"Liffey clicked off the television and
followed her aunt into the kitchen for a
calming-down cup of chamomile tea."
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"On the other hand, she knew that her
aunt had a way of making you panic about
the stupidest things. Like a few weeks ago,
after they had read a Sherlock Holmes
story called The Speckled Band...After
they had finished reading it, Aunt Jean was
so unsettled she went all over the house
making sure that there were no tiny holes
in the walls that a poisonous snake could
squeeze through."
(The Speckled Band is referenced in 'In
the Shadow of the Serpent' (above) and in
the short story anthology: Four Mini
Mysteries in The Mystery of the Temporary
Trophy (below).
"It was when Mrs. Hudson extended her
right hand for a final goodbye handshake
that Liffey saw the yellow bracelet with
brown speckles. So, I see you are wearing
a speckled band like the snake in the
Sherlock Holmes short story, Mrs. Hudson?
I recently read that story with my Aunt
Jean."
"It was the band. The speckled band!"
After her sister Julia dies suddenly, Helen Stoner
worries that she is the killer's next target. With her
last words, Julia insisted that the "speckled band"
murdered her. Can Holmes and Watson discover
the identity of the speckled band before Helen falls
victim as well?
"Aunt Jean had put her books down
and was watching an in-flight movie
while she sipped a glass of white South
African wine and nibbled on something
that looked like beef jerky called
‘Biltong.
Liffey yawned."
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