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The disappearance of Alastair Ainsworth / Leonard Goldberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Goldberg, Leonard S. Daughter of Sherlock Holmes mystery ; Publisher: New York : Minotaur Books, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 306 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250101082
  • 1250101085
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Contents:
The unannounced visitor -- The advertisement -- Dr. Verner's office -- The chase -- The sister -- The trail -- Paddington Station -- The Admiralty Club -- Blood smears -- The British Museum -- Covent garden -- The Baker Street irregulars -- St. John's wood -- The secret companion -- A coded message -- Waterloo Station -- Lady Jane -- They mysterious gentleman -- The unexpected death -- Westminster Abbey -- A strange meeting -- Hyde Park -- Exodus -- The deciphering -- A traitor -- The trap -- Alistair Ainsworth.
Summary: Dr. Alexander Verner has just returned from an unsettling trip to see a patient who he believes is being held against his will. Joanna quickly realizes that Verner's patient is Alistair Ainsworth, a high-ranking cryptographer who the Germans have taken captive to pry vital information about England's military strategies for the Great War. Ainsworth must be found at all costs-- and Joanna and the Watsons might be the only ones who can connect the clues to find him. -- Adapted from jacket flap.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Notes Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Mystery Goldberg Leonard DS 3 Available Water damage to back pages 33111009600814
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

In the third book of this critically-acclaimed series, Sherlock Holmes' daughter faces a new unsolvable mystery with spies and a threat to the crown.

Joanna and the Watsons receive an unexpected visitor to 221b Baker Street during a nocturnal storm. A rain-drenched Dr. Alexander Verner arrives with a most harrowing tale.

Verner has just returned from an unsettling trip to see a patient who he believes is being held against his will. Joanna quickly realizes that Verner's patient is a high-ranking Englishman who the Germans have taken captive to pry vital information about England's military strategies for the Great War. The man is revealed to be Alistair Ainsworth, a cryptographer involved in the highest level of national security.

The police are frantic to find Ainsworth before the Germans can use him to decode all of England's undeciphered messages. Ainsworth must be found at all costs and Joanna and the Watsons might be the only ones who can connect the clues to find him.

USA Today bestselling author Leonard Goldberg returns with another puzzling case for the daughter of Sherlock Holmes to unravel in this exciting mystery sure to be enjoyed by fans of Sherlock Holmes.

Dr. Alexander Verner has just returned from an unsettling trip to see a patient who he believes is being held against his will. Joanna quickly realizes that Verner's patient is Alistair Ainsworth, a high-ranking cryptographer who the Germans have taken captive to pry vital information about England's military strategies for the Great War. Ainsworth must be found at all costs-- and Joanna and the Watsons might be the only ones who can connect the clues to find him. -- Adapted from jacket flap.

The unannounced visitor -- The advertisement -- Dr. Verner's office -- The chase -- The sister -- The trail -- Paddington Station -- The Admiralty Club -- Blood smears -- The British Museum -- Covent garden -- The Baker Street irregulars -- St. John's wood -- The secret companion -- A coded message -- Waterloo Station -- Lady Jane -- They mysterious gentleman -- The unexpected death -- Westminster Abbey -- A strange meeting -- Hyde Park -- Exodus -- The deciphering -- A traitor -- The trap -- Alistair Ainsworth.

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