The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola

Holmes, #2) by Nancy Springer

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Original Title: The Case of the Left-Handed Lady (Enola Holmes, #2)
ISBN: 0399245170
ISBN13: 9780399245176
Autor: Nancy Springer (Goodreads Author)/Peter Ferguson (Cover Illustrator )
Rating: 4.7 of 5 stars (1562) counts
Original Format: Hardcover, 240 pages
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Published: 2007 / by Penguin Philomel
Language: English
Genre(s):
Mystery- 312 users
Historical Fiction- 117 users
Young Adult- 99 users
Historical- 63 users
Fiction- 48 users
Childrens >Middle Grade- 35 users
Description:

London January 1889. Enola 14 hides from worried brother Sherlock, until Dr Watson consults her
imaginary identity, Perditorian Dr Ragostin. As Mrs Ragostin, Enola seeks Lady Cecily 16,
vanished in nightgown, leaving ladder at window, bold charcoal sketches and mirror-writing diaries
about East End poor. Was store clerk suspect, Alexander Finch, just a friend?

About Author:

BIO -- NANCY SPRINGER

Nancy Springer has passed the fifty-book milestone, having written that many novels for adults,
young adults and children, in genres including mythic fantasy, contemporary fiction, magical
realism, horror, and mystery -- although she did not realize she wrote mystery until she won the
Edgar Allan Poe Award from the Mystery Writers of America two years in succession. DARK LIE,
recently released from NAL, is her first venture into mass-market psychological suspense.
Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Nancy Springer moved with her family to Gettysburg, of Civil War
fame, when she was thirteen. She spent the next forty-six years in Pennsylvania, raising two
children (Jonathan, now 38, and Nora, 34), writing, horseback riding, fishing, and birdwatching. In
2007 she surprised her friends and herself by moving with her second husband to an isolated area
of the Florida panhandle, where the birdwatching is spectacular and where, when fishing, she
occasionally catches an alligator.

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- The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)

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- The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Enola Holmes, #4)

- I Am Morgan le Fay

- The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Enola Holmes, #5)

Books In The Series:

 - The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes, #1)

- The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets (Enola Holmes, #3)

- The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Enola Holmes, #4)

- The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline (Enola Holmes, #5)

- The Case of the Gypsy Good-Bye (Enola Holmes, #6)

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Rewiews:

Oct 11, 2010

Stephanie
Rated it: really liked it
Shelves: mystery, historical-fiction, young-adult, fiction, read-in-2010
In this, the second of the series, Enola Holmes is living in London masquerading as a young miss
named Ivy Meshle and working for the famous Perditorian, Dr. Ragostin. What is a "perditorian"
you say? Good question, I had to look it up myself. A perditorian is a finder of lost things. And Dr.
Ragostin is reputed to be very good at what he does although most people have never heard of
him.
In truth, Dr. Ragostin doesn't actually exist. He and his reputation are entirely made up as a
means for Enol
In this, the second of the series, Enola Holmes is living in London masquerading as a young miss
named Ivy Meshle and working for the famous Perditorian, Dr. Ragostin. What is a "perditorian"
you say? Good question, I had to look it up myself. A perditorian is a finder of lost things. And Dr.
Ragostin is reputed to be very good at what he does although most people have never heard of
him.
In truth, Dr. Ragostin doesn't actually exist. He and his reputation are entirely made up as a
means for Enola to make a living. As Ivy Meshle, Dr. Ragostins's assistant, she is able to take
cases to find whatever is asked. Like her much-older brother, Sherlock Holmes, Enola employs
various costumes and identities to help her make her way through Victorian era London.
This case involves looking for a missing girl, Lady Cecily, who appears to have runaway or
possibly eloped, a possibility that is so shameful that her father and the police have tried to cover it
up so as not to disgrace her family. The only person who doesn't believe it is her mother. Enola
hears of the case by coincidence from her brother's dear friend, Dr. John Watson, who comes to
Dr. Ragostin to get some help on another matter. What follows is a fairly dark situation involving a
possible serial killer, kidnapping, and abuse.
I was a little surprised at how dark and scary this was, especially for a Young Adult novel. Not that
anything was extremely graphic; it was well-done in that sense. I had a hard time believing the
level of maturity that Enola shows at some points in the story and her lack of naivete in other
situations. The Sister of the Streets was one point where I struggled with credibility but Enola's
perseverance and her dogged pursuit of the bad guy were exciting and kept me reading. I also
enjoyed the ciphers and the second storyline of Sherlock's pursuit of his sister. I will be reading the
next in the series to see how Enola is doing.
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