Books like The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Enola Holmes, #5) by Nancy Springer
When Enola Holmes’s landlady, Mrs. Tupper, disappears, the young detective must unravel a tangled web that connects the disappearance to the famed 19th‑century nurse Florence Nightingale. With her brother Sherlock absent and her own life already fraught with solitude, Enola faces a personal stake she has never encountered before. Determined to protect the people she cares about, she throws herself into a perilous investigation, weighing every risk to bring her missing friend home safely.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Historical Mystery
Authors: Nancy Springer
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