Barrett, Tracy The
Missing Heir (Sherlock Files Cases: Unsolved)
Henry
Holt/Macmillan children's pub group 2011 172p 15.99 978-0-8050-8047-6 elm/ms VG
Twins Xena and Xander, descendants of
the world’s greatest detective Sherlock Holmes, are about to take on another
mystery tied to their ancestor’s cold case files. When Alice is kidnapped, Xena and Xander
realize that this tiny realm has figured in one of Sherlock’s unsolved cases
and set out to find Alice and the missing connections.
American children now living in London, they
have assimilated well into the London Multinational School when it is revealed
that one of their classmates will be crowned as Princess of Borogovia on her
upcoming thirteenth birthday. Princess
Alice enlists the twins to help her find the old letters she had discovered
about her ancestors and that have since vanished. When Alice is kidnapped, Xena and Xander
realize that this tiny realm has figured in one of Sherlock’s unsolved cases
and set out to find Alice and the missing connections. They ferret out information from the files of
the SPFD, the Society for the Preservation of Famous Detectives, and enlist the
help of Andrew Watson, offspring of Sherlock’s associate Dr. Watson, to help
with some of the technicalities. Well
written, if a trifle farfetched, the book is filled with exciting action, a
convoluted plot, and interesting characters.
Xena and Xander may be this generation’s answer to Nancy Drew and the
Hardy Boys as they go about trying to solve the few cases that Sherlock could
not. It is sure to be a popular read. Mystery and detective stories Susan Ogintz
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