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Villains, Victims, and Violets

Villains, Victims, and Violets

Autor: Resa Haile , Tamara R. Bower

Número de Páginas: 336

Modern writers have reconsidered every subject under the sun through the lens of Sherlock Holmes. The overlooked subject is agency: the opportunities available to these women for independence and control. What we find all too often are the silences around them. And yet, these clients--villains, victims, and Violets--are pivotal in the world of Sherlock Holmes. Perhaps more enigmatic than Holmes’ methods is what Watson sees: the woman in the shadows. Whether lady or lady’s maid, if she does speak, it’s often not recorded in her words. That was life for half the population of Victorian England. A woman’s role was written before she was born; it merely required her to don the starched white apron of a maid, or the rough, stained skirts of a "char"--who did the dirtiest of household jobs—or the fine silk gowns of a lady. Enter Villains, Victims, and Violets to spy and report on these women in their darkest, most vulnerable moments. How does Irene Adler—pursued by a powerful king, and by Sherlock Holmes--outwit them both? Can Lady Hilda conceal the secret that only Holmes unravels? When Violet Hunter takes the last job offered before she loses everything, can Holmes free...

Dangerous Games: Canadian crime fiction featuring women sleuths

Dangerous Games: Canadian crime fiction featuring women sleuths

Autor: Canada West

Número de Páginas: 301

“... all the cunning, intrigue, dark humour and darker deeds anyone could want, perfectly plotted and sublimely rendered!" —Iona Whishaw, award-winning author of the Lane Winslow Mysteries The deadly games people play are on full display in fifteen short stories in the third anthology from Sisters in Crime—Canada West. Old friends feature in several, such as “On The Internet Nobody Knows You’re a Dog,” where a musician turns PI to track down a stalker. “Death at the Boulangerie” forces a woman to rethink her life … and whether or not a baking contest can reveal the truth about her brother’s death. “The Electrician” discovers it’s more deadly to try to leave lifelong friends than to keep working for them. Family ties feature in several stories, such as “Tontine Dream,” where a pregnant woman wonders just how far she might go to secure her baby’s future. “Dead Duck” illustrates the dangers of fraternal rivalry when toxic roots form deep in childhood. A teenager deals with death on the golf course as well as her parents’ floundering marriage in “Dead in the Drop Zone,” and a newspaper librarian doesn’t know whether or not her husband’s...

Sherlock Holmes Is Like: Sixty Comparisons for an Incomparable Character

Sherlock Holmes Is Like: Sixty Comparisons for an Incomparable Character

Autor: Christopher Redmond

Número de Páginas: 277

What do Superman, Gertrude Stein, the Beatles, Lord Shiva, the Wizard of Oz, and Hermione Granger have in common? They share essential characteristics with iconic detective Sherlock Holmes, explored in Sherlock Holmes is Like: Sixty Comparisons for an Incomparable Character. In his introduction, editor Christopher Redmond says “The essays in this collection are not an analysis of what Sherlock Holmes is like (brilliant, unsociable, hawk-nosed) but rather case studies of whom he can be said to be like. Their sixty suggestions range across centuries and continents, and include figures from belief and legend as well as from contemporary fiction and film. Some are household names, while others will be unknown to nearly all readers. In each case, while the author has been encouraged to provide an introduction to the character in question, the ultimate purpose of the comparison is to shed light on some aspect of the character of Sherlock Holmes, whose complexities are far from exhausted more than 130 years after he was introduced to a curious readership.”

The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime

The Incident of the Book in the Nighttime

Autor: Vicki Delany

Número de Páginas: 250

Bookshop owner Gemma Doyle heads to London for a wedding, but when a body is found in connection with a rare book, Gemma sets out to sleuth the slaying in bestselling author Vicki Delany's tenth Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mystery. Gemma Doyle and her friends have packed their bags and headed to London for her sister Pippa’s wedding. Waiting for her in the hotel lobby is none other than Gemma’s ex-husband, Paul Erikson. Paul has a rare book he wants her to see—calling it “the real deal”—so Gemma agrees to meet him at their old shop, Trafalgar Fine Books, the following day. But when Gemma arrives, accompanied by Grant, a rare book dealer, they find Paul dead in his office. Paul had been down on his luck, but Gemma never expected this. Had he borrowed money from people he shouldn’t have? And where is the valuable book he was so anxious for Gemma to see? It’s nowhere to be found in the shop. Because of their previous relationship, Gemma feels she owes something to Paul and vows to find his killer. As Gemma and her best friend Jayne Wilson follow Paul’s trail of friends, enemies, clients, and ex-lovers through London to Yorkshire, she realizes the puzzle of Paul’s...

Proceed with Care

Proceed with Care

Autor: Canada. Royal Commission On New Reproductive Technologies

Número de Páginas: 650

This report describes the context of the ethical and scientific frame work for the review and assessment of new reproductive technologies, as well as the societal values and attitudes toward reproduction and the technologies. It also provides an overview of proposals for a legislative and regulatory framework for Canada's comprehensive response to these issues. It examines and assesses the prevalence, risk factors and prevention of infertility; discusses assisted human conception and alternatives to it, prenatal diagnosis and genetics, and research involving human zygotes, embryos, and the use of fetal tissue. Finally, it provides a summary of recommendations, organized by area of responsibility for implementation. The summary illustrates the importance of concerted and collaborative efforts among numerous key participants in achieving the success of the approach to new reproductive technologies that were proposed.

Canadian Almanac and Directory 2021

Canadian Almanac and Directory 2021

Autor: Grey House Canada

Número de Páginas: 2466

The Canadian Almanac & Directory is the most complete source of Canadian information available - cultural, professional and financial institutions, legislative, governmental, judicial and educational organizations. Canada's authoritative sourcebook for almost 160 years, the Canadian Almanac & Directory gives you access to almost 100,000 names and addresses of contacts throughout the network of Canadian institutions.

A Three Book Problem

A Three Book Problem

Autor: Vicki Delany

Número de Páginas: 289

The seventh installment in a “fast, fun” cozy mystery series “full of Sherlockian lore” and starring “a charming, intelligent heroine as observant as The Great Detective Himself” (Carolyn Hart, New York Times–bestselling author) Sherlockian bookshop manager and frequent amateur sleuth Gemma Doyle is back on the case when a poisoned dart ends in demise . . . It’s a crisp, early October weekend, and business is slowing down as fall descends at the Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium and adjacent Mrs. Hudson’s Tea Room. Wealthy philanthropist and prominent Sherlockian David Masterson has rented Suffolk Gardens House, where he plans to entertain his friends in a traditional English country house weekend. As the chosen caterers, Jayne Wilson and Gemma Doyle get to work preparing lavish meals and setting up Sherlockian books and props for entertainment. Meanwhile, police detective Ryan Ashburton has taken time away from his duties to assist in the kitchen. It quickly becomes apparent that David’s guests don't like each other—or their host. Plus, some of them aren't even acquainted with the adventures of the Great Detective. Before Gemma can ponder their...

Library Journal

Library Journal

Autor: Melvil Dewey , Richard Rogers Bowker , L. Pylodet , Charles Ammi Cutter , Bertine Emma Weston , Karl Brown , Helen E. Wessells

Número de Páginas: 826

Includes, beginning Sept. 15, 1954 (and on the 15th of each month, Sept.-May) a special section: School library journal, ISSN 0000-0035, (called Junior libraries, 1954-May 1961). Also issued separately.

Juba Good

Juba Good

Autor: Vicki Delany

Número de Páginas: 58

Juba, South Sudan. RCMP Sergeant Ray Robertson has spent eleven and a half months serving with the United Nations in the world’s newest country. He’s tired of the chaotic traffic and jostling crowds that fill the narrow streets. Tired of the choking red dust that blows into the capital from the desert. He can’t wait to get back to his wife and kids—and back to policing a world he understands. But when a young woman—the fourth in three weeks—is found dead at the side of a dusty road with a thin white ribbon wrapped tightly around her neck, Robertson fears that a serial killer is on the loose. In a country plagued by years of extreme poverty, civil war and the struggle to establish a functioning government, the policeman realizes that it’s up to him and his Dinka partner, John Deng, to find the killer before they can strike again. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for older teen readers and adults who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.

Contemporary Authors;

Contemporary Authors;

Número de Páginas: 692

Includes references to all entries in: Contemporary authors, Contemporary authors new revision series, Something about the author, Authors in the news.

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