{"id":5560,"date":"2010-01-19T06:00:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-19T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=5560"},"modified":"2010-01-06T12:04:32","modified_gmt":"2010-01-06T18:04:32","slug":"if-you-like-sherlock-holmes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/if-you-like-sherlock-holmes\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Like Sherlock Holmes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5564\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes.jpg?resize=300%2C214&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes.jpg?resize=300%2C214&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes.jpg?resize=1024%2C733&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/Sherlock-Holmes.jpg?w=2100&amp;ssl=1 2100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>We have a display for you! At both Main Street and Fairmount Street libraries, we have mysteries and DVDs of Sherlock Holmes spinoffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|538536\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The Beekeeper&#8217;s Apprentice<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>by Laurie King \u00a0is the first in a series featuring a feminist Mary Russell. A\u00a0teenager at the time, she meets the great Holmes\u00a0 while she is wandering the Sussex\u00a0countryside.\u00a0Holmes mentors\u00a0Mary as they investigate the kidnapping of an American senator&#8217;s daughter.\u00a0The World WarI\u00a0era , an Oxford setting &#8211; where Mary is a student, and the evolving relationship in which Holmes mentors his young protegee are all strong points of the novel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|955470\" target=\"_blank\">The Italian Secretary<\/a><\/em><\/strong> by Caleb Carr is a\u00a0humorous paranormal twist on the Holmes\u00a0canon. The setting is\u00a0a ghostly\u00a0Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh,Scotland. Watson and Holmes are called in by\u00a0Sherlock&#8217;s brother to investigate murders that Mycroft fears may threaten Queen Victoria.\u00a0The author of <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|68702\" target=\"_blank\">The Alienist<\/a><\/em><\/strong> &#8220;reflects a deep knowledge and understanding of Holmesiana.&#8221; <em>Publisher&#8217;s Weekly<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have a display for you! At both Main Street and Fairmount Street libraries, we have mysteries and DVDs of Sherlock Holmes spinoffs. The Beekeeper&#8217;s Apprentice by Laurie King \u00a0is the first in a series featuring a feminist Mary Russell. 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