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School Library Journal
Reviewed on September 1, 2014 | Grades 9 and Up
Gr 8 Up—Little more than a month has passed since teens Evaline Stoker (sister of Bram) and Mina Holmes (niece of Sherlock) wound down their first collaborative effort at fighting crime and solving mysteries in The Clockwork Scarab (Chronicle, 2013). When the young women are summoned by Princess Alexandra, daughter of Queen Victoria, their skills are tested once again. The royal enlists the girls' help in a case involving her dear friend who has fallen prey to a manipulative spiritualist. Then there is the iss...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on October 1, 2014
In the second Stoker & Holmes mystery (The Clockwork Scarab, rev. 9/13), the royal family enlists the teenage protagonists to investigate whether a young lady, Willa Ashton -- who believes she can communicate with her dead mother -- has gone mad, or if someone is trying to drive her there. Mina Holmes (daughter of Mycroft, niece of Sherlock, and just as brilliant and insufferable as either) attempts to first debunk Willa's psychic medium…then solve the woman's murder. N...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2014
<i>The Clockwork Scarab</i> protagonists Mina Holmes (niece of Sherlock) and Evaline Stoker (Bram's kid sister and novice vampire hunter) i...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
