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  April 2010
An Uncomfortable Bed by Guy de Maupassant
A man is certain his friends are about to play a practical joke on him ...
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Man With The Pale Eyes by Guy de Maupassant
A magistrate is visited by a doctor who hides a dark secret behind his penetrating pale blue eyes.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Confession by Guy de Maupassant
Suzanne stays at the bedside of her dying sister, who she has lived with her whole life.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  March 2007
Fall North by Tim McLean
Ed runs an errand for Mr. Rollo.
- Length: 18 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
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Letter from the Understudy by Kathryn Simmonds
An apology from an actor involved in some drama outside working hours.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Rating:5 stars
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  September 2006
Death By Scrabble by Charlie Fish
A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  August 2005
Impersonating Elvis by Polly Nelson
When Chuck Walaach enters the Elvis Look-Alike Competition, something has to give.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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  July 2003
The Adventure Of Black Peter by Arthur Conan Doyle
An ill-tempered ex-ship's-captain is brutally murdered, pinned agaist the wall of his garden shed by a harpoon.
- Length: 22 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of Charles Augustus Milverton by Arthur Conan Doyle
A young Lady employs Holmes to negotiate with London's most notorious blackmailer.
- Length: 18 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Abbey Grange by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes is called in to investigate the murder of Sir Eustace Brackenstall, apparently during a burglary.
- Length: 25 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Dancing Men by Arthur Conan Doyle
A man seeks Holmes' advice after his wife becomes terrified at the appearance of a series of drawings of dancing men.
- Length: 27 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Adventure Of The Empty House by Arthur Conan Doyle
Several years after the events described in 'The Final Problem', Dr Watson takes an interest in the murder of Ronald Adair who was shot in a locked second floor room.
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Golden Pince Nez by Arthur Conan Doyle
Up-and-coming detective Stanley Hopkins consults Holmes about the apparently motiveless murder of the secretary of an old professor.
- Length: 24 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Missing Three Quarter by Arthur Conan Doyle
Holmes investigates the disappearance of the top player in the Cambridge University Rugby team on the eve of a match against Oxford.
- Length: 23 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Norwood Builder by Arthur Conan Doyle
Just as he is about to be arrested for the murder of a client, a young lawyer pays a visit on Holmes and begs him to help prove his innocence.
- Length: 27 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Adventure Of The Priory School by Arthur Conan Doyle
The headmaster of an exclusive boarding school persuades Holmes to track down the abducted son of a wealthy duke.
- Length: 35 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Second Stain by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Prime Minister asks Holmes to investigate the theft of a letter of exceptional diplomatic importance.
- Length: 28 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Adventure Of The Six Napoleons by Arthur Conan Doyle
Lestrade consults Holmes when a number of busts of Napoleon are smashed at various locations around London.
- Length: 23 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:5 stars
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The Adventure Of The Solitary Cyclist by Arthur Conan Doyle
After accepting a post as a music teacher at a country house, a woman begins to worry when she is followed by a mysterious stranger on her weekly cycle trips down a usually deserted road.
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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The Adventure Of The Three Students by Arthur Conan Doyle
A professor at a top university seeks Holmes' help with a possible case of cheating in a valuable scholarship exam.
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Rating:4 stars
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