First Place, CIBA Mystery and Mayhem Category

Case 1: The Adventure of the Murdered Midwife

Before Sherlock Holmes became the world’s greatest consulting detective...
Scandal rocked the Holmes family. 

Only weeks into his first year at Eton, Sherlock ’s father calls him and his brother back to Underbyrne, the ancestral estate. Mrs. Holmes has been accused of murder. Not only had the village midwife been found in the estate’s garden with a pitchfork in her back, Mrs. Holmes had argued with her about some of her practices just days before. The midwife’s husband demands justice and will not be satisfied until Mrs. Holmes is convicted. Can Sherlock and his family collect and unravel the evidence in the short time available to save her from the gallows?

[Dr.] Sherwood-Fabre’s attention to detail and vivid prose are on full display in this delightful look at the evolution of a young Sherlock Holmes.
–Book Life Prize

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Case 2: The Adventure of the Murdered Gypsy

Before Sherlock Holmes became the world’s greatest consulting detective...

Murder followed the arrival of unexpected guests to the Holmes family estate.

Shortly after one of Uncle Ernest’s old acquaintances joins the extended Holmes family for the holidays, a dead man is found in the barn, but this is only the beginning of the disruptions. Sherlock’s young cousin reports hearing footsteps outside the nursery, the family learns that their guests are not who they appear, and Mycroft suddenly falls head-over-heels in love. Are there more murders to come, or will Sherlock prevent them by determine how a body materialized in the barn?

A multifaceted and convincing addition to Sherlock-ian lore.
-Kirkus Reviews

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Case 3: The Adventure of the Deceased Scholar

Before Sherlock Holmes became the world’s greatest consulting detective...
The discovery of two bodies disrupted the 1868 Oxford-Cambridge boat race.

When Mycroft Holmes identifies the body of a drowning victim, the Holmes family is drawn into a scandal that could destroy not only the deceased’s name, but their reputation as well. Sherlock and his family have only a few days before the coroner’s inquest to explain Lord Phillips' demise. If it is ruled a suicide, the Phillips family assets will be returned to the Crown, leaving them destitute. Should that happen, Miss Phillips, the victim’s sister, has threatened to drag Mycroft’s good name through the mire as well. Will Sherlock be able determine what happened before more than one family is destroyed?

This is the author’s best plot yet.
-Publishers Weekly

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Case 4: The Adventure of the Purloined Portrait

Before Sherlock Holmes became the world’s greatest consulting detective...
Ghosts from the past threaten the Holmes family’s future.

Sherlock’s mother hasn’t been herself for months, and her unrest has put the whole family on edge. The first night of a long-planned trip to Paris is shattered when they witness the death of one of Mrs. Holmes’ former suitors. As Sherlock seeks to unravel the mystery behind the murder, increasingly deadly attempts are made to stop him from uncovering the truth. Can Sherlock keep the family’s fraying ties from breaking when long buried secrets come to light?

[T]he overall premise of a youthful Sherlock [was] very fresh.
-Imbue Editing

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Saving Hope
Steve Berry, NYT Bestselling author, describes Saving Hope as “a tantalizing premise that toys with the most basic of emotions—a parent’s drive to save their child.”

In one of Siberia's formerly closed cities, Alexandra Pavlova, an unemployed microbiologist, struggles to save her daughter’s life. When she turns to Vladimir, her oldest friend, for help, she's drawn into Russia’s underworld. His business dealings with the Iranians come to the attention of Sergei Borisov, an FSB (formerly the KGB) agent. Alexandra finds herself joining forces with Sergei to stop the export of a deadly virus in a race to save both her daughter and the world.

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Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout

Family wields the greatest magic.

A missing father. A mother bewitched. Wilhelmina must use her unpredictable magic to catch whoever—or whatever—is stalking her parents. Will her powers be enough to restore her family?

When Wilhelmina accidentally sets her remedial magic class on fire, she is sent to live in the ordinary world with a mother she barely knows. Her adjustment gets off to a very rocky start. She has sudden, unexplainable bursts of magic—mostly while navigating the middle-school minefield—and her mother’s behaving like she’s under some spell. Despite her handicapped magic, Wilhelmina vows to get to the bottom of it all—even if she could vanish without a trace just like her father.

Wilhelmina Quigley: Magic School Dropout is a fish-out-of-water story with touches of mystery, fantasy, and humor.

“A witty tale of enchantment.”

Buy this book now to laugh along with Wilhelmina as she learns about the ordinary world.

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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes:
Essays on Victorian England
Volume One

Step back to 1895 England.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories are full of references to everyday Victorian activities and events that send the twenty-first century reader running to the reference shelf. Few, for example, are intimately acquainted with the responsibilities of a country squire, the importance of gentlemen’s clubs, or the intricacies of the Victorian monetary system. These short essays explore various aspects of life mentioned in the original stories, providing modern-day insight into the nineteenth century world. Untangle the complexities of inheritance, the significance of “Dr.” in front of “Watson,” the importance of segregating the queen bee, and the dispute over the delivery of letters addressed to 221B Baker Street. Such examinations bring deeper meaning and color to the adventures of the world’s most famous consulting detective.

“[Dr.] Sherwood-Fabre’s…extensive research…brings to life a society which we have only dreamed of.”
–Steve Mason, The Crew of the Barque Lone Star, a Sherlock Holmes Scion Society

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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes:
Essays on Victorian England
Volume Two

Fans of Sherlock Holmes, Victorian England, and history in general will all find interesting tidbits to carry away.

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle references many everyday Victorian activities and aspects that are lost on the twenty-first century reader. These short essays provide modern readers a better understanding of Victorian England and greater insight into the world of Sherlock Holmes. His cases take on richer meaning when the reader grasps the subtleties of such details as the blue ribbon mentioned in "The Adventure of the Cardboard Box," the doss houses Shinwell Johnson knew about, or how one contracted brain fever. 

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“We have had the privilege of publishing Liese’s essays in our Sherlockian E-Times each month for the past few years…[and] have, personally, always found her essays to be both entertaining and informative as well as very well-researched.” 
Editor, The Sherlockian E-Times

“Liese Sherwood-Fabre’s essays on life in Sherlock Holmes’ Victorian world…provide insight into topics that are referred to in the Holmes stories.” 
Editor, Groans, Cries, and Bleatings

The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes:
Essays on Victorian England
Volume Three

“[P]repare to delve into a charming set of illustrated guidebooks to Holmes and his 1895 London.”
          - Carole Nelson Douglas, Bestselling Author

This third collection of essays provides additional insights into English life of the late 1800s. During this era, gas and electric lights appeared, the telephone made its debut (although Holmes seemed to prefer the telegram), and the gramophone recorded Sherlock playing his own Stradivarius violin. Holmes enjoyed attending the opera at Covent Garden, reviewing the agony columns, and keeping his own scrapbooks. Watson treated patients with brandy, while yellow fever and diabetes affected populations. And murderers included jellyfish, snakes, and the Italian-American import of the Carbonari. In all, twenty-four articles address aspects of everyday Victorian life from the mundane (cardboard) to the singular (the Crown Jewels)—a little something for everyone.

As an added bonus, the volume includes a reprint of Dr. Sherwood-Fabre’s Baker Street Journal article on “Evil Women: The Villainesses of the Canon.”

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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes:
Essays on Victorian England
Volume Four

"Valuable nuggets for understanding authentic Victorian life"
- Kathleen Baldwin, Bestselling Author

Arthur Conan Doyle's original tales include many references to everyday Victorian life that are no longer part of current readers’ world. What Holmes would have eaten from a can while searching for the hound of the Baskervilles, Watson's enjoyment of a yellow-back novel, or the proper use of a gasogene would have been common knowledge to the Victorian contemporary but compels modern readers to run to the nearest reference book. These twenty-four short essays pull such items from the past and expand on their significance in the story. After enjoying these concise treatises on Holmes’ world, readers will have a deeper understanding and appreciation of both the times and the life of the world’s greatest consulting detective.

As an added bonus, the volume includes a reprint of the Villains, Victims, and Violets article "Transgressions: Scandal in the Canon."

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The Wisdom of Sherlock Holmes

Let Sherlock lead the way!

"The Wisdom of Sherlock Holmes" is a unique personal journal adorned with thought-provoking quotes from the renowned stories of Sherlock Holmes. Every page offers a blank canvas for you to pour your thoughts, emotions, and revelations. Whether you wish to jot down your daily musings, delve into profound self-reflection, or capture the highlights of your own adventures, this journal is your trusted companion, providing thoughtful observations from the Great Detective. Every entry includes a carefully selected quote—from intriguing mysteries to astute observations.

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Villains, Victims, and Violets: Agency and Feminism in the Original Sherlock Holmes Canon

Twenty-nine authors examine Holmes’ world through the lives of the women who lived in it: the villains driven astray; the victims he rescued; and the strong, pivotal Violets from his most unforgettable cases. 
Villains, Victims, and Violets pulls back the curtain on their private spaces, revealing their “proper”—and not so proper—place in a man’s world at the dusk of the 19th century.  

This is essential scholarship—not only to understand the Victorians but to see why the Canon remains so powerful in the 21st century! Highly recommended."
-  Leslie S. Klinger, editor, New Annotated Sherlock Holmes

Bake, Love, Write:
105 Authors Share Dessert Recipes and Advice on Love and Writing 

What do most authors have in common, no matter what genre they write? They love desserts. Sweets sustain them through pending deadlines and take the sting out of crushing rejection letters and nasty reviews. They also often celebrate their successes—selling a book, winning a writing award, making a bestseller list, or receiving a fabulous review—with decadent indulgences. And when authors chat with each other, they often talk about their writing and their lives. Recipes. Writing. Relationships. In this cookbook 105 authors not only share their favorite recipes for fabulous cakes, pies, cookies, candy, and more, they also share the best advice they’ve ever received on love and writing.

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Reindeer Wars

Tina has a tendency to go a little overboard when decorating for the holidays, but Brian decides her skills are just what he needs to get into the Christmas spirit. Can this budding relationship survive when they find themselves in a knock-down-drag-out competition to win the office’s “most outrageous holiday sweater?”

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Virtual Harmony and Other Short, Sweet Romances
Love can bloom in infinite ways.

These eleven short romances follow love through cute meets to taking friendship to the next level to rekindling a marriage. Feelings can be sparked by an errant computer file, a hunt for diamonds, or even a fortune teller's tale. All that is needed is to open one's heart to let it in.
Search, find, and deepen love along the way in these sweet romances.

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Decipher. Deduce. Deliver.

Sherlock Holmes, the most cerebral of detectives, finds his deductive powers put to the test in this intriguing collection of cases. Each adventure presents a web of secrets, clues, and deceptions. Only his highly honed observational skills lead him to the truth. He shines as the consummate master of the art of detection and will captivate from beginning to end.

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"The Curse of Kisin" in MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Volume XXXVI

The finest in new Holmesian storytelling feature tales of Holmes' encounters with seemingly impossible events. Ghosts and hauntings and crimes and events that could not happen, but apparently did!

"The Curse of Kisin"

When the assistant of a renowned expert on South American cultures is found dead in a locked room, Holmes is called in to determine whether it was the accident everyone else assumed. Was it truly the curse of Kisin, or murder?

Available November/December 2022.

"Watch Him Fall" in MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Volume XXII

Throughout the original Holmes Canon, there were hints and teases of other intriguing cases – The Giant Rat of Sumatra . . . The Abernetty Tragedy . . . The Manor House Case. Watson mentions well over one-hundred of these, which have collectively come to be known as The Untold Cases. Now, once again MX Publishing brings us sixty-four of these adventures in three simultaneously published volumes, with all royalties going to support the Stepping Stones School at Undershaw, one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s former homes.

“Watch Him Fall”
(Based on the Camberwell Poisoning Case from “The Five Orange Pips”)

A mob of angry investors, an empty hole beneath the floorboards, and a pocket watch.

When Holmes discovers his faithful landlady has lost her investment in the Tasmanian Gold Mining Company, he and Watson spring into action.  Threatened with the loss of their beloved 221B Baker Street, they must follow the clues to catch the swindler, who’s on the run with his ill-gotten gains.  Can the Great Detective catch the thief, or will all three be living on the streets?

"[Dr. Sherwood-Fabre] knows her Holmes characterization, and her stories do not disappoint."

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Corazones

A collection of three award-winning literary short stories exploring the impact of love. “A Stranger in the Village,” nominated for the 2007 Pushcart Prize, describes how the arrival of a young woman into a Mexican mountain village changed sixteen-year-old Hector forever. “Sacrifice” offers an Aztec tale of political intrigue and love. In "Curandera" Doña Rosa assists the lovelorn through the heartache of passion and infidelity.
What they are saying about one story:

“[‘A Stranger in the Village’] reminds us how our lives may be in the hands of people who come and go, moving on to destinations that call them powerfully away from us – and how, in their wake, we return to our lives but find a different order we are somehow compelled to live with. What a fine and engaging story” 
—Phil Hey, editor, Briar Cliff Review

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The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes, Cases One and Two

A murdered midwife. A body in the stable. At the age of thirteen, Sherlock Holmes is thrust into his first two cases. At stake: the lives of his own family.

Before Sherlock Holmes met Dr. Watson in 1895, he had already developed his skills as the world's most famous consulting detective. Arthur Conan Doyle provided little information about his detective's formative years or how he created his singular profession. These first two books in The Early Case Files of Sherlock Holmes series reveal how Sherlock's past shaped the sleuth he became.


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The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes, Volumes One and Two Box Set

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's stories are full of everyday Victorian activities and events that send the twenty-first-century reader to consult their reference books. Few, for example, are intimately acquainted with the responsibilities of a country squire, the importance of gentlemen's clubs, or the intricacies of the Victorian monetary system.

These forty-eight short essays, gathered together from the first two volumes of "The Life and Times of Sherlock Holmes" series, explore various aspects of life mentioned in the original stories. Readers gain modern-day insight into the nineteenth-century world. Untangle the complexities of inheritance, the Victorian wedding, and the treatment of brain fever. Discover the pleasures of the circus, the Turkish bath, and beekeeping. Such examinations bring deeper meaning and color to the adventures of the world's most famous consulting detective.

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An Unconventional Holmes: Three Unnatural Cases

Sherlock Holmes must solve three cases that carry him into the unnatural: the disappearance of the Baker Street Irregulars, the true identity of a Great War veteran, and a vampyre’s grisly death. He must cross into the worlds of the Grimm Brothers and Bram Stoker to unravel the mysteries confronting him. Can Holmes’ conventional methods still function in the unconventional world?

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Wilhelmina Quigley: Monkey See, Monkey Do

A young witch with unpredictable powers. A tricky transformation spell. What could possibly go wrong? 

​​​​​​Following a magical mishap, Wilhelmina Quigley accidentally transforms her classmate, Fynn, into a monkey. With a frightened Fynn running from those who could help him, Wilhelmina sets off on an extraordinary adventure to recapture and transform the monkey back into a boy. From incantation blunders to misfired spells, each step along the way brings laughter, surprises, and valuable lessons about self-discovery.

"Wilhelmina Quigley: Monkey See, Monkey Do" is a ​​​​​​captivating short story that will whisk readers away to a realm where anything is possible and where the most important lessons are learned when you believe in your own abilities. Join Wilhelmina on her extraordinary quest and prepare to be spellbound by the enchantment that unfolds page after page.

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An Unconventional Holmes: Three Unnatural Cases

Sherlock Holmes must solve three cases that carry him into the unnatural: the disappearance of the Baker Street Irregulars, the true identity of a Great War veteran, and a vampyre’s grisly death. He must cross into the worlds of the Grimm Brothers and Bram Stoker to unravel the mysteries confronting him. Can Holmes’ conventional methods still function in the unconventional world?

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The Rest of the Story

As part of theirsociety’s 50-year celebration, the Crewof the Barque Lone Star and other Sherlockians provide a gamut of creative works that add to "the rest of the story" behind something in the life of Sherlock Holmes or Arthur Conan Doyle. Liese Sherwood-Fabre’s contribution is “Lady Frances Carfax: The Rest of the Story.” Having saved Lady Carfax’s life, she now requires Sherlock to help her retrieve her jewels. Without his help, she will be a destitute spinster. Holmes, however, has a secret plan involved in his assistance.

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A Case of Agony – Tales Inspired by the Agony Columns of the Victorian Period
A Collection of Pastiches and Scholarly Articles on the Original Sherlock Holmes Tales Fromthe Crew of the Barque Lone Star

Based on true ads appearing in the agony (personal) columns of major Victorian newspapers, members of the Crew of the Barque Lone Star Sherlockian scion crafted a case for the great detective to solve. For more than a century, people sent personal messages (sometimes in code) to communicate with one another, as well as seeking advice for their problems (their “agony”). Many readers were fans of such missives and followed a budding romance, a plea for help, or even illicit activities with intense interest. Even the great detective found both uses and amusement in these columns. Learn more about the actual messages as well as tales crafted from actual messages pulled from 19th century papers.

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Holmes and Me
Personal reflections of our Society members on what Sherlock Holmes means to them.

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Debate With A Vampire

When Allison meets a stranger at the annual party in Dracula’s castle in Romania, she finds herself the debate of her life.

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Sweet Revenge

George Henley wants revenge on his ex-wife and ex-business partner. But is the hit man’s price more than he bargained for? 

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A Grimm Holmes: Tales by the Crew of the Barque Lone Star

The world's most famous detective solves cases from 
Mother Goose and the Brothers Grimm

The Crew of the Barque Lone Star was founded as a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars in April, 1970. Through the years, the society has been home for many authors of fiction, Sherlockian criticism, and other non-fiction pieces. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, the Crew has prepared this compilation of new cases for Sherlock and Watson. Liese Sherwood-Fabre's story involves the sudden disappearance of Sherlock's gang of ruffians, the Baker Street Irregulars. He, Watson, and Wiggins - the Irregulars' leader - must find them before the trail grows cold and they are lost forever.

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A Grimmer Holmes:
Tales by the Crew of the Barque Lone Star

The world's most famous detective solves cases from Mother Goose
and the Brothers Grimm

The Crew of the Barque Lone Star was founded as a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars in April, 1970. Through the years, the society has been home for many authors of fiction, Sherlockian criticism, and other non-fiction pieces. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, the Crew has prepared this compilation of even more new cases for Sherlock and Watson. Liese Sherwood-Fabre's story involves the return of a soldier from World War I. His wife enlists Holmes in helping to prove the man is not her husband.

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The Canon, Five Lines at a Time

The Crew of the Barque Lone Star was founded as a scion society of the Baker Street Irregulars in April, 1970. Through the years, the society has been home for many authors of fiction, Sherlockian criticism, and other non-fiction pieces. In celebration of its fiftieth anniversary, the Crew has prepared this compilation of poetic meditations on Sherlock and Watson.

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