Age Group: 9 - 12 Years, 12+ Years

Description:

Everyone knows that Dr. Watson is Sherlock Holmes' indispensable right-hand man — so when he vanishes without explanation, even the great detective is baffled. Enola, still in hiding from her brothers and still searching for her missing mother, knows that getting involved is risky. But when an ominous bouquet of convolvulus, hawthorn, and white poppies — each bloom a symbol of death — is delivered to the Watson household, she simply cannot stay away. Armed with her cleverest disguise yet, an encyclopaedic knowledge of the Victorian language of flowers, and her mother's gift for codes and ciphers, Enola sets out to track down the sender and find Dr. Watson before it is too late. The third instalment of Nancy Springer's critically acclaimed series raises the stakes higher than ever, delivering all the sharp wit, atmospheric Victorian tension, and irresistible heroine that have made Enola Holmes one of the most celebrated young detectives in middle-grade fiction.