SPCC Library Newsletter Special Issue 2018-19 V.1

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S T . P A U L ' S C O - E D U C A T I O N A L C O L L E G E / / I S S U E S / / V O L U M E 1

T H E

L I B R A R Y

G A Z E T T E TIMELINE FIRST CLUE —— EARLY NOVEMBER

PRIZES! SECOND CLUE —— DECEMBER THIRD CLUE —— JANUARY FOURTH CLUE —— FEBRUARY

PRIZES!

EX HEAD LIBRARIAN MISSING! BY ANDREW GILBEY Dusty Yang,our ex-head librarian, disappeared one night in what we believe to be a case of kidnapping. We hope to enlist your help in finding the kidnapper and the truth behind this mysterious case. Please comply with the instructions: Clues will be available in the library or different activities during different

FIFTH CLUE —— APRIL (BOOK WEEK) times of the year as denoted on the timeline. Prizes will be awarded upon completion of the 1st and 4th clues, and participants will receive the whole story after following through the instructions in the fifth and final clue. The clues will gradually reveal the true story behind Dusty’s kidnapping, and will be related to the location and the time available of the next clue(s). In some instances, there will be instructions given in the clues which you have to follow to get more information.

SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY ENQUIRIES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO APPROACH THE LIBRARIANS ON DUTY.


탐정 소설 นวนิยายนักสืบ

Detektīvs romāns 偵探小說

Novela policíaca Kriminalroman

スパイ

Detectives!


t n e i r O e th

n o r e d r s u s e M r p Ex by Agatha Christie Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for that time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead inside his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again.


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by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

. When Sir Charles Baskerville dies suddenly from heart failure, rumors claim that his death was caused by the gigantic ghostly hound of the Baskervilles, said to have haunted his family for generations. When the estate’s heir, Sir Henry Baskerville, arrives in England from Canada to take up his inheritance, Watson accompanies him to Baskerville Hall, and a skeptical Holmes is called in to investigate.


t e l r a c S n i

y d u t S A by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet is a popular Sherlock Holmes book written by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Being the first novel in the Holmes detective series by Doyle, A Study in Scarlet largely introduces the reader to Doyle's forthcoming series. The story features the introduction of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson through mutual friends, and a mystery revolving around a corpse found at a derelict house in Brixton, England. A Study in Scarlet is highly recommended for those who enjoy Sherlock Holmes detective novels and also individuals who enjoy the works of Arthur Conan Doyle.


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"The detective and his criminals wear versions of the same mask," ~Jane Roberts


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