“It is difficult to choose a new name for oneself.”

From Nancy Springer’s Enola Holmes: The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets.

After her disguise of Ivy Meschle was discovered by her older brother, Sherlock, young Enola Holmes has been hiding out and trying to create a new identity that will allow her to live freely and avoid the reform school where her older brothers are desperate to send her.  However, the only thing that is able to move Enola out of hiding is the news that Dr. Watson, Sherlock’s friend and helper, has gone missing.  In need of a new disguise to evade her older brothers, Enola finds a small somewhat-shady costume shop for the items she needs to transform herself into her new alias: a beautiful lady named Viola.  Armed with her new alias, Enola goes to visit Watson’s wife, Mary, to try and gain information on the case, but she notices a gifted bouquet filled with flowers that represent bad luck and malice.  Thanks to her knowledge of the symbolic meanings of flowers, Enola realizes that the bouquet holds the key to Dr. Watson’s disappearance, but tracking down the malicious sender while evading Sherlock and Mycroft will prove to be Enola’s greatest challenge yet.

The third book in the Enola Holmes Mystery series allows the young heroine to develop in wit, skill, and charm for the reader’s benefit.  Springer creates another story that feels connected to the famous detective stories, while also maintaining a captivating uniqueness.  The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets is sure to entertain mystery fans of all ages, and leave them desperate for the next adventure.