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Londres, printemps 1889. Le Dr Watson, grand ami du célèbre détective Sherlock Holmes, a disparu ! Lorsqu'Enola apprend la nouvelle, elle ne peut laisser ce nouveau cas de disparition irrésolu. Mais il lui faut un déguisement approprié pour lui éviter d'être reconnu par son frère Sherlock, qui mène aussi sa propre investigation. Elle se procure de quoi devenir méconnaissable et elle rend visite à Mrs Watson, chez qui elle découvre un bouquet à l'étrange composition... Enola tient probablement une piste qui expliquerait la disparition du Dr Watson.

Ceux qui disent que Sherlock Holmes est le meilleur détective du monde ignorent encore l'existence de sa soeur : Enola Holmes ! Lady Cecily Alistair est séquestrée pour être mariée contre son gré. Enola doit la délivrer ! Mai 1889, Londres. Par hasard, Enola croise une jeune fille qu'elle reconnaît : Lady Cecily Alistair, accompagnée de deux chaperonnes. La jeune femme, qui semble en détresse, confie à Enola son éventail rose, juste avant de la quitter précipitamment.

Liana Clymer is running away - from her divorce, from her past, from herself. Leaving behind everything she knows, she finds herself ensconced in a fuchsia-colored cottage in the swampy hinterlands of the Florida panhandle. Far from the grown sons who don't return her calls, her only companion her dog, Liana decides to put her best foot forward and get to know whoever lives in the blue house across the street, the only neighbors within sight of her new home.

Buffy - a fat, 40ish, divorced mother - encounters a talking frog and, ignoring the warnings of fairy tales, does not turn the frog back into a prince. Trouble ensues when Buffy's rebellious teenage daughter Emily does kiss the frog; soon she and handsome Prince Adamus disappear into the enchanted land of Fair Peril. It is up to Buffy to rescue Emily and, in the process, learn that magic does exist in the most ordinary of lives.

Since their parents' divorce, 16-year-old Rig and his sister, Karma, have drifted apart. Now she is in college - too busy to even return Rig's calls. So one day he Googles her and discovers a website "shrine" filled with photos of his sister. His mother thinks it's romantic, but Rig finds the whole thing creepy; and much to his surprise, his judgmental, estranged father shares Rig's concerns. Together, they fly out to Karma's college to investigate. The website grows increasingly disturbing, with voyeuristic photos and angry rants. Then Rig is attacked at knifepoint.

Dussie always knew puberty was going to be confusing, but she never realized it was going to be catastrophic - until she wakes up one morning to find that her hair has turned into a writhing mass of slithering snakes and discovers the real truth about her family: her mother is a Gorgon--right out of Greek mythology--and she was named after her mother's younger sister, Medusa.

Two-time Edgar Award winner Nancy Springer has written a chilling psychological thriller about a teenage girl possessed by her dead brother. Quiet, cautious Jessie had always lived in the shadow of her dynamic younger brother - her mother's clear favorite. His recent death leaves Jessie and her mother numb with grief. That is, until the morning Jessie cuts her hair and dresses in Jason's clothes, swaggering out of the house in an uncanny imitation of her brother.

Thirteen-year-old Donnie is so upset over her parents' divorce that she gets into increasingly serious trouble at school and does not recognize how much her older sister is hurting as well.

To their neighbors, Dorrie and Sam White are a contented couple in America's heartland, with steady jobs, a suburban home, and plenty of community activities to keep them busy. But they're not quite what they seem. For plain, hard-working Sam hides a depth of devotion for his wife that no one would suspect. And Dorrie is living a lie - beset by physical ailments, alone within herself...and secretly following the comings and goings of the 16-year-old daughter, Juliet, she gave up for adoption when she was hardly more than a child herself. Then one day at the mall, Dorrie watches horror-stricken as Juliet is abducted; forced into a van that drives away....

Lionel won't learn to fight, so he is banished by his warrior father, Lionclaw. The boy soon finds a home in Sherwood Forest with a band of outcasts led by Rowan Hood, daughter of Robin. But when Lionclaw vows to destroy them, Lionel knows he must finally fight for what is right. A sequel to the award-winning Rowan Hood, this action-packed adventure is sure to delight all young readers.

Sherlock Holmes' Schwester ermittelt in einem neuen Fall. Mycroft und Sherlock wollen ihre Schwester in ein Internat stecken. Daher ist Enola in London untergetaucht und eröffnet unter falschem Namen ein Ermittlungsbüro. Einer ihrer ersten Klienten ist ausgerechnet Dr. John Watson! Seine Mission: die vermisste Enola Holmes zu finden. Währenddessen ermittelt Enola im Fall der verschwundenen Lady Cecily Alistair. Wurde sie entführt? Ist sie davongelaufen? Bergen die Zeichnungen der Linkshänderin ein Geheimnis? Gelesen von Luisa Wietzorek, einer Synchronstimme von Millie Bobby Brown.

Widowed and without grandchildren, the loneliness becomes crippling for children's illustrator Beverly Vernon. So she begins a portrait of the ideal granddaughter, who is blonde, violet-eyed and smiling. Until she uncovers the bones of a young child in her back garden. Then Beverly's painting changes of its own accord; the girl's smiling expression turns grim. As Beverly endeavours to identify the child and how it died, her sanity is tested to the limit. While hunting for the truth in a dark past, Beverly risks everything in her present.

Band 3 der "Enola Holmes"-Reihe, bekannt durch die Netflix-Filme mit Millie Bobby Brown. Dr. Watson ist verschwunden und Meisterdetektiv Sherlock Holmes ist ratlos. Enola Holmes macht sich auf die Suche nach Dr. Watson, obwohl sie damit in Gefahr gerät, von ihren Brüdern Mycroft und Sherlock entdeckt und ins Internat gesteckt zu werden. Als sie einen Blumenstrauß in Dr. Watsons Haus bemerkt, dessen Blüten allesamt den Tod symbolisieren, muss sie schnell handeln. Denn offenbar ist Dr. Watson in Lebensgefahr. Kann sie Dr. Watson rechtzeitig aufspüren?

Enola & Sherlock : un duo de choc dans une nouvelle aventure inédite ! La jeune détective Enola Holmes et son frère Sherlock sont appelés à la rescousse pour retrouver un éditeur de renom qui a disparu... et qui n'est autre que le meilleur ami de Rudyard Kipling ! Durant leur enquête conjointe, Enola va devoir se frotter à des chiens enragés, à des savants fous, et à des confrérie mystérieuse portant la marque de la mangouste.

La jeune détective Enola Holmes est appelée à la rescousse de Lady Cecily, son amie de longue date, sous l'emprise d'un père abusif. Enola l'aide à s'évader, mais se confronte bien vite à un grave problème. Gauchère contrariée, Cecily a développé deux personnalités imprévisibles : l'affranchie et la fille sage. Charge à Enola et à son frère Sherlock de remettre la main sur la jeune femme, ce dernier ayant été mandaté par le père de Cecily.