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Shane Peacock


Shane Peacock was born in 1957 in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one of four brothers. He attended school in the northern town of Kapuskasing, before attending university, where he studied history and English literature. A biographer, journalist, and screenwriter, he is also the author of six novels and three plays, and has been nominated for numerous awards including several National Magazine Awards and the Arthur Ellis Award for crime fiction. When not writing, Shane Peacock enjoys playing hockey with his three children, and watching sumo wrestling. He lives near Cobourg, Ontario.

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Vanishing Girl
Written by Shane Peacock

Trade Paperback | 336 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-1-77049-234-9 (1-77049-234-8)

October 12, 2010 | $11.99

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Vanishing Girl
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781770492349
Our Price: $11.99
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The third case in the compelling Boy Sherlock Holmes series is full of as many twists and turns as the backstreets of Victorian London.

When a wealthy young girl vanishes as if by magic in Hyde Park, Sherlock is once again driven to prove himself. In a heart-stopping race against time...

Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.

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The Secret Fiend
Written by Shane Peacock

Hardcover | 256 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-0-88776-853-8 (0-88776-853-9)

May 11, 2010 | $21.99

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The Secret Fiend
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887768538
Our Price: $21.99
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It is 1868, the week that Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister of the Empire. Sherlock's beautiful but poor admirer, Beatrice, the hatter's daughter, appears at the door late at night. She is terrified, claiming that she and her friend have just been attacked by the Spring Heeled Jack on Westminster Bridge...

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The Secret Fiend
Written by Shane Peacock

eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-1-77049-213-4 (1-77049-213-5)

May 11, 2010 | $19.95

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The Secret Fiend
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770492134
Our Price: $19.95


It is 1868, the week that Benjamin Disraeli becomes Prime Minister of the Empire. Sherlock's beautiful but poor admirer, Beatrice, the hatter's daughter, appears at the door late at night. She is terrified, claiming that she and her friend have just been attacked by the Spring Heeled Jack on Westminster Bridge...

Also available as a hardcover.

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Death in the Air
Written by Shane Peacock

Trade Paperback | 264 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-0-88776-928-3 (0-88776-928-4)

October 13, 2009 | $11.99

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Death in the Air
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780887769283
Our Price: $11.99
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After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze...

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Death in the Air
Written by Shane Peacock

eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-1-77049-080-2 (1-77049-080-9)

October 13, 2009 | $19.95

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Death in the Air
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490802
Our Price: $19.95


After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze...

Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

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Eye of the Crow
Written by Shane Peacock

eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-1-77049-078-9 (1-77049-078-7)

October 13, 2009 | $9.95

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Eye of the Crow
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490789
Our Price: $9.95


Sherlock Holmes, just thirteen, is a misfit. His highborn mother is the daughter of an aristocratic family, his father a poor Jew. Their marriage flouts tradition and makes them social pariahs in the London of the 1860s; and their son, Sherlock, bears the burden of their rebellion. Friendless, bullied at school...

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Vanishing Girl
Written by Shane Peacock

Hardcover | 320 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-0-88776-852-1 (0-88776-852-0)

October 13, 2009 | $21.99

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Vanishing Girl
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887768521
Our Price: $21.99
   Quantity: 1 


The third case in the compelling Boy Sherlock Holmes series is full of as many twists and turns as the backstreets of Victorian London.

When a wealthy young girl vanishes as if by magic in Hyde Park, Sherlock is once again driven to prove himself. In a heart-stopping race against time...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

book cover
Vanishing Girl
Written by Shane Peacock

eBook | pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-1-77049-081-9 (1-77049-081-7)

October 13, 2009 | $19.95

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Vanishing Girl
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: eBook
ISBN: 9781770490819
Our Price: $19.95


The third case in the compelling Boy Sherlock Holmes series is full of as many twists and turns as the backstreets of Victorian London.

When a wealthy young girl vanishes as if by magic in Hyde Park, Sherlock is once again driven to prove himself. In a heart-stopping race against time...

Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.

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Eye of the Crow
Written by Shane Peacock

Trade Paperback | 264 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-0-88776-919-1 (0-88776-919-5)

May 12, 2009 | $11.99

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Eye of the Crow
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780887769191
Our Price: $11.99
   Quantity: 1 


Sherlock Holmes, just thirteen, is a misfit. His highborn mother is the daughter of an aristocratic family, his father a poor Jew. Their marriage flouts tradition and makes them social pariahs in the London of the 1860s; and their son, Sherlock, bears the burden of their rebellion. Friendless, bullied at school...

Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.

book cover
Death in the Air
Written by Shane Peacock

Hardcover | 264 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-0-88776-851-4 (0-88776-851-2)

April 8, 2008 | $21.99

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Death in the Air
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887768514
Our Price: $21.99
   Quantity: 1 


After the harrowing experience of losing his mother while solving a brutal murder in London’s East End, young Sherlock Holmes commits himself to fighting crime … and is soon involved in another case. While visiting his father at the magnificent Crystal Palace, Sherlock stops to watch a remarkable and dangerous trapeze...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

book cover
Eye of the Crow
Written by Shane Peacock

Hardcover | 264 pages | Tundra Books | Juvenile Fiction - Mysteries & Detective Stories; Juvenile Fiction - Law & Crime; Juvenile Fiction - Historical
978-0-88776-850-7 (0-88776-850-4)

August 24, 2007 | $21.99

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Eye of the Crow
Written by Shane Peacock

Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780887768507
Our Price: $21.99
   Quantity: 1 


Sherlock Holmes, just thirteen, is a misfit. His highborn mother is the daughter of an aristocratic family, his father a poor Jew. Their marriage flouts tradition and makes them social pariahs in the London of the 1860s; and their son, Sherlock, bears the burden of their rebellion. Friendless, bullied at school...

Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.