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Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
Description
Who poisoned the wealthy Emily Inglethorpe, and how did the murderer penetrate and escape from her locked bedroom? Suspects abound in the quaint village of Styles St. Mary, just outside Essex. Among those basking in the shadow of doubt are the heiress's fawning new husband, her two aimless stepsons, her volatile housekeeper, and a pretty nurse who works in a hospital dispensary. And though the identity of the culprit will prove as shocking as the...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 34
Lexile measure
1040L
Language
English
Description
The Moonstone, a yellow diamond looted from an Indian temple and believed to bring bad luck to its owner, is bequeathed to Rachel Verinder on her eighteenth birthday. That very night the priceless stone is stolen again and when Sergeant Cuff is brought in to investigate the crime, he soon realizes that no one in Rachel's household is above suspicion. Hailed by T. S. Eliot as "the first, the longest, and the best of modern English detective novels,"...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 7
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
This mystery written 1886 is a story that marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. The book's title derives from a speech given by a speech given by Holmes, an amateur detective, to his friend and chronicler Watson on the nature of his work, in which he describes the story's murder investigation as his "study in scarlet": "There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, our duty is to unravel...
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