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APRIL, 2020 THE ADVENTURE OF THE MURDERED MIDWIFE By: Liese Sherwood-Fabré The Plot: 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 ances- tral estate. The village midwife has been found with a pitchfork in her back in the estate‘s garden, and Mrs. Holmes has been accused of the murder. Can Sher- lock find the true killer in time to save her from the gallows? ***** Goodreads Review by Sally Sugarman: ―This is a book once I started, I couldn‘t put down…. The relationship between Mycroft and Sherlock was perfect. [T]he time period was recreated convincingly.‖ Available in Print and E-Book At: Little Empress Amazon BN Kobo An Excerpt They told me the Battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton, and I knew I should have been honored to be at the institution; but at age thirteen, I hated it. The whole bloody place. I remained only because my parents‘ disappointment would have been too great a disgrace to bear. My aversion culminated about a month after my arrival when I was forced into a boxing match on the school‘s verdant side lawn. I had just landed a blow to Charles Fitzsimmons‘s nose, causing blood to pour from both nostrils, when the boys crowd- ing around us parted. One of the six-form prefects joined us in the circle‘s center. After glancing first at Fitzsimmons, he said to me, ―Sherlock Holmes, you‘re wanted in the Head Master‘s office. Come along.‖ Even though I‘d been at the school only a few weeks, I knew no one was called to the director‘s office unless something was terribly wrong. Author Contact Info: Prices: Print: $ 14.99 E-Book: $ 4.99 Length: 344 Pages Heat Level: PG-13 Website Facebook Twitter Amazon Author Page Biography: Liese Sherwood-Fabre has been recognized with a series of awards, including a Pushcart Prize nomination, a Golden Heart finalist, and a blue ribbon from Chanticleer Book Reviews. Steve Berry has called her work ―Good old-fashioned, gimmick-free storytelling‖ and Gemma Halliday enthused the current novel is ―a classic in the making.‖ A recognized Sherlockian scholar, her essays on Sherlock and Victorian England are published across the globe and have appeared in the Baker Street Journal, the pre- miere publication of the Baker Street Irregulars. 26 08