Lyn McConchie

Who is following Diana McClane, the young friend of Miss Emily Jackson and her brown Burmese cat Mandalay, and why? Miss Emily asks Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to investigate, and they uncover a menace rooted in her family’s history. Can they keep Diana safe from the growing threats of the violent past?

Have you ever wondered about the clients who came to the front door of 221B Baker Street: whence they derived, how they heard of Holmes, who sent them? This book answers these questions. For, as Watson said: «I have often observed the two advantages that my friend Holmes has over most other private detectives and also the police. One is that it is very rare for him to fail, and the other springs from that. In short, his clients tend to recommend him vigorously to others, and, if they have a new...

Lyn McConchie transports us to Victorian London, where Sherlock Holmes and John Watson must solve two cases involving Poisonous People.<P> A POISONING AT THE PUBLISHER: Maid and occasional cook Mary Fellowes has been accused of attempting to poison her employers and the evidence against her is damning – or is it? Is she the scheming and vengeful woman that others describe? Or is she innocent, caught in a web of deceit? Holmes and Watson must follow the evidence, exposing long-buried...

In 2035 A.D., a plague strikes terror throughout the world. Transsexuals are the carriers of Tensen&apos;s virus – a death sentence for their sex partners. Already overwhelmed by pollution and over-population, humanity lashes out at this new threat.<P> Thirty-year-old transsexual Cean Rowan has always felt connected to Boadicea, Queen of the Iceni, one of Britain’s early tribes. Threatened and humiliated by the Romans, in 61 A.D. Boadicea led a rebellion and almost succeeded in driving...

When Miss Emily Jackson’s brown Burmese cat Mandalay brings her a partially unraveled knit vest, she consults her friends Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. They follow the trail of wool and discover evidence of a horrible crime. Can Watson’s medical expertise save a child’s life, and can Holmes discover who is willing to kill a child, and why?

When Miss Emily Jackson’s friend Janet Highvin is accused of poisoning her husband, Miss Emily immediately consults her friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson. Only Holmes and Watson—with help from Miss Emily’s brown Burmese cat Mandalay—can uncover the truth and save an innocent woman from the hangman!

When Miss Emily Jackson brings a small, second-hand table home, her brown Burmese cat Mandalay will not stop frantically scratching at the table top. What should she do? Consult her friends Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson, of course! Holmes discovers the reason for Mandalay’s actions, and they follow a series of bizarre clues that reveal past horrors, including theft, debauchery, and death!

Miss Emily Jackson’s Burmese cat Mandalay often brings home odd items – but a bloodstained alpaca? Her friends Sherlock Holmes and John Watson investigate a murder in a circus, leading to threats on Miss Emily&apos;s life. They race to discover the ruthless murderer and keep Miss Emily safe.

Master storyteller Lyn McConchie returns with two tantalizing tales for Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This time our heroes must dig deep to unearth long-buried family secrets in Familiar Crimes.<P> When Bradon Riggston decides to write his family history, he is shocked to find that many of his relatives and their friends have died by unfortunate accidents. Are Riggston family members and their close associates just unlucky, or is there some sinister power working behind the scenes?...

Now you see them, now you don’t … Where is the missing mother? And the omnibus with nine occupants? In Strange Events, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson return in two bizarre and chilling tales by the ingenious Lyn McConchie. <P> How can an omnibus with eight passengers and a driver simply vanish into thin air? The newspapers are full of speculation, and the police are clueless. Maurice Jepson’s wife Thelma was on the missing omnibus, and in desperation, he turns to Holmes and Watson....

Former schoolmaster Collin Melrose is found dead, but why is he sitting in the wrong chair? And did Lily Klimpton kill herself after her lover’s death, or did she die at the hands of another? In Found Dead, Sherlock Holmes and John Watson return to unravel two mysterious tales by the devious Lyn McConchie. Local squire’s daughter Miss Bibiana Paget befriends the ailing Collin Melrose, who lives near her family’s estate. Melrose does not have long to live, so Miss Bibi isn’t shocked when she...

Lyn McConchie again carries the reader back to the Victorian London of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson, this time with two Beastly Mysteries.<P> When Lord Temberton opens an Anglo-Saxon barrow and finds a securely locked Elizabethan chest seven mummified penguins placed around it in a circle, it is to Sherlock Holmes that he turns for answers. Is this sabotage? A practical joke? Or something more sinister? Holmes, together with Watson, must unravel the journeys of an Antarctic traveler,...

Miss Emily Jackson and her brown Burmese cat Mandalay are staying in the beautiful and remote Fell District, but even there Mandalay rushes headlong into trouble! Mandalay finds an injured Pekingese dog named Ching Tao, who leads Miss Emily to the precipitous edge of Dead Fell… and the body of an unknown woman. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson arrive at Miss Emily’s request, and their investigation uncovers a family’s dark secrets. But before they finish, will they become the target of a ruthless...

When Miss Emily Jackson&apos;s brown Burmese cat Mandalay brings her a glove, a pocket watch, and a bloodstained handkerchief, she knows exactly who to consult: Sherlock Holmes. Holmes uses these cryptic clues to rescue an injured policeman and a kidnapped noble, but there&apos;s more at stake. Can Holmes outwit a spy and retrieve documents that will, if they fall into a foreign power&apos;s hands, lead to war? A brand new Sherlock Holmes adventure by the author of SHERLOCK HOLMES: BEASTLY...