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Enola Holmes #10
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin
Enola Holmes is back for one final mystery, and she faces a deadly foe - from the series that inspired the films, starring Millie Bobby Brown.
Read them all before the next film lands!
When Enola Holmes hears a muffled clanging sound coming from a 'safety coffin' in a chilly cemetery, she follows the sound to a crudely dug fresh grave. She starts digging . . . and inside a coffin she finds a girl who is drugged but not quite dead.
But how to find where the girl belongs - or where she is running from - when she can't remember anything about who she is? Only Enola could persevere to solve the mystery, in the face of a gang of heavies on her trail and her brother Sherlock's strict warning to stay away from the case.
'A story of a young girl who is empowered, capable, and smart . . . the Enola Holmes book series conveys an impactful message to kids and teenagers all over the world that you can do anything if you set your mind to it, and it does so in an exciting and adventurous way.' - MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
Read them all before the next film lands!
When Enola Holmes hears a muffled clanging sound coming from a 'safety coffin' in a chilly cemetery, she follows the sound to a crudely dug fresh grave. She starts digging . . . and inside a coffin she finds a girl who is drugged but not quite dead.
But how to find where the girl belongs - or where she is running from - when she can't remember anything about who she is? Only Enola could persevere to solve the mystery, in the face of a gang of heavies on her trail and her brother Sherlock's strict warning to stay away from the case.
'A story of a young girl who is empowered, capable, and smart . . . the Enola Holmes book series conveys an impactful message to kids and teenagers all over the world that you can do anything if you set your mind to it, and it does so in an exciting and adventurous way.' - MILLIE BOBBY BROWN
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First published February 10, 2026
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Nancy Springer
200 books2,396 followersBIO -- 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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February 12, 2026
3.8 Stars
One Liner: Fun!
1891 London
Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, is attending the burial of her former landlady when she hears a faint bell. Turns out, a young girl was buried alive. While Enola and her friends rescue her, the girl remembers nothing, even though her tombstone says her name is Trevonia Trairom.
Enola decides to protect the girl and find out more, but also joins her Sherlock in his battle against his archenemy Professor Moriarty.
The story comes in Enola’s first-person POV.
My Thoughts:
While I haven’t read all the books in this series, I have read the previous three or so. It certainly helped since we have the required backstory of Enola’s life and her relationship with her older brothers.
If you read the official blurb, you’ll know that this book has Professor Moriarty in it. Yeah, the timeline coincides with the famous Holmes-Moriarty clash, where… (no spoilers if you haven’t read that book)!
However, this is Enola’s story for the most part, just as it should be. She is her lively self—enjoying dress up, sleuthing for the fun of it, and being a little too curious for her own good.
I don’t remember the recurring side characters except for the cabbie, Harold. I do remember the Club, where only women are allowed to enter and do everything on their own.
The narration is most fast-paced, but it does dip a little here and there. There is enough danger and action to keep the target audience (it is YA) hooked despite the old-style narration (curse words are not mentioned but called naughty words, which is cute, if you ask me ).
The epilogue makes it seem like this could be the last book in the series. I’m not sure, though. Maybe it is, or maybe there will be a leap and a couple of more books. Let’s see!
To summarize, Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin is an entertaining read with a good dose of danger, mystery, and a touch of emotion.
Thank you, NetGalley and Wednesday Books (St Martin), for the eARC. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
#NetGalley
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P.S.: The Fibonacci series gets a mention in the book, so I’ll drop a reminder that it was first introduced by an Indian (Acharya Pingala in Chanda Shatra) before it went to Europe, a piece of information not many are aware of, nor want to accept.
One Liner: Fun!
1891 London
Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, is attending the burial of her former landlady when she hears a faint bell. Turns out, a young girl was buried alive. While Enola and her friends rescue her, the girl remembers nothing, even though her tombstone says her name is Trevonia Trairom.
Enola decides to protect the girl and find out more, but also joins her Sherlock in his battle against his archenemy Professor Moriarty.
The story comes in Enola’s first-person POV.
My Thoughts:
While I haven’t read all the books in this series, I have read the previous three or so. It certainly helped since we have the required backstory of Enola’s life and her relationship with her older brothers.
If you read the official blurb, you’ll know that this book has Professor Moriarty in it. Yeah, the timeline coincides with the famous Holmes-Moriarty clash, where… (no spoilers if you haven’t read that book)!
However, this is Enola’s story for the most part, just as it should be. She is her lively self—enjoying dress up, sleuthing for the fun of it, and being a little too curious for her own good.
I don’t remember the recurring side characters except for the cabbie, Harold. I do remember the Club, where only women are allowed to enter and do everything on their own.
The narration is most fast-paced, but it does dip a little here and there. There is enough danger and action to keep the target audience (it is YA) hooked despite the old-style narration (curse words are not mentioned but called naughty words, which is cute, if you ask me ).
The epilogue makes it seem like this could be the last book in the series. I’m not sure, though. Maybe it is, or maybe there will be a leap and a couple of more books. Let’s see!
To summarize, Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin is an entertaining read with a good dose of danger, mystery, and a touch of emotion.
Thank you, NetGalley and Wednesday Books (St Martin), for the eARC. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.
#NetGalley
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P.S.: The Fibonacci series gets a mention in the book, so I’ll drop a reminder that it was first introduced by an Indian (Acharya Pingala in Chanda Shatra) before it went to Europe, a piece of information not many are aware of, nor want to accept.
October 13, 2025
It’s 1891 in London, England, where Enola Holmes–the younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes–is attending a funeral when she hears a bell ringing in the distance. She runs toward the odd sound to investigate and finds out that the bell is ringing because someone was buried alive! Enola and her companions jump into action and quickly dig out the coffin where a young girl, Trevina Trairom, is lying unconscious. When they take her to safety, she awakens and can’t remember a thing, not even who she is! But luckily for her, Enola is known for finding what is lost and has a knack for solving crimes. Taking Trevina under her wing, Enola discovers that Sherlock is investigating a similar mystery involving a notorious criminal mastermind, Professor Moriarty. Being a Holmes, Enola goes up against her most brutal foe yet as she tries to figure out how Trevina is associated with Moriarty and assist Sherlock in his quest for justice.
This was fun! 🤩 I am a HUGE fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous character, Sherlock Holmes, and I really enjoyed the Enola Holmes movies Netflix released. I’ve read all the books concerning the master sleuth, so this was a treat.
I loved how Enola’s case correlated with the timeline of Sherlock’s case as he tried to capture the infamous Moriarty. Granted, I thought there was going to be more action and crime-solving in this book, but it is for younger people (why am I talking like I’m a hundred years old already? 😅), so I’m not mad or disappointed with the plot or action sequences scattered throughout. ☺ She is known for being good at finding things, so that’s why it is different than a case Sherlock would solve, which is actually great because siblings are different from one another, each having their own niche even if they are similar in some things. 😁
In the end, I would totally recommend this book, but I feel like reading the others would help clear the air of some of the things that were mentioned in this one. So you know what that means? Uh-huh. This girl is going to read the other Enola Holmes mysteries. 😉
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the free arc in exchange for an honest review! All opinions and statements are my own.
❗Content Warnings❗
Violence & mentions nudity
Swearing: A little (English-style 😏)
Spice: None
This was fun! 🤩 I am a HUGE fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous character, Sherlock Holmes, and I really enjoyed the Enola Holmes movies Netflix released. I’ve read all the books concerning the master sleuth, so this was a treat.
I loved how Enola’s case correlated with the timeline of Sherlock’s case as he tried to capture the infamous Moriarty. Granted, I thought there was going to be more action and crime-solving in this book, but it is for younger people (why am I talking like I’m a hundred years old already? 😅), so I’m not mad or disappointed with the plot or action sequences scattered throughout. ☺ She is known for being good at finding things, so that’s why it is different than a case Sherlock would solve, which is actually great because siblings are different from one another, each having their own niche even if they are similar in some things. 😁
In the end, I would totally recommend this book, but I feel like reading the others would help clear the air of some of the things that were mentioned in this one. So you know what that means? Uh-huh. This girl is going to read the other Enola Holmes mysteries. 😉
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the free arc in exchange for an honest review! All opinions and statements are my own.
❗Content Warnings❗
Violence & mentions nudity
Swearing: A little (English-style 😏)
Spice: None
December 19, 2025
The story starts off with a bang and is non stop from there. The synopsis is detailed. Enola Holmes is a delightful, non conforming to the the times main character. The banter between the siblings was magnificent. I was engaged throughout the book. Plan to read the entire series. Looking forward to the next. Outstanding narrator.
I was blessed with an audio ARC. Thank you, NetGalley. The opinions expressed are my own and unbiased.
I was blessed with an audio ARC. Thank you, NetGalley. The opinions expressed are my own and unbiased.
November 3, 2025
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin
by Nancy Springer
I have enjoyed all of this series and this one adds to the thrilling list. It starts with a terrific opener of someone buried alive. A cord is pulled from inside the coffin to ring the bell above ground to notify others that they are not dead. Enola helps rescue this young lady.
From there, it's just one mystery after another! Mostly based around this lady. Really exciting and suspenseful at times. Wild ending!
I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this exciting book!
by Nancy Springer
I have enjoyed all of this series and this one adds to the thrilling list. It starts with a terrific opener of someone buried alive. A cord is pulled from inside the coffin to ring the bell above ground to notify others that they are not dead. Enola helps rescue this young lady.
From there, it's just one mystery after another! Mostly based around this lady. Really exciting and suspenseful at times. Wild ending!
I want to thank the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this exciting book!
February 18, 2026
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“Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells…
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour.”
— “The Bells,” Edgar Allan Poe
I know, gentle reader, that you may be familiar with Poe’s The Premature Burial and The Cask of Amontillado. If so, you are somewhat prepared for Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin. It is my design here to introduce you to a tale that would make Poe himself cringe.
This novel is part of a series of books about Sherlock Holmes’s much younger sister, Enola. She has inherited both her brother’s gift for ratiocination and his aquiline nose. Enola (try reading her name backwards) was abandoned by her mother, who ran off to pursue the cause of Victorian feminism. Enola herself ran off at fourteen when her brothers sent her away to a strict—almost sadistic—school devoted to producing proper Victorian ladies—a profession she had no intention of entering.
As this book begins, Enola—now seventeen—is attending the funeral of an elderly woman who had shown her kindness. When the service ends and she and her companions begin to leave the cemetery, she hears a clanging—perhaps ringing—noise. Naturally, she investigates. She discovers a freshly dug grave with a bell mounted beside it and, horror of horrors, a cord running from the bell down into the grave itself. Something—or someone—is pulling on the cord.
Enola and her companions dig into the grave and uncover a seventeen-year-old girl in a pine coffin. She is barely alive and barely clothed, and if Enola learned anything in her time at the lady school, it’s that a lady does not appear in public wearing only a torn diaphanous gown and a cheap pine coffin. Enola sets out to solve this mystery. The girl has lost her memory—well, can you blame her? —but the name on the grave marker reads Trivina Y Trairom.
I, of course, immediately recognized this as a clue and solved the mystery by page 28. As my ancient madre used to say frequently to me: Tu sens le fromage bleu fait d’un opossum mort. I have never bothered to learn Samoan, but from context that epigram is clearly a compliment praising my great intelligence.
🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars
This is being touted as a Young Adult novel but given the premature burial and the unfortunate state of undress in which the victim is discovered, I believe the word Young may be safely elided. If you possess even a passing familiarity with Sherlock Holmes, the clues I have provided above may have allowed you to deduce the identity of the perpetrator of this horror. If so, I offer you my mother’s highest praise: Tu sens le fromage bleu fait d’un opossum mort.
So, do you know who perpetrated this horrendous act?
About the Reviewer
“Oh, the bells, bells, bells!
What a tale their terror tells…
How they clang, and clash, and roar!
What a horror they outpour.”
— “The Bells,” Edgar Allan Poe
I know, gentle reader, that you may be familiar with Poe’s The Premature Burial and The Cask of Amontillado. If so, you are somewhat prepared for Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin. It is my design here to introduce you to a tale that would make Poe himself cringe.
This novel is part of a series of books about Sherlock Holmes’s much younger sister, Enola. She has inherited both her brother’s gift for ratiocination and his aquiline nose. Enola (try reading her name backwards) was abandoned by her mother, who ran off to pursue the cause of Victorian feminism. Enola herself ran off at fourteen when her brothers sent her away to a strict—almost sadistic—school devoted to producing proper Victorian ladies—a profession she had no intention of entering.
As this book begins, Enola—now seventeen—is attending the funeral of an elderly woman who had shown her kindness. When the service ends and she and her companions begin to leave the cemetery, she hears a clanging—perhaps ringing—noise. Naturally, she investigates. She discovers a freshly dug grave with a bell mounted beside it and, horror of horrors, a cord running from the bell down into the grave itself. Something—or someone—is pulling on the cord.
Enola and her companions dig into the grave and uncover a seventeen-year-old girl in a pine coffin. She is barely alive and barely clothed, and if Enola learned anything in her time at the lady school, it’s that a lady does not appear in public wearing only a torn diaphanous gown and a cheap pine coffin. Enola sets out to solve this mystery. The girl has lost her memory—well, can you blame her? —but the name on the grave marker reads Trivina Y Trairom.
I, of course, immediately recognized this as a clue and solved the mystery by page 28. As my ancient madre used to say frequently to me: Tu sens le fromage bleu fait d’un opossum mort. I have never bothered to learn Samoan, but from context that epigram is clearly a compliment praising my great intelligence.
🌟🌟🌟🌟 Stars
This is being touted as a Young Adult novel but given the premature burial and the unfortunate state of undress in which the victim is discovered, I believe the word Young may be safely elided. If you possess even a passing familiarity with Sherlock Holmes, the clues I have provided above may have allowed you to deduce the identity of the perpetrator of this horror. If so, I offer you my mother’s highest praise: Tu sens le fromage bleu fait d’un opossum mort.
So, do you know who perpetrated this horrendous act?
About the Reviewer
Pseudonymous the Elder’s first book—Success in Spelling 5—was compared unfavorably by critics to the 1973 U.S. Federal Income Tax Tables. After retiring from publishing in 2017, Pseudo moved into the lucrative field of book review, mainly as a form of vengeance on his former employers. Pseudo lives in a secret hideaway somewhere near the shores of a Great Lake, where he supports his wife, 24 children, 6 grandmothers, 7 great-grandmothers, and a large pack of vicious wolves. The wolves aren’t much interested in Pseudo’s welfare, but if there are any disappointed authors out there who want to drop by to debate the relative merits of his reviews, Pseudo warns them that the grandmothers and great-grandmothers will not put up with any hanky-panky in the house—especially floggings, tar-and-feathering, rail riding, lynchings and duels to the death. Those writers who have received low scores from Pseudo should take comfort in knowing that your scribblings will not go to waste: Pseudo donates your books to prisons, jails, gulags, dungeons, detention centers, and DMV offices where there are people who deserve to be punished.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
I have a problem with the classification of these books. They are way above the comprehension of a Middle-Grade student and the Young-Adults I know don't have the patience or desire to interpret and translate a great many of the idioms Springer uses in her writing. I highly recommend it for teens and older, as the prose and situations are appropriate for that age. For me, I loved it. Enola is a kick-ass heroine, and I loved how she took charge of this situation and wouldn't let go. She is a wonderful character; she is smart, has wit, is thoughtful, and tenacious. Once she is involved, she is not backing off and will see any situation through to the end, even if her very life is threatened. Enola finally wins Mycroft's approval and admiration.
Enola Holmes is in the cemetery for the burial of her beloved landlady. It is a blistering cold day in February 1891 London, and all Enola can think is to get inside a warm place with a hot cup of tea. She hears a bell ringing and soon uncovers a coffin with a girl who is very much alive. The grave marker names her Trevonia Trairom. Enola senses that it might be best to keep her hidden and Enola is right as Trevonia turns out to be connected to a case Sherlock Holmes is working on and her life is indeed in danger. Sherlock disappears and Enola works to find Sherlock and protect Trevonia from Sherlock's greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty.
My thanks the Publisher and the Author for providing a complimentary digital Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel via NetGalley. This is my fair, honest and personal review. All opinions are mine alone and were not biased in any way.
Enola Holmes is in the cemetery for the burial of her beloved landlady. It is a blistering cold day in February 1891 London, and all Enola can think is to get inside a warm place with a hot cup of tea. She hears a bell ringing and soon uncovers a coffin with a girl who is very much alive. The grave marker names her Trevonia Trairom. Enola senses that it might be best to keep her hidden and Enola is right as Trevonia turns out to be connected to a case Sherlock Holmes is working on and her life is indeed in danger. Sherlock disappears and Enola works to find Sherlock and protect Trevonia from Sherlock's greatest nemesis, Professor Moriarty.
My thanks the Publisher and the Author for providing a complimentary digital Advanced Reader Copy (ARC) of this novel via NetGalley. This is my fair, honest and personal review. All opinions are mine alone and were not biased in any way.
November 23, 2025
Moriarty done better
I marked this review a spoiler so that I could tell you that in this installment of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes series, Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin, Enola runs into Holmes nemesis Moriarty.
In my opinion, the Sherlock Holmes stories suffer from a problem common to many book and movie series: underpowered villains. When I read The Complete Sherlock Holmes I was unimpressed with Moriarty, whom Arthur Conan Doyle (writing as Watson quoting Holmes) introduces thus
Springer's Robert Moriarty is truly creepy and chilling. (He is also a not unconvincing mathematician. One gets the impression that Springer, unlike Conan Doyle, may actually have conversed with a real mathematician or two.) Enola goes through some emotional trauma in this one -- if you're familiar with Sherlock Holmes you know that Sherlock fakes his own death at Moriarty's hands. Enola is devastated at the news of Sherlock's death, then elated when she deduces that he's alive.
Altogether, I thought this one of the best Enola Holmes novels.
A general remark, which I'm putting at the end so that you can easily skip it -- your opinion of the Enola Holmes books may depend a lot on your opinion of Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle. If you worship them, you will probably not like Enola. If, however, you believe as I do that the Sherlock Holmes stories are entertaining but deeply flawed, you may enjoy Enola.
I recently weighed in in a discussion among authors. It started when one of them opined that it's difficult to write a story about a strategic genius because you have to have him/her do some act of strategic genius, which you can't write unless you yourself are a strategic genius. I answered that this is not really a problem: Just have your genius do something really stupid, then use your magic author powers to make it work out perfectly.
That is basically the entire Sherlock Holmes series. Sherlock repeatedly does and says really stupid things, which Conan Doyle makes into acts of genius. The same flaw accounts for Moriarty's failure to impress.
Springer's Enola is better in this regard. It is true that she sometimes solves her cases by getting lucky, but Springer doesn't attempt to portray luck as genius.
I thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advance reader copy of Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin. Release date: 10-Feb-2026.
Blog review.
I marked this review a spoiler so that I could tell you that in this installment of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes series, Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin, Enola runs into Holmes nemesis Moriarty.
In my opinion, the Sherlock Holmes stories suffer from a problem common to many book and movie series: underpowered villains. When I read The Complete Sherlock Holmes I was unimpressed with Moriarty, whom Arthur Conan Doyle (writing as Watson quoting Holmes) introduces thus
He is a man of good birth and excellent education, endowed by nature with a phenomenal mathematical faculty. At the age of twenty-one he wrote a treatise upon the Binomial Theorem, which has had a European vogue. On the strength of it he won the Mathematical Chair at one of our smaller universities, and had, to all appearances, a most brilliant career before him.I'm sorry, but to any mathematician this is just plain stupid. It just gets worse from there. Moriarty (whose first name may be James or Robert or something else depending on which specific Holmes story you're reading) is just not scary. He's a criminal mastermind only because Watson and Holmes say he is. Nothing that he does leads you to that conclusion.
Springer's Robert Moriarty is truly creepy and chilling. (He is also a not unconvincing mathematician. One gets the impression that Springer, unlike Conan Doyle, may actually have conversed with a real mathematician or two.) Enola goes through some emotional trauma in this one -- if you're familiar with Sherlock Holmes you know that Sherlock fakes his own death at Moriarty's hands. Enola is devastated at the news of Sherlock's death, then elated when she deduces that he's alive.
Altogether, I thought this one of the best Enola Holmes novels.
A general remark, which I'm putting at the end so that you can easily skip it -- your opinion of the Enola Holmes books may depend a lot on your opinion of Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle. If you worship them, you will probably not like Enola. If, however, you believe as I do that the Sherlock Holmes stories are entertaining but deeply flawed, you may enjoy Enola.
I recently weighed in in a discussion among authors. It started when one of them opined that it's difficult to write a story about a strategic genius because you have to have him/her do some act of strategic genius, which you can't write unless you yourself are a strategic genius. I answered that this is not really a problem: Just have your genius do something really stupid, then use your magic author powers to make it work out perfectly.
That is basically the entire Sherlock Holmes series. Sherlock repeatedly does and says really stupid things, which Conan Doyle makes into acts of genius. The same flaw accounts for Moriarty's failure to impress.
Springer's Enola is better in this regard. It is true that she sometimes solves her cases by getting lucky, but Springer doesn't attempt to portray luck as genius.
I thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an advance reader copy of Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin. Release date: 10-Feb-2026.
Blog review.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 24, 2025
Enola Holmes, younger sister of Sherlock, has found herself embroiled in another mystery. She hears a noise in the graveyard, and it appears that a young woman who was buried is still alive. She rescues Trevina, who seems to have amnesia, but slowly her memory returns, and she relates how she was held prisoner by her depraved uncle. Could Sherlock be familiar with this evil man? And what became of Trevina's mother? I don't read many YA books, but Enola is a bright and interesting heroine, and I enjoyed the atmosphere of Victorian London. Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for the ARC.
October 5, 2025
Enola Holmes' story coincides in a BIG way with the Sherlock Holmes canon in this latest installment of her adventures. A certain criminal mastermind is spreading terror and evading all consequences... yes, it's that time.
Enola has her own role to play in unfolding events, starting when she hears a bell clanging where it ought not: above a newly covered grave in a cemetery. When the very-much-alive victim is literally unearthed, it's up to Enola to determine who is trying to destroy this young woman -- one Trevina Y. Trairom -- and why.
The story moves along at a fast clip from this beginning chapter on, and was a thoroughly engaging read. Anyone who has read the Enola series up to this point will be quite invested in the outcome. It has the right amount of subtle emotional beats to complement the speedy pace of action. The series has not weakened at all as it has gone forward! It's a fascinating corner of YA fiction, and so well written.
I do recommend being up-to-date on previous Enola books before reading this one.
Thanks to St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to review this!
Enola has her own role to play in unfolding events, starting when she hears a bell clanging where it ought not: above a newly covered grave in a cemetery. When the very-much-alive victim is literally unearthed, it's up to Enola to determine who is trying to destroy this young woman -- one Trevina Y. Trairom -- and why.
The story moves along at a fast clip from this beginning chapter on, and was a thoroughly engaging read. Anyone who has read the Enola series up to this point will be quite invested in the outcome. It has the right amount of subtle emotional beats to complement the speedy pace of action. The series has not weakened at all as it has gone forward! It's a fascinating corner of YA fiction, and so well written.
I do recommend being up-to-date on previous Enola books before reading this one.
Thanks to St. Martin's Press for the opportunity to review this!
November 2, 2025
Thank you Nancy Springer and St. Martin's Press Group for the won Advanced Reader Copy.
I enjoyed this book very much. I'd say it's Bang Up To The Elephant. ;)
I enjoyed this book very much. I'd say it's Bang Up To The Elephant. ;)
February 16, 2026
Enola Holmes is attending a graveside burial when she hears a bell ringing from a freshly dug grave. When she investigates, she makes a chilling discovery: a young woman named Trevina, buried alive and with no memory of how she ended up there.
Realizing Trevina is still in danger, Enola brings her home and nurses her back to health while trying to uncover who sealed her in that coffin, and why. Soon, Enola and her charge are thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse as the culprit, none other than Moriarty himself, sends his thugs after them. To complicate matters further, Enola learns that her brother, Sherlock Holmes, is investigating the same villain and warns her to stay away from the case.
I haven’t read the previous Enola Holmes books, though I’ve enjoyed the movies, and I’m not usually a big YA reader, but I found Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin a page-turner! It was clever, suspenseful, occasionally funny, and had a dark, sinister edge. Mystery and suspense fans will find plenty to enjoy here.
I thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook. Tamaryn Payne narrates most of the story, with Matt Biddulph voicing the epilogue. Payne delivers excellent performances across the board, male and female characters alike, with just the right emotional nuance, and her English accent is a delight. The audio format really brought the story to life.
I voluntarily listened to a copy courtesy of the publisher. These are my thoughts and opinions.
Realizing Trevina is still in danger, Enola brings her home and nurses her back to health while trying to uncover who sealed her in that coffin, and why. Soon, Enola and her charge are thrust into a deadly game of cat and mouse as the culprit, none other than Moriarty himself, sends his thugs after them. To complicate matters further, Enola learns that her brother, Sherlock Holmes, is investigating the same villain and warns her to stay away from the case.
I haven’t read the previous Enola Holmes books, though I’ve enjoyed the movies, and I’m not usually a big YA reader, but I found Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin a page-turner! It was clever, suspenseful, occasionally funny, and had a dark, sinister edge. Mystery and suspense fans will find plenty to enjoy here.
I thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook. Tamaryn Payne narrates most of the story, with Matt Biddulph voicing the epilogue. Payne delivers excellent performances across the board, male and female characters alike, with just the right emotional nuance, and her English accent is a delight. The audio format really brought the story to life.
I voluntarily listened to a copy courtesy of the publisher. These are my thoughts and opinions.
March 6, 2026
Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft, is in a graveyard to attend a funeral when she arrives hears the clanging of a bell. When she investigates, she discovers the sound is coming from a bell attached to a nearby gravestone. She and her companions quickly unearth the coffin and find a live girl inside who remembers little about herself including her identity or who buried her alive and why. It will take all of Enola’s considerable investigation skills to uncover who the girl is as well as who is responsible for burying her alive.
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin is the fourth YA historical mystery novel in The New Adventures of Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer. As always, Enola makes for a very clever and likeable protagonist and the mystery was compelling. It is a quick read but a bit darker than the previous books. Still an entertaining read and, although I’m way outside the intended audience, one I enjoyed very much.
I received an eARC of this book from Netgalley and St Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin is the fourth YA historical mystery novel in The New Adventures of Enola Holmes series by Nancy Springer. As always, Enola makes for a very clever and likeable protagonist and the mystery was compelling. It is a quick read but a bit darker than the previous books. Still an entertaining read and, although I’m way outside the intended audience, one I enjoyed very much.
I received an eARC of this book from Netgalley and St Martin’s Press in exchange for an honest review
February 23, 2026
huge thanks to netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review
i fear that this did not eat. i honestly hate to say this but the enola holmes universe has gone downhill because this book took me tooth and nail to get through. i honestly think my sleep improved after reading this because phew it was so bad. the plot and the mystery plus the narration was awful. lets get an enola holmes 3 instead of this please and thank you. plus enola was extremely unlikable in this which made the story 10x worse. don't pick this up < 333
i fear that this did not eat. i honestly hate to say this but the enola holmes universe has gone downhill because this book took me tooth and nail to get through. i honestly think my sleep improved after reading this because phew it was so bad. the plot and the mystery plus the narration was awful. lets get an enola holmes 3 instead of this please and thank you. plus enola was extremely unlikable in this which made the story 10x worse. don't pick this up < 333
February 3, 2026
I've only seen the Netflix series, but this book made me fall even harder for Enola Holmes - especially when Moriarty enters the picture.
Enola was worth the time investment. I loved her grit and heart in this book - she's not someone who scares easily. The mystery was engaging, especially trying to piece together how the young woman Enola is helping connects to Moriarty.
Her relationship with Sherlock and Mycroft was solid gold for me. Getting a deeper look at how vulnerable she is when it comes to her brothers - living in their shadows, feeling left out - made it even better. Despite all that, the shift in their relationship was heartwarming.
This book expands the world of Sherlock Holmes by introducing his nemesis and weaving Moriarty's presence into Enola's investigation in a way that kept me hooked.
Perfect for YA readers and adults who love the series.
Thanks to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the advance copy.
Enola was worth the time investment. I loved her grit and heart in this book - she's not someone who scares easily. The mystery was engaging, especially trying to piece together how the young woman Enola is helping connects to Moriarty.
Her relationship with Sherlock and Mycroft was solid gold for me. Getting a deeper look at how vulnerable she is when it comes to her brothers - living in their shadows, feeling left out - made it even better. Despite all that, the shift in their relationship was heartwarming.
This book expands the world of Sherlock Holmes by introducing his nemesis and weaving Moriarty's presence into Enola's investigation in a way that kept me hooked.
Perfect for YA readers and adults who love the series.
Thanks to Wednesday Books and NetGalley for the advance copy.
March 14, 2026
Okay, this is maybe not a perfect book, but it is everything I've ever wanted to see Enola Holmes tackle and I did thoroughly enjoy myself reading it. Am I probably very biased because I first read this series at a formative stage in my young teenagehood and imprinted on it like a baby duck? Yes, but that young teen who repeatedly re-read all the scenes where Enola interacts with her older brothers just had ALL HER DREAMS COME TRUE.
(Enola Holmes is not a perfect series, but I do love it very dearly, despite its occasional jabs at religion as being illogical and therefore beneath such genius minds as the Holmeses here and there. Thankfully, there were basically only two of those in this book, and they're both very brief. I could also go on a rant about how it's inaccurate to the original Holmes stories because canon Holmes is at the very least a Deist, and how there's that whole passage in The Naval Treaty where he says, "There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion ... It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers." But I digress...)
From the beginning, I thought a natural plotline for this series to tackle would be how Enola deals with Sherlock's 'death' at Reichenbach Falls, especially in a post-book 6 world where the siblings are reconciled and actually have a good relationship. The relationship Enola has with both her brothers, but especially Sherlock, is the quiet beating heart of the whole series, so seeing her dealing with the fallout of the Moriarty case, and even actively involve herself in it to some extent, is just fantastic.
She loves her brothers! They love her! Even though they all claim to be pure rational beings, they all show how they care in all these little ways- she checks on Sherlock when she thinks he's having a fit of melancholia (and- side note- I appreciate how good the series is at mental health rep on the whole, while still being period accurate)! She worries about him! He gives her the violin secretly filled with cash and tries to tell her goodbye without letting on that he's giving her a final goodbye! Mycroft is often misguided in what he thinks the best way to treat Enola is, but even when he's being patronizing, it's because he wants to do right by her! They reconcile and she goes to him with a very important question! She and Mycroft go to dinner together occasionally and he sends her clients for her detective business! She ASKS Mycroft to write the epilogue to her book and he writes what a pleasure it is to enjoy her company! Her last piece of narration is "I no longer felt alone; I felt fully included in the long and proud lineage of the Holmes family! I felt that I belonged, and it was everything I'd ever longed for."! AAAAAAH their sibling relationships just give me so many FEELS. People who are otherwise so aloof and logical and detached, and though they'd never say it out loud and you might not be able to torture it out of them, they care so deeply for each other, and sometimes keeping their distance and leaving the others free to fly *is* a way of caring and aaaaaaaahhhh
Let's be real, a full Enola and Mycroft reconciliation, or even just them having more scenes together, is all I ever wanted and I am just thrilled. Mycroft is my inexplicable favorite Sherlock Holmes character, minor though he is, and I honestly am up for trying almost any adaptation that has him playing a significant role. I also appreciate that, despite the movies flattening him into just a sexist jerk (which he very much is in these books as well, especially early on, but the sexism, though frustrating, is not unusual for the culture at the time, and Mycroft does all that he does out of a sense of duty to care for his family, even though he doesn't realize until later that the type of care Enola needs to thrive is not what typical societal standards dictate- Enola even says in book 6, "Of course you meant no harm. You were trying to do what you perceived as your duty."), Springer decided to remain faithful to the characterization she'd established and continued on with Mycroft's journey to accepting Enola as an equal and the extraordinary person that she is.
Also, no spoilers in this regard, but really interesting take on Moriarty, one that I never would've thought of before that also does line up well with what little we know about the canon Moriarty. My one major complaint is that the series thus far has trained readers to think about anagrams and word puzzles, and sometimes very tricky ones, and then presents THE MOST OBVIOUS anagram for Moriarty and Enola doesn't figure it out until about halfway through the book. To be fair, the name Moriarty has no significance to her at that point, but it was frustrating for Springer to drop a bunch of really obvious hints to canon Holmes fans that it's Moriarty (the description of a skeletal man with a prominent white, domed forehead is so clearly an allusion to the Final Problem, plus the whole emphasis on mathematics, and it's even on the dust jacket that it's him!) but not have Enola figure out who Moriarty is and why he's significant until over 200 pages into the book.
Anyway, this book left me trying not to cry on a plane when Enola talks about how she cried for three straight days after she got the news that Sherlock died, and that she'd wake up sobbing in the night and cry herself back to sleep, so I think I'm legally obligated to give it five stars regardless.
(Enola Holmes is not a perfect series, but I do love it very dearly, despite its occasional jabs at religion as being illogical and therefore beneath such genius minds as the Holmeses here and there. Thankfully, there were basically only two of those in this book, and they're both very brief. I could also go on a rant about how it's inaccurate to the original Holmes stories because canon Holmes is at the very least a Deist, and how there's that whole passage in The Naval Treaty where he says, "There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion ... It can be built up as an exact science by the reasoner. Our highest assurance of the goodness of Providence seems to me to rest in the flowers. All other things, our powers our desires, our food, are all really necessary for our existence in the first instance. But this rose is an extra. Its smell and its color are an embellishment of life, not a condition of it. It is only goodness which gives extras, and so I say again that we have much to hope from the flowers." But I digress...)
From the beginning, I thought a natural plotline for this series to tackle would be how Enola deals with Sherlock's 'death' at Reichenbach Falls, especially in a post-book 6 world where the siblings are reconciled and actually have a good relationship. The relationship Enola has with both her brothers, but especially Sherlock, is the quiet beating heart of the whole series, so seeing her dealing with the fallout of the Moriarty case, and even actively involve herself in it to some extent, is just fantastic.
She loves her brothers! They love her! Even though they all claim to be pure rational beings, they all show how they care in all these little ways- she checks on Sherlock when she thinks he's having a fit of melancholia (and- side note- I appreciate how good the series is at mental health rep on the whole, while still being period accurate)! She worries about him! He gives her the violin secretly filled with cash and tries to tell her goodbye without letting on that he's giving her a final goodbye! Mycroft is often misguided in what he thinks the best way to treat Enola is, but even when he's being patronizing, it's because he wants to do right by her! They reconcile and she goes to him with a very important question! She and Mycroft go to dinner together occasionally and he sends her clients for her detective business! She ASKS Mycroft to write the epilogue to her book and he writes what a pleasure it is to enjoy her company! Her last piece of narration is "I no longer felt alone; I felt fully included in the long and proud lineage of the Holmes family! I felt that I belonged, and it was everything I'd ever longed for."! AAAAAAH their sibling relationships just give me so many FEELS. People who are otherwise so aloof and logical and detached, and though they'd never say it out loud and you might not be able to torture it out of them, they care so deeply for each other, and sometimes keeping their distance and leaving the others free to fly *is* a way of caring and aaaaaaaahhhh
Let's be real, a full Enola and Mycroft reconciliation, or even just them having more scenes together, is all I ever wanted and I am just thrilled. Mycroft is my inexplicable favorite Sherlock Holmes character, minor though he is, and I honestly am up for trying almost any adaptation that has him playing a significant role. I also appreciate that, despite the movies flattening him into just a sexist jerk (which he very much is in these books as well, especially early on, but the sexism, though frustrating, is not unusual for the culture at the time, and Mycroft does all that he does out of a sense of duty to care for his family, even though he doesn't realize until later that the type of care Enola needs to thrive is not what typical societal standards dictate- Enola even says in book 6, "Of course you meant no harm. You were trying to do what you perceived as your duty."), Springer decided to remain faithful to the characterization she'd established and continued on with Mycroft's journey to accepting Enola as an equal and the extraordinary person that she is.
Also, no spoilers in this regard, but really interesting take on Moriarty, one that I never would've thought of before that also does line up well with what little we know about the canon Moriarty. My one major complaint is that the series thus far has trained readers to think about anagrams and word puzzles, and sometimes very tricky ones, and then presents THE MOST OBVIOUS anagram for Moriarty and Enola doesn't figure it out until about halfway through the book. To be fair, the name Moriarty has no significance to her at that point, but it was frustrating for Springer to drop a bunch of really obvious hints to canon Holmes fans that it's Moriarty (the description of a skeletal man with a prominent white, domed forehead is so clearly an allusion to the Final Problem, plus the whole emphasis on mathematics, and it's even on the dust jacket that it's him!) but not have Enola figure out who Moriarty is and why he's significant until over 200 pages into the book.
Anyway, this book left me trying not to cry on a plane when Enola talks about how she cried for three straight days after she got the news that Sherlock died, and that she'd wake up sobbing in the night and cry herself back to sleep, so I think I'm legally obligated to give it five stars regardless.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 9, 2025
Nice to catch back up with Enola. Fast paced read. Definitely recommend for fans of the series.
Thanks so much to the publisher for giving me an ARC!
Thanks so much to the publisher for giving me an ARC!
February 15, 2026
I’m a big fan of the Enola Holmes series on Netflix and jumped at the chance to listen to this one on audio. Although it’s Book 4, I had no trouble immersing myself into Enola’s world and her precocious ways and desires to solve mysteries, much like her older brother Sherlock and the arrogant Mycroft. The narrator really brought out Enola’s personality and the whole dynamic with her brothers.
Enola finds herself in a dangerous battle with perilous characters after she hears the bell ring in a coffin of someone not meant to be buried. Her brilliant and forward nature lands her in a mystery a bit over her head, and the way this story swished along, gaining momentum as the plot barreled towards the conclusion is highly entertaining and astounding.
I loved this cozy historical mystery, set near the end of the Victorian era, and would love to read more about her adventures.
Content: mild moments of peril/death
*I received a complimentary copy. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.* Thank you MacMillan Audio and Netgalley
Enola finds herself in a dangerous battle with perilous characters after she hears the bell ring in a coffin of someone not meant to be buried. Her brilliant and forward nature lands her in a mystery a bit over her head, and the way this story swished along, gaining momentum as the plot barreled towards the conclusion is highly entertaining and astounding.
I loved this cozy historical mystery, set near the end of the Victorian era, and would love to read more about her adventures.
Content: mild moments of peril/death
*I received a complimentary copy. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own and were voluntarily given.* Thank you MacMillan Audio and Netgalley
February 18, 2026
My favorite Enola in a while features the whole Holmes gang and an arch-nemesis. I love it when the whole band gets back together. Recommended.
December 1, 2025
The Enola we've been waiting for - she helps famous brother Sherlock confront Professor Moriarty.
This was an excellent Enola adventure with all the hijinks we've come to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised that Nancy Springer kept to Conan Doyle's description of Moriarty - very thin and cadaverous, but genius in spite of this ugliness. I was also glad that Enola didn't steal her big brother's thunder and match wits with the great Professor instead, but had her own mystery to solve and had to fall back on Mycroft for news. Her reaction to Sherlock's "death" (spoiler for anyone who hasn't read an almost 200-year-old book) was very genuine and played well.
Since what they've done in the second Enola Holmes movie, I'm not sure how they'll ever adapt this into a film (kind of hard to backtrack after going ahead and changing both the Professor's sex and race), but at least we have the book. 4 stars (but 4.5 if I could). Thank you to Netgalley, Wednesday Books, and Nancy Springer for the advanced reader copy. This is a voluntary review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This was an excellent Enola adventure with all the hijinks we've come to expect. I was very pleasantly surprised that Nancy Springer kept to Conan Doyle's description of Moriarty - very thin and cadaverous, but genius in spite of this ugliness. I was also glad that Enola didn't steal her big brother's thunder and match wits with the great Professor instead, but had her own mystery to solve and had to fall back on Mycroft for news. Her reaction to Sherlock's "death" (spoiler for anyone who hasn't read an almost 200-year-old book) was very genuine and played well.
Since what they've done in the second Enola Holmes movie, I'm not sure how they'll ever adapt this into a film (kind of hard to backtrack after going ahead and changing both the Professor's sex and race), but at least we have the book. 4 stars (but 4.5 if I could). Thank you to Netgalley, Wednesday Books, and Nancy Springer for the advanced reader copy. This is a voluntary review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
October 29, 2025
LOVED this author's writing style! Enola Holmes is a fascinating character. I am looking forward to reading more stories by this author.
February 16, 2026
It’s always a joy to spend time with perditorian Enola Holmes.
Springer has done a good job of keeping this series very readable and allowing Enola to grow up along with her readers. Maybe not as great: Where the plots have gone in the newer books in this series.
While I’m happy to see Enola’s relationship with her brothers evolve, I miss when she was granted her own storylines and mysteries. Now a lot of what we get is Enola inserted into the old Holmesian tales.
If the adversary is now always Moriarty, it’s no longer truly Enola’s story or original material. It’s just another Doyle reimagining. A good quality one, certainly, but it’s a disappointing turn away from what was once a truly original and enjoyable update.
*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*
Springer has done a good job of keeping this series very readable and allowing Enola to grow up along with her readers. Maybe not as great: Where the plots have gone in the newer books in this series.
While I’m happy to see Enola’s relationship with her brothers evolve, I miss when she was granted her own storylines and mysteries. Now a lot of what we get is Enola inserted into the old Holmesian tales.
If the adversary is now always Moriarty, it’s no longer truly Enola’s story or original material. It’s just another Doyle reimagining. A good quality one, certainly, but it’s a disappointing turn away from what was once a truly original and enjoyable update.
*I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.*
February 14, 2026
4.5 stars
November 25, 2025
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin by Nancy Springer was so much fun to read! By the time I finished reading the prologue and chapter one, I was thoroughly captivated, utterly hooked, and each subsequent chapter never lost my anticipation and enthusiasm to see what would happen next! Literally, I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough!
Enola Holmes is seventeen years old, young sister to her famous brothers Sherlock and Mycroft. She is an intelligent young woman, full of charm, wit, and humor, while also having an uncanny similarity to that of Sherlock’s in that she can deduce things from clues discovered. Her specialty? By trade she is a perditorian, a finder of lost things.
However, she’s about to find something she has never found before. A body of someone that has been recently buried underground in a coffin. From somewhere (presumably from the buried underground coffin) a mysterious bell sound rings!
What in the world?? And so from this time on, the complex mystery surrounding this event, will result in life or death consequences spreading to Enola, her family, and her friends.
I found this book an engaging and fun read! Nancy Springer is a master at crafting interesting and colorful characters - even animals that have a small supporting role! The story itself has many intriguing layers
Rating: A well deserved 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publication Date: February 10, 2026
My thanks to NetGalley, Nancy Springer, and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
Enola Holmes is seventeen years old, young sister to her famous brothers Sherlock and Mycroft. She is an intelligent young woman, full of charm, wit, and humor, while also having an uncanny similarity to that of Sherlock’s in that she can deduce things from clues discovered. Her specialty? By trade she is a perditorian, a finder of lost things.
However, she’s about to find something she has never found before. A body of someone that has been recently buried underground in a coffin. From somewhere (presumably from the buried underground coffin) a mysterious bell sound rings!
What in the world?? And so from this time on, the complex mystery surrounding this event, will result in life or death consequences spreading to Enola, her family, and her friends.
I found this book an engaging and fun read! Nancy Springer is a master at crafting interesting and colorful characters - even animals that have a small supporting role! The story itself has many intriguing layers
Rating: A well deserved 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Publication Date: February 10, 2026
My thanks to NetGalley, Nancy Springer, and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion.
February 11, 2026
Much thanks to Nancy Springer, St. Martin's Press, and NetGalley for allowing me to read a free ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Spoilers
I love the Enola Holmes books and enjoyed this installment. Spent the day reading it, didn't want to put it down. Enola's voice is lively and entertaining, and Springer kept the pace brisk without rushing---until it ground to a halt at the end, anyway. It was a smooth read that kept my attention, and I find Enola to be an endearing, sympathetic character.
The book's biggest problem was that Moriarty's the big bad, but he couldn't be a true big bad for Enola because he was too busy toying with Sherlock off page. So Enola mostly dealt with his henchmen. Springer managed to make Moriarty a sinister presence but a distant one; I don't feel we ever got a real taste of his deranged menace, only heard about it second or third hand. The closest we got to dealing with him directly was encountering him in passing for a few seconds. His crimes and operation were kept very vague and distant as well. It's hard to take a threat seriously if you don't experience it firsthand, ya know?
That led to an anticlimactic ending. I kept waiting for a showdown but didn't get one. Trevina never faced her uncle or his incestuous designs on her; Enola only confronted him just the once, very briefly. I was anticipating a dramatic escape from the Cage, or for Enola to be involved in Reichenbach somehow. I wanted her to outsmart him. But she really just sat at home and waited. The real showdown was between Moriarty and Sherlock, a conflict we had no part of. Or knowledge about, really; at no point were we told what the beef was between Sherlock and Moriarty, and I don't recall from the movies or shows. Never read the books. So we just sat around with Enola and waited for nothing to happen.
I would have liked more Sherlock. I was half anticipating him and Enola to team up to take down Moriarty, but no.
I wouldn't have minded a hint of romance. How old is Enola here, anyway? I'm not sure the narrative specified. I'm assuming early to mid twenties? I thought Enola and Trevina had some chemistry, but maybe that was just me.
And the Mycroft epilogue? Really? I'd have vastly preferred seeing Enola and Sherlock reunite, or really anything else. I'm not a huge Mycroft fan.
Was this the last book? I don't see anything noting it as the end of the series, but admittedly I didn't look very hard. It had kind of an air of finality to it, describing what the characters went on to do in lowkey happy-ever-after fashion. But it also wasn't definitive, so idk. Even though I was a little disappointed in how this book turned out, I'd love to read more Enola adventures.
Spoilers
I love the Enola Holmes books and enjoyed this installment. Spent the day reading it, didn't want to put it down. Enola's voice is lively and entertaining, and Springer kept the pace brisk without rushing---until it ground to a halt at the end, anyway. It was a smooth read that kept my attention, and I find Enola to be an endearing, sympathetic character.
The book's biggest problem was that Moriarty's the big bad, but he couldn't be a true big bad for Enola because he was too busy toying with Sherlock off page. So Enola mostly dealt with his henchmen. Springer managed to make Moriarty a sinister presence but a distant one; I don't feel we ever got a real taste of his deranged menace, only heard about it second or third hand. The closest we got to dealing with him directly was encountering him in passing for a few seconds. His crimes and operation were kept very vague and distant as well. It's hard to take a threat seriously if you don't experience it firsthand, ya know?
That led to an anticlimactic ending. I kept waiting for a showdown but didn't get one. Trevina never faced her uncle or his incestuous designs on her; Enola only confronted him just the once, very briefly. I was anticipating a dramatic escape from the Cage, or for Enola to be involved in Reichenbach somehow. I wanted her to outsmart him. But she really just sat at home and waited. The real showdown was between Moriarty and Sherlock, a conflict we had no part of. Or knowledge about, really; at no point were we told what the beef was between Sherlock and Moriarty, and I don't recall from the movies or shows. Never read the books. So we just sat around with Enola and waited for nothing to happen.
I would have liked more Sherlock. I was half anticipating him and Enola to team up to take down Moriarty, but no.
I wouldn't have minded a hint of romance. How old is Enola here, anyway? I'm not sure the narrative specified. I'm assuming early to mid twenties? I thought Enola and Trevina had some chemistry, but maybe that was just me.
And the Mycroft epilogue? Really? I'd have vastly preferred seeing Enola and Sherlock reunite, or really anything else. I'm not a huge Mycroft fan.
Was this the last book? I don't see anything noting it as the end of the series, but admittedly I didn't look very hard. It had kind of an air of finality to it, describing what the characters went on to do in lowkey happy-ever-after fashion. But it also wasn't definitive, so idk. Even though I was a little disappointed in how this book turned out, I'd love to read more Enola adventures.
January 29, 2026
As Enola Holmes, Sherlock’s 17-year-old sister, is leaving a funeral at the cemetery, she hears a strange clanging sound - a bell. Upon investigating the sound, she sees that a bell on a coffin is ringing, indicating its buried inhabitant is certainly not dead.
As she, the other mourners, and cemetery staff dig up the coffin (which was not buried through legal channels), Enola comes face to face with another teenaged girl who is clinging to life. After nursing her back to health, Enola comes to find that her new friend is terrified but cannot remember of what. Enola, ever the detective like her older brother, sets forth to discover what led to this Clanging Coffin.
I’ve watched both Enola Holmes movies on Netflix a couple times and love them, and so when I saw this book on Net Galley, I had to request the arc immediately. And now that I’m done I’ll be reading the first 9 in the series!
Enola is a wonderful heroine and protagonist with an expansive and impressive vocabulary (seriously, I was looking up nearly a word per page with my kobo’s built in dictionary). Raised by a suffragette mother until she was 14, and then raised by herself, Enola is an independent, intelligent, observant young woman who is often underestimated.
I think these stories are a great read for all readers, young and old, and it’s always positive to have female protagonists who are just as, if not more, successful than men in similar roles.
Thank you to Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for an e-arc of Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin in exchange for an honest review.
As she, the other mourners, and cemetery staff dig up the coffin (which was not buried through legal channels), Enola comes face to face with another teenaged girl who is clinging to life. After nursing her back to health, Enola comes to find that her new friend is terrified but cannot remember of what. Enola, ever the detective like her older brother, sets forth to discover what led to this Clanging Coffin.
I’ve watched both Enola Holmes movies on Netflix a couple times and love them, and so when I saw this book on Net Galley, I had to request the arc immediately. And now that I’m done I’ll be reading the first 9 in the series!
Enola is a wonderful heroine and protagonist with an expansive and impressive vocabulary (seriously, I was looking up nearly a word per page with my kobo’s built in dictionary). Raised by a suffragette mother until she was 14, and then raised by herself, Enola is an independent, intelligent, observant young woman who is often underestimated.
I think these stories are a great read for all readers, young and old, and it’s always positive to have female protagonists who are just as, if not more, successful than men in similar roles.
Thank you to Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for an e-arc of Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin in exchange for an honest review.
January 27, 2026
4.5⭐️
Thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ALC in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This was such a fun, cozy mystery! I haven’t read any of the Enola Holmes books but I believe these are kind of like.. well the Sherlock books haha. Each book is a new mystery. In this installment, Enola discovers a young girl who has been buried alive. After rescuing her, she realizes she remembers nothing! Enola must do her best to find who buried her and help restore the girl’s memories!
The audio for this was incredible and I’d 100% recommend doing it that way if you could! The accents just make the writing even better! The prose is whimsical, atmospheric, and this audio truly deposits you directly into this cozy mystery! This story is full of action, secrets, and betrayal (of course)! If you’re looking for a fun, quick read to cozy up with during these winter days, this is definitely a 10/10 pick! The mystery kept me engaged and the writing & audio were easy to follow! I loved the overall structure of this book, with Enola speaking directly to the reader, just another way you feel like you’re right there solving the mystery with her! This really did give the same feel/vibes as old school mysteries like Sherlock Holmes & the likes of Agatha Christie and i absolutely loved that. Definitely recommend! Don’t miss it, coming out February 10th!
Thank you to Macmillan Audio for providing me with an ALC in exchange for an honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
This was such a fun, cozy mystery! I haven’t read any of the Enola Holmes books but I believe these are kind of like.. well the Sherlock books haha. Each book is a new mystery. In this installment, Enola discovers a young girl who has been buried alive. After rescuing her, she realizes she remembers nothing! Enola must do her best to find who buried her and help restore the girl’s memories!
The audio for this was incredible and I’d 100% recommend doing it that way if you could! The accents just make the writing even better! The prose is whimsical, atmospheric, and this audio truly deposits you directly into this cozy mystery! This story is full of action, secrets, and betrayal (of course)! If you’re looking for a fun, quick read to cozy up with during these winter days, this is definitely a 10/10 pick! The mystery kept me engaged and the writing & audio were easy to follow! I loved the overall structure of this book, with Enola speaking directly to the reader, just another way you feel like you’re right there solving the mystery with her! This really did give the same feel/vibes as old school mysteries like Sherlock Holmes & the likes of Agatha Christie and i absolutely loved that. Definitely recommend! Don’t miss it, coming out February 10th!
February 5, 2026
Overview:
Language 🤐: Mild
Romance ❤️🔥: none
Violence ⚔️: mentions of abuse, homes broken into, mentioned of death but nothing graphic
⚠️Abuse, mentions of sheer dressing, kidnapping, stalking⚠️
Tropes/Micro tropes
- Single POV (with a Prolog and Epilogue written in other POVs)
- Amnesia
- Siblings banter
- Mystery
- Mischievous encounters
- Hilarious and Chilling encounters
My Thoughts:
I absolutely adore Enola Holmes and this book did not disappoint! What a way to start this book with a funeral and finding that someone is buried alive!! What a terrifying thing that I would think would be a nightmare scenario!
As Ebola seeks to help Trevina gain her memories as well as keep her safe from her obvious enemy who had buried her it is quite an adventure that we are taken on! Oh to be young and have Enola’s energy, spunk, and confidence in her abilities (to the point of her facing danger far too often 😅) I delighted in Enola’s adventure and loved especially her interactions with her brothers!
The whole series has been quite enjoyable and this is another one not to be missed! If you enjoy mystery, anything Sherlock, and a headstrong girl making her way in London this is one for you!
Thanks so much to NetGalley for the ebook ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Language 🤐: Mild
Romance ❤️🔥: none
Violence ⚔️: mentions of abuse, homes broken into, mentioned of death but nothing graphic
⚠️Abuse, mentions of sheer dressing, kidnapping, stalking⚠️
Tropes/Micro tropes
- Single POV (with a Prolog and Epilogue written in other POVs)
- Amnesia
- Siblings banter
- Mystery
- Mischievous encounters
- Hilarious and Chilling encounters
My Thoughts:
I absolutely adore Enola Holmes and this book did not disappoint! What a way to start this book with a funeral and finding that someone is buried alive!! What a terrifying thing that I would think would be a nightmare scenario!
As Ebola seeks to help Trevina gain her memories as well as keep her safe from her obvious enemy who had buried her it is quite an adventure that we are taken on! Oh to be young and have Enola’s energy, spunk, and confidence in her abilities (to the point of her facing danger far too often 😅) I delighted in Enola’s adventure and loved especially her interactions with her brothers!
The whole series has been quite enjoyable and this is another one not to be missed! If you enjoy mystery, anything Sherlock, and a headstrong girl making her way in London this is one for you!
Thanks so much to NetGalley for the ebook ARC! All thoughts and opinions are my own.
November 6, 2025
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin is the tenth Enola Holmes book over all and the fourth in the series of newer books published after the Netflix films.
This Book is unique in that it also ties directly into one of Doyle's original stories. In The Clanging Coffin we get to see what Sherlock and Enola were doing in the months leading up to the "Final Problem."
Yes that, "Final Problem." That most infamous of Holmes stories. If you know, you know. If you don't know, I won't spoil the ending for you. However, this book will spoil it so I recommend going to the library and checking out a collection of Holmes stories. "The Final Problem," is pretty short so it won't take you long to read it.
As always this novel shows just how disposable women were in the Victorian age. In the first chapter Enola finds a young woman who was buried alive, with no one the wiser.
The search for the culprit is hindered even further when the girl wakes with no memory of who she is or who buried her.
I am incredibly satisfied with the ending. It felt like a send off to the whole series. Though, if more books are forthcoming, I won't complain.
*Thank you to Wednesday books, Net Galley, and to Nancy Springer for providing an ARC of this novel. The review above is my own honest evaluation of the provided manuscript.*
I loved seeing how close Enola and Sherlock had grown and seeing Enola finally make up with Mycroft was bittersweet. IYKYK.
This Book is unique in that it also ties directly into one of Doyle's original stories. In The Clanging Coffin we get to see what Sherlock and Enola were doing in the months leading up to the "Final Problem."
Yes that, "Final Problem." That most infamous of Holmes stories. If you know, you know. If you don't know, I won't spoil the ending for you. However, this book will spoil it so I recommend going to the library and checking out a collection of Holmes stories. "The Final Problem," is pretty short so it won't take you long to read it.
As always this novel shows just how disposable women were in the Victorian age. In the first chapter Enola finds a young woman who was buried alive, with no one the wiser.
The search for the culprit is hindered even further when the girl wakes with no memory of who she is or who buried her.
I am incredibly satisfied with the ending. It felt like a send off to the whole series. Though, if more books are forthcoming, I won't complain.
*Thank you to Wednesday books, Net Galley, and to Nancy Springer for providing an ARC of this novel. The review above is my own honest evaluation of the provided manuscript.*
I loved seeing how close Enola and Sherlock had grown and seeing Enola finally make up with Mycroft was bittersweet. IYKYK.
February 20, 2026
No puedo creer que esta sea la décima aventura de Enola Holmes y es que leería ochenta más sin dudarlo.
En este caso escuché el audiolibro, el que creo fue una gran elección, porque lo disfruté bastante y me pareció un deleite.
En "Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin" nos enfrentamos a uno de los misterios más oscuros hasta la fecha, cuando Enola al acudir a un funeral, salva a una chica que había sido enterrada viva en el cementerio y dejada a su suerte. La joven no recuerda nada de su pasado, por lo que Enola se encargará de descubrir que es lo que realmente está ocurriendo, en una investigación que parece estar relacionada con las indagaciones que su hermano Sherlock está realizando sobre un malvado criminal que controla Londres en las sombras.
Me ha parecido una novela llena de acción, muy bien construida y que me ha tenido en tensión en todo momento. Me ha gustado mucho y de verdad espero que no sea lo último que veamos de la joven Holmes.
En este caso escuché el audiolibro, el que creo fue una gran elección, porque lo disfruté bastante y me pareció un deleite.
En "Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin" nos enfrentamos a uno de los misterios más oscuros hasta la fecha, cuando Enola al acudir a un funeral, salva a una chica que había sido enterrada viva en el cementerio y dejada a su suerte. La joven no recuerda nada de su pasado, por lo que Enola se encargará de descubrir que es lo que realmente está ocurriendo, en una investigación que parece estar relacionada con las indagaciones que su hermano Sherlock está realizando sobre un malvado criminal que controla Londres en las sombras.
Me ha parecido una novela llena de acción, muy bien construida y que me ha tenido en tensión en todo momento. Me ha gustado mucho y de verdad espero que no sea lo último que veamos de la joven Holmes.
Review of advance copy received from Netgalley
Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (Enola Holmes #10)
by Nancy Springer
This book is another adventure of the incomparable Enola Holmes. The story is set in the latter time of the Sherlock Holmes series. Enola is as much a smooth as her older brother. She is able to deduce from random clues the main problems, villain, and solution to the problems like her renown brother. This remarkable tale connected to central final practices shows the spiritual, social, and gender divide that affects Georgian English's society . A good role model for young women on independence, self reliance and social change.
by Nancy Springer
This book is another adventure of the incomparable Enola Holmes. The story is set in the latter time of the Sherlock Holmes series. Enola is as much a smooth as her older brother. She is able to deduce from random clues the main problems, villain, and solution to the problems like her renown brother. This remarkable tale connected to central final practices shows the spiritual, social, and gender divide that affects Georgian English's society . A good role model for young women on independence, self reliance and social change.
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