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	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1882 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Hiscock (Goodreads Author), Stephen Seitz (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1881 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor & Author), David Marcum (Goodreads Author), Derrick Belanger (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1883 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katy Darby, Will Murray 4.46 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1884 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Will Murray, Kevin Thornton 4.20 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Vatican Cameos: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure 4.41 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2016 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1886 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author), Chris Chan, Rob Nisbet 4.33 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Holidays for Sherlock Holmes by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author), David Marcum (Goodreads Author), Katy Darby 4.20 avg rating — 95 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1888 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author), Josh Reynolds, Derrick Belanger (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 83 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sherlock Holmes: A Year of Mystery 1887 by Richard T. Ryan (Goodreads Author), Rob Nisbet, David Marcum 4.53 avg rating — 78 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Druid of Death: A Sherlock Holmes Adventure 4.35 avg rating — 80 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richard T. said: " "If you enjoy time-travel books, you'll love this. Condemned to endless reincarnation until she can return a golden orb to an angry goddess, Laila lives through many of the most exciting periods of British history and meets some fascinating character ...more "

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“When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
― Arthur Conan Doyle, The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

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“I dream of a better tomorrow. One where chickens can cross the road and their motives remain unquestioned.”
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“I hate when couples fight and change their status to 'single' when they're still together and are just mad at one another. Do you see me changing my status to 'orphan' after I fight with my parents?”
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message 4: by Richard

Jun 14, 2017 04:40PM

Ok. I'll send again when I get home. Probably a user error on my part

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message 3: by Lghiggins

Jun 14, 2017 04:32PM

Richard,
There is no rush as I am not ready to read it yet, but you mentioned a few days ago that you were going to email me a book. I have a little mental placeholder for that so I thought I should let you know that I did not receive it. lghiggins@icloud.com
Linda

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message 2: by Beth

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