holmes, sherlock (fictional character)

"Sherlock Holmes died fighting Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. At least, that's what the press claims. However, Holmes is alive and well and taking advantage of his presumed death to travel the globe. Unfortunately, Holmes's plans are thwarted when a plague of vampirism begins haunting Britain"--Back cover.

A collection of ten short stories and one novella featuring Sherlock Holmes and his trusty assistant, Dr. Watson.

Sherlock Holmes investigates the alleged bigamy of King George V, the theft of the Irish Crown Jewels in 1907, the suspicious death of President Faure of France, and four of Great Britain's most notorious murder trials.

Contains fifteen short stories featuring the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle character Sherlock Holmes, written by a variety of authors including Henry Slesar, Craig Shaw Gardner, and P.C. Hodgell.

Ten-year-old Christie Holmes is not only rich and a child prodigy, but she is also the niece of the great detective Sherlock Holmes. Left mostly in the care of maids and servants, Christie and her giant hound Nelson solve mysteries, sometimes even lending her uncle and his friend Dr. Watson a hand.

Christie Holmes uncovers dark secrets from her maids' pasts and makes revelations about the Hope family while being confronted with her own future as a lady. Meanwhile, the ten-year-old sleuth must solve her greatest, and most deadly, mystery--before her parents come home from India.

Lists the plots and characters of Doyle's sixty Holmes stories discussed in relation to the author's own life and career.

Retold in graphic novel format, a hydraulic engineer's loss of a thumb leads Sherlock Holmes to a band of criminals.

Retold in graphic novel format, Sherlock Holmes investigates a baffling case of a murder involving a foreign tyrant, a governess, and a tale of revenge.

After taking a job as a governess at the Copper Beeches, Violet Hunter's employers ask her to cut her hair and wear a special dress, but when she finds a lock of hair that looks like her own and a mysterious hallway, Violet asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson for help.