A quick, fun, mystery featuring Xena & Xander Holmes (descendents of Sherlock Holmes) and Andrew Watson (descendent of Dr. Watson). Xena & Xander Americans living in England for the year. Upon their arrival they find out that they are, in fact, direct descendants of the legendary Sherlock Holmes....
What would do if a poisonous scorpion jumped out of your locker? What if you discovered that the item that was most precious to you had disappeared? To Xena and Xander Holmes this not is their nightmare come to life. The one thing they needed to solve the mystery of the “time stopping amulet” wa...
tAnna of Byzantium by Tracy Barrett is about Anna Comnena her fathers first born, and his chosen successor to one day rule the Byzantium empire. The unexpected birth of her brother John doesn't make her anxious or unsettled. The "barbarians" from foreign lands who think only a son should ascend t...
A shadow moved in the doorway of the building. It was a boy. As he hesitated, someone must have pushes him from behind. He stumbled down the short stairway and fell heavily to his knees. He couldn't break his fall, Hector realized, because his arms were tied behind him.A mysterious talisman trans...
“I want to see how those cloud pictures came out.” “Just one more second, Mom,” Xena pleaded. She clicked the button back a frame and saw that this picture was even clearer. There was no doubt about it: a big flat-footed footprint with a missing toe. There was also a shot of the repaired fence. S...
Xander stared at the gate. It was made of wrought iron, and the shiny black metal rods twisted into curlicues and rosettes were obviously not just for beauty. They were arranged in such a way that nobody could slide through them, even someone short for his age (as Xander was) and thin (as they bo...
Clothing and dishcloths weren’t so bad, but her hands cramped with the effort of squeezing out water from the big linens. If she didn’t wring them out well, they would take forever to dry. The autumn continued cold and damp, and although this meant that now they were finding mushrooms every day, ...
Xander asked. “Read it,” she said. He bent down. “Cyril Batheson. And he died only two years ago!” “You know what this means?” Xena asked, almost whispering. Slowly, Xander nodded. “It means that there are still Bathesons in Taynesbury. Or at least there was one, up until two years ago.” “Come on...
DEATH IS FOREVER—OR IS IT? Why are you getting up? Was that one too sad or something? Sorry about that, but life in ancient Greece was pretty tough. You’re lucky that not many people die young these days, the way Kleobis and Biton did. I know, I know—some still do, and it’...