch Book...
Book Reviews - Imogene and the Case of The Missing Pearls
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Barbara Mariconda “Sherlock Holmes finds a plucky protégé in Imogene! The story is a true Victorian whodunit, our young heroine surrounded by a list of colorful suspects – her conniving cousin, a temperamental governess, the elderly butler, to name a few. Readers will love tracking down clues, collecting evidence alongside Imogene, and will cheer when the handcuffs are placed on the unlikely culprit. An engaging mystery for young readers!”Barbara Mariconda (The Voyage of Lucy P. Simmons)Edgar winner and National Book Award finalist David Marcum “There are a lot of Sherlock Holmes books written for kids. This really excellent volume does...
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