The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)

216 pages

English language

Published March 6, 2006 by Philomel Books.

ISBN:: 978-0-399-24304-2

(6 reviews)

Enola Holmes, much younger sister of detective Sherlock Holmes, must travel to London in disguise to unravel the disappearance of her missing mother.

3 editions

Chungledown Bim reviewed The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1) by Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes)

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3 stars

Opened this by mistake, finished it quite deliberately!
Despite early mentions of prostitutes & cutthroats this is a very sweet & satisfying mystery aimed at quite young folk. Interactive in the form of a cypher (explained past the epilogue) & encouraging of further exploration of arcane topics such as the language of flowers as well as the convoluted women’s undergarments of the era. Touches on feminism & egalitarianism & I do hope that successive books set up the young reader for some heartily bolshy thoughts, lol. Cute, I liked it.