In Nancy Springer’s final “Enola Holmes Mystery,” the youngest detective of the Holmes family multitasks as she searches for Lady Blachefleur, a missing Duquessa, while unraveling a puzzling coded message that may finally answer questions about her own mother’s disappearance. Quick-thinking Enola is one step ahead of her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft, but the siblings’ paths converge via their respective deductive work. Provocative themes of class, economics, and women’s issues again provide a strong framework for this well-plotted mystery. Enola’s mother gives voice to a maternal perspective rarely heard in novels for young readers while maintaining credibility as the woman who raised three exceptionally intelligent, strong-willed, and independent children. A solid stand-alone novel, Enola’s last case also provides a satisfying conclusion to the storylines about the Holmes family that have run throughout this outstanding six-book series. (Ages 9–12)

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Enola Holmes--younger sister to Sherlock Holmes--is back on another case!

As Enola searches for the missing Lady Blanchefleur del Campo, she discovers that her brother Sherlock is just as diligently searching for Enola herself! Sherlock and Enola must solve a triple mystery: What has happened to their mother? And to Lady Blanchefleur? And what does either have to do with their brother, Mycroft?

Flat-out among the best mysteries being written for young people today. - Booklist, starred review