Enola Holmes, Sherlock's much younger, and feistier, sister, returns
in an adventure of a confused young Baronet's daughter who is on the run
from her father's devious schemes in Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes and
the Elegant Escapade.
Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock, is now living
independently in London and working as a scientific perditorian (a
finder of persons and things). But that is not the normal lot of young
women in Victorian England. They are under the near absolute control of
their nearest male relative until adulthood. Such is the case of Enola's
friend, Lady Cecily Alastair. Twice before Enola has rescued Lady Cecily
from unpleasant designs of her caddish father, Sir Eustace Alastair,
Baronet. And when Enola is brusquely turned away at the door of the
Alastair home it soon becomes apparent that Lady Cecily once again needs
her help.
Affecting a bold escape, Enola takes Lady Cecily to her secret office
only to be quickly found by the person hired by Lady Cecily's mother to
find the missing girl - Sherlock Holmes himself. But the girl has
already disappeared again, now loose on her own in the unforgiving city
of London.
Even worse, Lady Cecily has a secret that few know. She has dual
personalities - one, which is left-handed, is independent and competent;
the other, which is right-handed, is meek and mild. Now Enola must find
Lady Cecily again - before one of her personalities gets her into more
trouble than she can handle and before Sherlock can find her and return
her to her father. Once again, for Enola, the game is afoot.
