Showing results for "Nancy Springer" in Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Enola Holmes is being hunted by the world’s most famous detective—her own brother, Sherlock Holmes. But while she is on the run in the world’s biggest, darkest, dirtiest city, she discovers a hidden cache of charcoal drawings and feels as if she is a soul mate to the girl who drew them. But that girl, Lady Cecily, has disappeared without a trace. Braving the midnight streets, Enola must unravel the clues to find this left-handed lady, but in order to save her, Enola risks revealing more than she should. 

Edgar Award-winning author Nancy Springer captivates young listeners with mysteries that feature Sherlock Holmes’ little sister Enola. Abandoned by her mother and fearing her brothers will exile her to a finishing school, 14-year-old Enola lives a lonely London existence. But when someone kidnaps her elderly landlady—the closest thing she has to family these days—the feisty heroine will do whatever it takes to find her.

In this suspenseful story, a boy named Aaron has been murdered. Everyone in Pinto River wonders who could have done such a horrible thing. Jeremy,Aaron's best friend, has a pretty good idea who committed the crime. But does he keep his mouth shut, or does he tell? Norm Lee's powerful narration leads listeners through this murder mystery.

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....

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.

Als Enola, die jüngere Schwester von Sherlock Holmes, entdeckt, dass ihre Mutter verschwunden ist, macht sie sich sofort auf die Suche nach ihr. Sie reist dafür heimlich nach London, aber nichts hätte sie darauf vorbereiten können, was sie hier erwartet: Sie wird in die Entführung eines Lords involviert, muss vor mörderischen Gaunern fliehen und sich gleichzeitig vor ihren beiden scharfsinnigen älteren Brüdern verstecken, die auf der Suche nach ihr sind, um sie in ein Internat zu stecken.

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.

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.

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?