Francis Aloysius Finn, owner of the A-Plus Detectives Agency & Famous Detectives School, gets more than he bargained for when Norris Beamer asks Finn to investigate his father’s death. Is Viola, Beamer’s new step-mother, really a black widow, or did her four elderly husbands die of natural causes? Is one of her neighbors involved? Or her boss? Or someone else…<P> With the help of his Famous Detectives School students and Hilary Kendrake, his temporary secretary, Finn uncovers a deadly...
"Sixty original tales of Sherlock Holmes – which one is the best? In sixty essays, sixty Sherlockians make the case for each of the stories. Their arguments range from the playful to the academic, and are as varied as the authors themselves. As editor Christopher Redmond says, «„What they have written is compelling evidence that any one of the Sherlock Holmes stories can be the best; it’s all a matter of what the reader is looking for.“» <P>Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s tales range from...
