The Case of the Left-Handed Lady: An Enola Holmes Mystery (N)

enola Holmes Is Hiding From The World's Most Famous Detective her Own Brother, Sherlock Holmes. But When She Discovers A Hidden Cache Of Bold, Brilliant Charcoal Drawings, She Can't Help But Venture Out To Find Who Drew Them Young Lady Cecily, Who Has Disappeared From Her Bedroom Without A Trace. Braving Midnight Streets Where Murderers Roam, Enola Must Unravel The Clues a Leaning Ladder, A Shifty-eyed Sales Clerk, Political Pamphlets but In Order To Save Lady Cecily From A Powerful Villain, Enola Risks Revealing More Than She Should . . . In Her Follow-up To the Case Of The Missing Marquess, Which Received Four Starred Reviews, Two-time Edgar Award Winner Nancy Springer Brings Us Back To The Danger And Intrigue Of Victorian London As She Continues The Adventures Of One Of The Wittiest And Most Exciting New Heroines In Today's Literature.children's Literaturethis Second Book Of The Enola Holmes Mystery Series Picks Up With The Lead Character's New Life In London. Using A Variety Of Aliases ivy Meshle, Mrs. Ragostin (wife Of The Learned Dr. Ragostin), And The Silent Sister Of The Streets enola Is Able To Craft An Independent Life Away From That Of Her More Famous Brother, Sherlock Holmes, Even As He Searches For Her. But When Young Lady Cecily Disappears, Enola Becomes Involved. She Begins To Work Through A Series Of Incredibly Subtle Hints That Cecily Has Left Behind In Her Paintings And Through A Diary. As She Figures Out What Has Happened To Cecily, Enola Also Continues To Try To Communicate With Her Missing Mother Through A Series Of Messages In The Newspaper. But Will Sherlock Figure Out How To Use Her Mother's Cipher Before Enola Can Actually Get Her Message Through? Can Enola Save Cecily From The Mysterious Unionizer Who May Not Be What He Seems? The Characters Of Enola And Sherlock Continue To Engage And This Is Another Strong Historical Mystery That Includes A Wonderful Message To Young Women Concerning Independence And Identity.