The Carnelian Crow: A Stoker & Holmes Book - Colleen Gleason

Descriere The Carnelian Crow: A Stoker & Holmes Book - Colleen Gleason

\nGleason has vamped up the familiar world of Holmes and Watson...to paranormally exhilarating effect. -- The New York Times\n \n \n\n \nThe girls are back! Evaline Stoker (sister of Bram) and Mina Holmes (niece of Sherlock) return in the fourth volume of the steampunk adventure series set in an alternate Victorian London.\n \n \n\n \nEver since the debacle of the Chess Queen Enigma, Mina Holmes and Evaline Stoker have laid low, trying to settle back into their quiet lives as young ladies of London. But the Holmesian deductive abilities won't remain dormant for long, and when Mina receives a strange package from a winged, midnight visitor, she is catapulted into a new, dangerous adventure: the search for The Carnelian Crow.\n \n \n\n \nMeanwhile, Evaline has received some very disturbing news--news that will change her life forever. Along with that unpleasant knowledge is the strange disappearance of her nemesis, the disreputable pickpocket Pix.\n \n \n\n \nWhen it becomes clear the arch-villainess the Ankh has made her next move, it will take all of Mina's Holmesian ingenuity and Evaline's courage and determination to stop the criminal from executing her boldest and most dangerous plan yet!\n \n \n\n \nPRAISE FOR STOKER & HOLMES\n \nThis book has it all...the vivid setting and the finely drawn, compelling heorines make this a fine choice for reaaders who like their stories with steampunk spice and smart, strong women. -School Library Journal\n \nThere's lots of fun to be had from this odd-couple investigative team's snarky banter, the well-imagined setting's steampunk details, and Gleason's flashes of satiric humor. -The Horn Book\n

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Avid Press, Llc

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9781944665869

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