Old English Detective

Brought to you by Puffin. THE SECOND LAUGH-OUT-LOUD ADVENTURE FOR LEONORA BOLT, SECRET INVENTOR. 'Fizzing with fun, friendship and fabulous inventions!' - Maria Kuzniar, The Ship of Shadows Leonora isn't supposed to be building a submarine in a tree. Or turning the local wildlife luminous. In...

The second book in a young middle grade mystery-adventure series about Horace, an anxious Boston Terrier, and Bunwinkle, an exuberant potbellied pig, who team up to solve crimes in their barnyard and local neighborhood—perfect for fans of Mercy Watson, The Trouble with Chickens, and A Boy...

The first in a young middle grade animal series in which an anxious Boston Terrier and an exuberant potbellied pig team up to solve crimes in their barnyard—from debut author PJ Gardner. Perfect for fans of the Mercy Watson series, The Trouble with Chickens, and A Boy Called Bat. Horace Homer...

A riveting and powerful story of a runaway girl lured into prostitution in New York City, perfect for fans of Ellen Hopkins and Patricia McCormick. What do you do if you're in trouble? When Michelle runs away from her drug-addicted mother, she has just enough money to make it to New York City...

Attending a medical conference, Watson returns to Baker Street to find a much older Holmes, withdrawn and very retired. Remarkably, Watson's visit coincides with another: Lil, a girl from the notorious and appalling Old Nichol Rookery housing slum, is unaware the great detective has retired. She brings with her a firsthand sighting of a strange, glowing "ghoul" which frightened her half to death in the dark ginnels of the Rookery. So, will Holmes and Watson, for one very last time, investigate a ghoul who does not like to be seen...?

This audiobook bundle includes favorite I Can Read! titles from your VeggieTales heroes, Detectives Bob and Larry: Bob and Larry in the Case of the Messy Sleepover Percy Pea and his friends decided to have a sleepover. It all sounded fun until things got out of hand and someone made a HUGE mess!...

A Sherlock Holmes mystery by Arthur Conan Doyle, brought to life in this dramatic narration by Old Good Readz. When a young woman seeks Holmes’ help after her sister’s mysterious death, the legendary detective and his loyal companion, Dr. Watson, embark on one of their most chilling investigations.

"The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place" is the last of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle. The story is part of the series The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes first published in the Strand Magazine from October 1921–April 1927. The original title "The Adventure of the Black Spaniel" was changed before publication.

Head trainer John Mason from Shoscombe Old Place, a racing stable in Berkshire, comes to Holmes about his master, Sir Robert Norberton. Mason thinks he has gone mad. Sir Robert's sister, Lady Beatrice Falder, owns Shoscombe, but it will revert to her late husband's brother when she dies. The stable has a horse, Shoscombe Prince, who Sir Robert hopes will win the Derby. He would be out of debt if that actually happened.

A short story from British Library Crime Classic The Christmas Card Crime and Other Stories. Each year the Christmas card arrives from 'Leech', an unknown member of Timothy Trent’s family asking for money in return for their silence. But this year he’s determined to find out who is behind the cruel Christmas request and put an end to it once and for all....

Unsettling accounts of ordinary people caught up in extraordinary circumstances, the weight of which carry them to an inevitable fate, are presented here by the grim-voiced Father Time. This omniscient and ominous host, portrayed by both Charles Webster and William Conrad, lends the proceedings an appropriate atmosphere of foreboding. The Clock brings you the desperate obsessions, investigations, attractions, nightmares and violence of the underhanded, the unsuspecting, and the insane.