Crime fictions have the compelling magnetic quality that draws readers helplessly into its outspreading net, frequently to their surprise and occasionally to their horror! True to this great saying, this book comprising of a selection of the ten best stories from master detective Sherlock Holmes retold by M K Parthasarathy, is sure to keep readers tingling in suspense to know what happens next. Sherlock Holmes unparalleled investigation in every case nabs the culprits with their pants down.

Young Sherlock Holmes: Bedlam is Andrew Lane's short read in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager.Sherlock has been incarcerated in the Bethlehem Hospital – Bedlam - where Victorian London’s most unfortunate citizens are locked away in squalor, cruelty and hopelessness. Sherlock tells them he’s not mad – but who’d believe a lunatic? There’s only one option: he has to escape – and then use all his rational ...

The plot of the novel is based very loosely on the real-life activities of the Molly Maguires and, particularly, of Pinkerton agent James McParland. The novel is divided into two parts: in the first, Holmes investigates an apparent murder and discovers that the body belongs to another man; and in the second, the story of the man originally thought to have been the victim is told.

Sixth in the series that inspired Amazon Prime's Young Sherlock : A terrified house. A sinister crime. Sherlock Holmes: Think you know him? Think again.The first teen series endorsed by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle EstateTeen Sherlock battles a monstrous adversary on a mission to Ireland with his brilliant brother, Mycroft. Young Sherlock is thrown into a tangled web involving a spiritualist whose p...

Third in the series that inspired Amazon Prime's Young Sherlock : The teenage detective investigates a heinous crime—and a brother with blood on his hands.The first teen series endorsed by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle EstateWhen Sherlock and Amyus Crowe, his American tutor, visit Sherlock's brother, Mycroft, in London, all they are expecting is lunch and some polite conversation. What they find shoc...

A cryptic message. A missing father. A pact sealed in blood. In The Sign of the Four, Sherlock Holmes faces a case like no other—a mystery that stretches from the foggy streets of London to the far corners of the British Empire. When Mary Morstan receives a series of strange pearls and a summons from an anonymous benefactor, she turns to Holmes and Dr. Watson for help. What unfolds is a dazzling investigation involving stolen treasure, a secret alliance, and a chilling tale of vengeance...

Continuing the heart-pounding, time-bending action of the TimeRiders series, The Eternal War brings readers back to a pivotal time period in American history: the Civil War. Only this alternate history is one where a young Abraham Lincoln has somehow followed Liam into the present from 1831, and the entire course of American history has changed. If the TimeRiders can't return Lincoln to the past, the country could be trapped in a dangerous state of never-ending civil war. Can Madd...

After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze performance high above, framed by the stunning glass ceiling of the legendary building. Suddenly, the troupe’s star is dropping, screaming and flailing, toward the floor. He ...

The fifteenth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series!Ryan is about to board a plane, knowing that the next twenty-four hours will change everything. His mission is to stop the biggest terrorist attack America's ever seen.Ryan works for CHERUB, a secret organisation with one key advantage: even a trained terrorist won't suspect that a teenager is spying on them.For official purposes, these children do not exist.

The seventh instalment in the biggest, funniest, most thrilling comedy-horror-adventure series in the universe…Magic is a disease.Across the land, normal people are suddenly developing wild and unstable powers. Infected by a rare strain of magic, they are unwittingly endangering their own lives and the lives of the people around them. Terrified and confused, their only hope lies with the Sanctuary. Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are needed now more than ever.

Zeus has punished his son Apollo--god of the sun, music, archery, poetry, and more--by casting him down to earth in the form of a gawky, acne-covered sixteen-year-old mortal named Lester. The only way Apollo can reclaim his rightful place on Mount Olympus is by restoring several Oracles that have gone dark. What is affecting the Oracles, and how can Apollo/Lester do anything about them without his powers? After experiencing a series of dangerous--and frankly, humiliating--trials at Camp Ha...

After three years of being presumed dead, Sherlock Holmes returns to investigate 13 mysterious cases in this enthralling collection of short stories.After his ill-fated confrontation with his formidable enemy, Professor Moriarty, at the Reichenbach Falls, Sherlock Holmes was presumed dead. Over three years later, Holmes reappears, unharmed, in ‘The Adventure of the Empty House’. Reuniting with Watson, the detective reveals how he defeated Moriarty and the sleuthing...