The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye : An Enola Holmes Mystery

as Enola Searches For The Missing Lady Blanchefleur Del Campo, She Discovers That Her Brother Sherlock Is Just As Diligently Searching For Enola Herself—and This Time He Really Needs To Catch Her! He Is In Possession Of A Most Peculiar Package, A Message From Their Long-lost Mother That Only Enola Can Decipher. Sherlock, Along With Their Brother Mycroft, Must Follow Enola Into The Reeking Tunnels Of London's Dark Underbelly As They Solve A Triple Mystery: What Has Happened To Their Mother? And To Lady Blanchefleur? And What Does Either Have To Do With Mycroft, Who Holds Enola's Future In His Everso- Proper Hands? No One, Not Even Sherlock, Is Left Unchanged Or Unsurprised In This Brilliant Conclusion To The Enola Holmes Mystery Series. school Library Journal gr 5–9—in This Fifth Book In The Series, Enola, Younger Sister Of Sherlock And Mycroft Holmes, Discovers That The Royal Duque Del Campo's Wife, Duquessa Lady Blanchefleur, Has Gone Missing. Through An Array Of Pseudonyms And Disguises, The 14-year-old Sets Out For The Grimy Underside Of Baker Street's Underground Station To Search For Her. Along The Way, She Encounters An Old Gypsy Woman Wearing A Chrysanthemum-blossom Amulet Displaying Enola's Long-lost Mother's Initials. The Woman Bestows A Fate Upon Enola—that She Is Destined To Be Alone Forever Unless She Chooses To Defy The Fate. As Enola Struggles With The Del Campo Case And Her Mother's Whereabouts, She Collides With Sherlock. He Hands Over A Mysterious Packet That Was Left On His Doorstep, Revealed To Be A Cryptic Skytale Sent By Their Mother. Feelings About Her Abandonment Begin To Change, And All Three Siblings Set Out To Lady Blanchefleur. Although Springer Builds Upon The Earlier Titles And Characters, A Different Side Of Enola's Character Is Presented. Through 19th-century London's Dark Atmospheric Settings, Enola's Flair Shines Through With Perseverance And Ingenuity. Her Descriptive Internal Monologues Demonstrate Sensitivity As She Discovers Her Mother's Real Reason For Leaving. In This Brilliantly Written Emotional Tale, Children Will Appreciate Enola's Self-discovery On The Importance Of Family And Her Determination To Find Her True Fate.—krista Welz, North Bergen Public Library, Nj As Enola searches for the missing Lady Blanchefleur del Campo, she discovers that her brother Sherlock is just as diligently searching for Enola herself--and this time he really needs to catch her! He is in possession of a most peculiar package, a message from their long-lost mother that only Enola can decipher. Sherlock, along with their fastidious brother Mycroft, must follow Enola into the reeking tunnels of London's dark underbelly as they solve a triple mystery: What has happened to their mother? And to Lady Blanchefleur? And what does either have to do with Mycroft, who holds Enola's future in his ever-so-proper hands? No one, not even Sherlock, is left unchanged or unsurprised in this brilliant conclusion to the Enola Holmes mystery series. After fourteen-year-old Enola Holmes seeks the missing Duquessa Del Campo in the seedy underbelly of nineteenth-century London, she finally reaches an understanding with her brothers Sherlock and Mycroft.