The Case of the Missing Marquess by Nancy Springer (2006) Philomel Books
Enola Holmes is introduced as the young sister of Sherlock
and Mayfield Holmes. Her mother has
disappeared, and the brothers expected a full staff at their estate. But there is only a Butler, his wife, the
cook, and their son. The brothers intend
to send Enola to a boarding school, which appalls her so, she runs away – to
London, and solves the case of the kidnapping of Tweksbury, who was not
kidnapped, but ran away himself. Only
Enola gets kidnapped by the same two men who kidnapped Tweky after he arrived
at the docks of London hoping to get on a ship for adventure. Will she get away, will she save Tweky, will
she evade her brothers? And why didn’t her
mother take Enola with her?
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