Enola Holmes and the Black Barouche: 7

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Once more I found myself too much alone, as seems to be my fate; my very name, Enola, when spelt backwards, reads “alone.

I like that she is starting to work more directly with Sherlock; I like even better that she does it entirely on her own terms. Enola is thrown into a tailspin when she receives a desperate message from her old friend, Lady Cecily. Bolting to my feet, I instructed the maid, “Tell the gentleman I will be with him directly,” and ran for my room to put on my newest boots—I had been wearing delicate silk slippers fit only for indoors; they would have been shredded on the street—and find a matching, decent pair of gloves, and tidy my impossible hair before topping it with a hat, and snatch up a parasol. The brother and sister, both working on the case in their own ways, set out to find the missing sister. Sherlock Holmes, el detective más famoso del mundo, está removiendo cielo y tierra para encontrar a su hermana pequeña Enola, quien parece haber sido engullida por la ciudad más grande y oscura del mundo:Londres.

Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece together clues to her mother’s strange disappearance. Those of you who are aware of my distinguished career as the world’s first Private Consulting Detective can hardly remain unaware of the sensational way in which another Holmes of similar ilk, my much younger sister, Enola, has lately burst upon the London scene. To uncover the secrets held tightly within the Earl's hall, Enola is going to require help—from Sherlock, from the twin sister of the missing woman, and from an old friend, the young Viscount Tewkesbury, Marquess of Basilwether! But after Enola makes it clear that they will work together for Miss Glover—a woman whom Enola has already formed a bond with—Sherlock loosens up. And she soon finds out that this is not the first of the Earl's wives to die suddenly and vaguely--and that the secret to the fate of the missing Felicity is tied to a mysterious black barouche that arrived at the Earl's home in the middle of the night.

But while she is on the run in the world’s biggest, darkest, dirtiest city, she discovers a hidden cache of charcoal drawings and feels as if she is a soul mate to the girl who drew them. Each Enola Holmes book was centered around some aspect of Victorian society that related to women and most importantly to the injustices they faced at that time. Working around the clock without pause, he has strained his extraordinary constitution to its breaking point, and now that he has resolved the matter, he has plunged into the deepest depression. Springer not only provides two fine mysteries, breathtaking adventure, and key-eyed description, but she also offers a worthy heroine.When I hurried out of the front door of the Professional Women’s Club, the good doctor was waiting with a hansom cab, into which he helped me with some conventional words of greeting before seating himself at my side and bidding the cabbie to convey us to Baker Street. Her brilliant brother might indeed be the best and most insightful male detective the world has ever known. Watson waiting on the sunny pavement any longer than was necessary, I assured myself that the taffeta-and-dotted-Swiss frock I wore was quite smart enough. Para Enola, aparte de su hermano Sherlock, con quien discute a menudo, la señora Tupper, su casera, es lo más parecido a su familia.

She wants to engage Sherlock Holmes, Enola’s older brother, to find her sister, but Sherlock is in the throes of a full-on fugue state unable to force himself off his front-room couch.

At fifteen, Enola is living on her own at the Professional Women’s Club and has a history of sleuthing.