Books in The Adventures of Shirley Holmes series

Shirley Holmes is on the case in these thrilling new mysteries, using the cunning and logic that she inherited from her famous ancestor, Sherlock Holmes.In "The Case of the Burning Building", the new kid in school, Bo Sawchuk, is accused of causing several fires in the area. But Shirley believes Bo is innocent, and the two of them set out to find out who wants to frame Bo and why. In "The Case of the Ruby Ring", a famous ring on display in the school auditorium is stolen. Shirley gets to work using her superior detective skills to discover the thief and return the jewel to its proper place.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twelve short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, featuring his fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It was first published on 14 October 1892; the individual stories had been serialised in The Strand Magazine between July 1891 and June 1892. The stories are not in chronological order, and the only characters common to all twelve are Holmes and Dr. Watson. The stories are related in first-person narrative from Watson's point of view.Helen Stoner worries her stepfather may be trying to kill her after he contrives to move her to the bedroom where her sister had died two years earlier, shortly before her wedding. Stoner is herself now engaged, and Holmes learns that her stepfather's annuity (from the estate of his wife—Stoner's mother) would be greatly reduced if either sister married. During a late-night investigation of the bedroom, Holmes and Watson discover a dummy bell-pull near a ventilator. As they lie in wait a whistle sounds, then a snake appears through the ventilator. Holmes attacks the snake with his riding crop; it retreats to the next room, where it attacks and kills Stoner's stepfather.