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A scandal in scarlet

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Delany, Vicki, Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery ; 4.Publisher: Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2019Copyright date: �2018Edition: Center Point large print editionDescription: 368 pages (large print) ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9781643582337
  • 164358233X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23
LOC classification:
  • PR9199.4.D454 S33 2019
Summary: "Gemma and Jayne donate their time to raise money for the rebuilding of a burned out museum--but a killer wants a piece of the auction in this fourth installment of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery series"--Summary: Gemma Doyle is walking her dog when she smells smoke outside the West London Museum. No one is hurt, but the museum's priceless collection of furniture can't be saved, and damage to the historic house is extensive. Baker Street's shop owners hold an afternoon auction tea to raise funds to rebuild, and Great Uncle Arthur Doyle offers a signed first edition of The Valley of Fear to auction. Before the gavel can fall, museum board chair Kathy Lamb is found dead in the back room. Wrapped tightly around her neck is a long rope of decorative knotted tea cups-- a gift item that Jayne sells at Mrs. Hudson's Tea Shop. Fellow shopkeeper Maureen becomes the prime suspect, and begs Gemma for help. -- adapted from back cover
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LP LP Chamberlin Free Public Library Large Print LP DEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000567820

Sequel to: The cat of the Baskervilles.

"Gemma and Jayne donate their time to raise money for the rebuilding of a burned out museum--but a killer wants a piece of the auction in this fourth installment of the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery series"--

Gemma Doyle is walking her dog when she smells smoke outside the West London Museum. No one is hurt, but the museum's priceless collection of furniture can't be saved, and damage to the historic house is extensive. Baker Street's shop owners hold an afternoon auction tea to raise funds to rebuild, and Great Uncle Arthur Doyle offers a signed first edition of The Valley of Fear to auction. Before the gavel can fall, museum board chair Kathy Lamb is found dead in the back room. Wrapped tightly around her neck is a long rope of decorative knotted tea cups-- a gift item that Jayne sells at Mrs. Hudson's Tea Shop. Fellow shopkeeper Maureen becomes the prime suspect, and begs Gemma for help. -- adapted from back cover

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