Sherlock Holmes expert Peter Blau has written a Holmes newsletter for more than forty years. Here is what he says:
Paula Berinstein's AMANDA LESTER AND THE PINK SUGAR CONSPIRACY, (Agoura Hills: The Writing Show, 2015; 357 pp., $9.99), features a 12-year-old descendant of Inspector Lestrade who's expected to continue in the family's tradition; despite her not wanting to be an investigator she nevertheless is sent to a mysterious British school for descendants of famous detectives, where she encounters a real mystery and a villainous conspiracy. It's the first of an interesting series, and the author has a web-site (with sample chapters) at
www.amandalester.net.
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