A Study in Charlotte
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- USD 8.99
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- USD 8.99
Descripción editorial
The first book in a witty, suspenseful new series about a brilliant new crime-solving duo: the teen descendants of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. This clever page-turner will appeal to fans of Maureen Johnson and Ally Carter.
Jamie Watson has always been intrigued by Charlotte Holmes; after all, their great-great-great-grandfathers are one of the most infamous pairs in history. But the Holmes family has always been odd, and Charlotte is no exception. She’s inherited Sherlock’s volatility and some of his vices—and when Jamie and Charlotte end up at the same Connecticut boarding school, Charlotte makes it clear she’s not looking for friends.
But when a student they both have a history with dies under suspicious circumstances, ripped straight from the most terrifying of the Sherlock Holmes stories, Jamie can no longer afford to keep his distance. Danger is mounting and nowhere is safe—and the only people they can trust are each other.
What happens when the world’s most famous partnership is reborn in two teenagers who might be framed for murder?
Teen Detectives: Jamie Watson isn’t looking for trouble, but Charlotte Holmes—volatile, brilliant, and carrying the weight of her famous name—is trouble incarnate.Dark Academia Setting: At their elite Connecticut boarding school, ivy-covered walls and old traditions hide deadly new secrets.A Literary Murder: When a fellow student dies in a manner ripped from a classic Doyle story, Charlotte and Jamie become the prime suspects.An Unlikely Partnership: With danger mounting, they have no one to trust but each other, forcing a reluctant alliance that could save their lives—or get them killed.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Debut author Cavallaro brings Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuths (or their distant relatives, anyway) into the 21st century, casting Holmes as a brilliant young woman and Watson, who narrates, as her admirer and accomplice. Charlotte Holmes and Jamie Watson are descendants of the famous crime-solving duo, each inheriting their forebears' talents for deduction and bringing murderers to justice. They are students at a Connecticut boarding school, where someone is killing their classmates and framing the two of them as the culprits. Cavallaro gives Charlotte the cold, calculating persona of Holmeses ranging from Doyle's original to the stars of shows like Sherlock and Elementary, including the tendency toward detailed deductions about people and a drug addiction. This Holmes was sexual assaulted by her now-murdered classmate, but Cavallaro uses the assault as a way to throw suspicion on Holmes as the possible murderer, sidestepping the seriousness of that crime in its own right. This aside, readers will find this to be an involving murder mystery, and a promising start to a planned trilogy. Ages 13 up.
