Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin: The New Adventures of Enola Holmes 4

Enola Holmes #10

by Nancy Springer

Enola Holmes—international bestselling and Netflix streaming sensation—returns when the rescue of a young woman sends her into battle with her brother Sherlock against his most deadly, implacable enemy - Professor Moriarty.

In February 1891, London, Enola Holmes—the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes—is attending a burial when she hears the faint sound of a handbell in the graveyard. It is not in Enola’s nature to ignore such oddities, no matter the occasion and when she investigates further, as is the Holmes' family instinct, she discovers something absolutely chilling. The ringing bell is attached to the tombstone erected over a recent gravesite and someone, buried within, is pulling the string to ring the alarm.

Galvanized into action, Enola and her companions swiftly and successfully unearth the coffin within, freeing a still-living young woman, one Trevina Trairom. Enola, by predilection and by trade a Scientific Perditorian, a finder of lost things, finds herself comforting and protecting this young girl. The girl herself is a mystery – she remembers very little, including her identity, and has no idea who has buried her alive, much less why. While protecting this mysterious girl from an enigmatic enemy, she discovers that Sherlock is engaged in a related mystery. Enola joins Sherlock in his battle against the scourge of London, the Napoleon of Crime himself, Professor Moriarty. Facing her most brutal foe ever, determined to protect and unravel the secrets surrounding the mysterious Trevina, Enola takes her place more fully than ever as a proud member of the Holmes family.

Genres: Mystery, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Audiobook, Historical

336 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 10, 2026

About the 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.

Reviews

[Srivalli (Semi-Hiatus) · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Grandma Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Montzalee Wittmann · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Brok3n · Rating 4 out of 5]

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. By my usual rules this is not a spoiler because Moriarty is prominently mentioned in the publisher's blurb, but I read it without knowing that, so for me the identification of Moriarty was a revelation.

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.

[Anita · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Linden · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Cendrena · Rating 5 out of 5]

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. ;)

[Alisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[♥Rachel♥ · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Janereads10 · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Jaime · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Katie (hiding in the pages) · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[Dawn · Rating 4 out of 5]

LOVED this author's writing style! Enola Holmes is a fascinating character. I am looking forward to reading more stories by this author.

[Laur · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Mary Lambert · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Kortnee - The Closed Door Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[C.O. Bonham · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.*

[Theresa · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Bethany Swafford · Rating 5 out of 5]

In 1891 London, Enola Holmes attends a burial only to hear a bell ringing at a fresh grave, signaling that someone has been buried alive.The mysterious young woman inside the coffin has no memory of her identity. It soon becomes clear that powerful enemies are in pursuit. As Enola’s investigation intertwines with Sherlock’s battle against Professor Moriarty, she finds herself stepping boldly into her own as a true Holmes.

This book has the finality of a final tale. Enola is now seventeen. She studies and thrives with friends around her. We have a prologue from a minor character who features in the story, and then a surprising epilogue at the end. This tale only features brief appearances from Sherlock Holmes, and does an excellent job in ramping up the tension through the story.

The identity of the mysterious young woman isn’t truly a mystery to the reader, so it was a bit frustrating how long it took Enola to learn the truth. Still, I liked seeing her sally forth back and forth across London (and the countryside) to learn the truth. It was also fun seeing her rely on friends made in previous books as well.

Overall, this was a fun addition to the series. I’ve been reading them so long it is a bit sad to be saying good-bye to Enola Holmes now. Readers who have enjoyed the series so far will enjoy this one as well.

I received an advance reader copy via NetGalley and all opinions expressed are my own.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This volume is 10th in the series and Enola continues living her own life in London, making her living as a perditorian under the guise of "Dr. Ragostin's" assistant. She is living in her own apartment at the Women's Hotel and enjoying a nice social scene with like minded women.

When her dear friend and housekeeper passes away, Enola attends the funeral at a London cemetery. As she and other members of the household are leaving, Enola hears bells ringing. She insists on tracking them down, and comes to find the source is coming from below the ground!

They proceed to unearth the grave and discover a young woman barely hanging on to life. They take to the nearby home of Clara Barton and revive her. Alas, upon coming to her senses, the young woman has no memory of who she is or where she came from. And so begins Enola's newest case.

This case also follows her brother Sherlock's deadly entanglement with his nemesis, James Moriarty. If you've read ACD's novels, you will know how this ends.

[Roben]

First - thank you to St. Martin's Publishing Group for an invitation to read a digital ARC of the book! I was thrilled. On to our tenth adventure with Miss Holmes.

Enola is at the cemetery, burying Mrs. Tupper, her beloved former landlady. Mrs. Tupper had recently succumbed to typhoid fever. While at the cemetery, Enola hears the tinkling of a bell. In Victorian England, folks were occasionally buried alive. Elaborate contraptions were rigged with a string inside the coffin and a bell above ground, so if someone woke up, they could ring the bell to alert that they were alive. Enola knew this and went to investigate. She finds the grave of one Trevina Y. Trairom, a young girl who has indeed been buried alive. But it was not a mistake. And Enola has unintentionally stumbled upon a new case as she helps Trevina figure out who she is and why someone has abused her so. It is a case that will impact her entire family and many of her friends.

Book #10! It's hard to believe that Enola is seventeen and continuing with her successful trade of being a perditorian - a finder of lost things. I was about 1/3 of the way into the story when the puzzle pieces began to fall into place and I realized where the story was headed - but not quite sure how it was going to get there. I've read all of the books, the original series well before the wildly popular film versions. And I do enjoy Nancy Springer's version of Sherlock's younger sister. Though I did not realize that Enola was based partially on her own childhood. Wikipedia provides a nice summary of how the books sprang into being. The conclusion leaves one with the notion that this could be the last in the series. Though, of course, there is always room for more stories and I would welcome reading more Enola adventures.

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[Evie Oliva · Rating 5 out of 5]

My thanks to Netgalley, St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books and Nancy Springer for the eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Gentle Reader, I can remember it like it was yesterday, the moment I discovered the Enola Holmes series. I was perusing some entertainment sites, as I was wont to do in the mornings before getting out of bed, when I saw a headline about a new film adaptation in the works. The article spoke about the new undertaking and how it would be based on the Enola Holmes books, a series that follows the adventures of a heretofore unmentioned younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. Color me intrigued because any mention of a Holmes adjacent or even related work is enough to garner my interest. So I went in search of the books at my library, downloaded the entire series and set to reading.

I loved those books with every fiber of my being. I've read the original six books three times each and have read the new books each at least twice. I have an autographed title sheet of the book Enola Holmes and The Case of the Bizarre Bouquets. I bought the entire previously released set of books, nine total, for my Dad last year and he is slowly working his way through them. (I also bought the entire original series for my sister but the scoundrel has yet to read them, I doubt she even knows their location, confound it.) I have also watched the movies based on the books countless times by this point, they are just a set of movies I sometimes put on late at night when I want something sunny to brighten my mood. I will also say that I had previously tried searching for news of another Enola Holmes adventure, but my search proved for naught for I found nothing to indicate that another adventure would be provided ever again. Which cemented my disappointment, dear reader, for I felt that the last Enola book was not the ending the series deserved.

THIS in the ending the series deserved.

And now without further ado, the rest of the review.

Enola Holmes has just finished attending the service of her former landlady when she hears the sound of a bell ringing. Needing to find the source of the unusual sound, she searches the cemetery until she finds the bell attached to a new headstone with a line leading into the ground of the freshly dug grave beneath it. Summoning help, Enola unearths a young woman, Trevina Trairom, who after her ordeal has lost her memory and Enola, spurred to help the lost, decides to take Trevina home with her and endeavors to help her regain her memory and find out why she was buried alive. At the same time, her brother Sherlock has come into conflict with Professor Moriarty, which leaves Enola on her own, as always, to figure out what had befallen Trevina to lead her to such a tragic fate. As the story continues, Enola proves once and for all, her rightful place as an honorable member of the Holmes family alongside her respectable siblings.

I can still remember the feeling of disappointment I had when I reached the end of Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose. I read my little review over again and still feel how meh I felt about the epilogue, which usually gave enough of a wrap-up from either Enola or Sherlock that I would feel somewhat buoyed by the parting sentiment from those last few pages. That was not the case with the last book and I immediately went searching for news that there would be another book. If I remember correctly, and obviously I was wrong because here is the book, but I could have sworn I saw some statements that indicated there would not be another publication. I distinctly remember that and it was in my last review, so it was SOMEWHERE, but now it's false so I guess it doesn't matter anyhow.

If you'll allow me, I'll explain a little more about my fascination with all things Holmes adjacent. You see, a long time ago, I took a class at university entitled, Detective Fiction and Film. Part of the syllabus had students reading some of the original Sherlock Holmes adventures and I'm sorry to say, I did not care for them. I'll wait a moment for the sounds outrage or disbelief to end and now I will say, I KNOW, they just didn't really click with me and I haven't read them since. Still, it has not discouraged me from finding other books that are Sherlock related for me to enjoy. If it has something mildly related to the lore and is a mystery, I'll try it. Which is why a series of books about the much younger sister of the Holmes siblings seemed to be the perfect fit for me. And it turned out that it was and continues to be a favorite series of mine. I'm also so ecstatic to report that this book turned out to be everything I expected for one last hurrah for a favorite character.

In this book, Enola does what she does best, takes in the lost and tries to help them. In this case, the intriguing story of Trevina and her mysterious fate was enough to keep me invested in this book. I literally started reading it last night and finished it this afternoon. Somewhere in the time there I managed to eat, drink, sleep and take care of my kids but yes, I finished this book in a day. I loved every thought that passed through Enola's head. She's a smart young woman who follows the teachings of her mother and manages to one-up her siblings by being brilliant at what she does. She's a master of disguise, plans her clothes to allow for hidden weapons on her person and has amassed a rather large amount of allies, people who are willing to do whatever it takes to help her succeed. By this point in the series, readers should be familiar with Harold, the cab driver, Joddy, the boy in buttons, Mrs. Hudson, Mary Watson and even Florence Nightingale. Each has their own part to play as Enola tries to understand the mastermind villain that would abuse their niece and leave her buried in a cemetery.

I want to talk more about the plot but there has to be a point I don't cross and I can't say more without giving the entire story away. Suffice to say, every clue made me that much more invested in this story. I did not want to stop reading for anything and I'm happy that the experience of reading this was quick even if I wish there was more to read. Still, when I reached the final sentences of the epilogue of this book, I wanted to lift my hands up and cheer. I've already gone back to read it twice more because it was the perfect ending to the series. If this book is actually, well and truly, the LAST Enola Holmes adventure, well then reader, I am supremely satisfied.

Reader, if anything, go back and read this entire series. If you like the movies, you'll love these books. Each adventure is different and fun and Enola is a wonderful character to read about as she grows up into an accomplished perditorian, or a finder of lost things and people. It was a long time coming to this end but it was all worth it to read those final words. Nancy Springer, hats off to you, well done, and bravo.

Rating on my Scale: 10 STARS!!! I loved, loved, LOVED this final book of Enola Holmes and I can't wait to have my copy join its companions on my shelves (even though it has yet another cover redesign, but fine, beggars can't be choosers.) Buy this book for any fan of the mystery genre, that's how much I loved this book and the series overall. And now I bid you adieu, gentle reader, and Happy Halloween!

[PamG · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin by Nancy Springer is the fourth book in The New Adventures of Enola Holmes series and the tenth book in the Enola Holmes series. Enola is the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes. This historical mystery mainly set in and around London and starts in February 1891. The author blends suspense, a bold protagonist, and humor in this latest case for Enola. There are several previous books in this series, but this one worked well as a standalone. Unlike Sherlock, Enola isn’t fully practicing as a finder of missing persons and things. She’s taking classes at the London Women’s Academy. All of this is very unusual for a young woman in Victorian England.

Enola is attending a funeral when she hears a handbell in the graveyard. Naturally, she must investigate and finds the ringing bell is attached to the tombstone and someone buried within the grave is pulling the string to ring the alarm.

The coffin is soon unearthed and Trevina Trairom is found alive. Enola protects and comforts the girl who is suffering from memory loss. As Enola works to find who Trevina is and why she was buried alive, she finds that Sherlock is working on a related case.

Enola is a likeable character; she’s is witty, thoughtful, outgoing, smart, logical, independent, spirited, and a master of disguises. She has a knack for finding the lost and missing, whether it is people or things. She also stands by her friends and won’t let anything stop her from helping them. The chemistry between Enola and her brothers creates an entertaining dynamic. Trevina is spirited, intelligent, suffering from memory loss, and feels like she is in danger.

The world-building was excellent and made it easy to visualize the people and settings. The atmosphere felt right and resulted in a strong sense of time and place. However, the story was somewhat overly descriptive at times which slowed the book’s pacing. The prologue was extremely slow making it harder to get into the flow of the story. However, after that, it took off. Themes of family, friendship, protecting others, murder, assault, lifestyle, treatment and expectations of women, and abuse are woven into the plot. The voice of the epilogue was a surprise and showed some family relationship development. It will be interesting to see where this goes in the future.

Overall, this book was an entertaining and enjoyable historical mystery. I am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. Readers that enjoy young adult historical mysteries will likely enjoy this series.

St. Martin’s Press – Wednesday Books and Nancy Springer provided a complimentary digital ARC of this novel via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own. The publication date is currently set for February 10, 2026.
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My 3.73 rounded to 4 stars review is coming soon.

[No Apology Book Reviews · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Audrey Stars in Her Eye · Rating 3 out of 5]

In Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin, the titular character goes up against her most deadly foe yet.
In February 1891, London, Enola Holmes—the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes—is attending the burial of her former landlady when she hears the clang of a bell. Following instinctively, she finds that the bell is pulled from within a new grave. The girl inside can’t remember much other than her name, Trevonia. Enola promises her she will protect her until they find out who she is and return her somewhere safe. Slowly, between clues that present themselves and Trevonia’s memory, it becomes apparent they are dealing with the nefarious head of organized crime, Moriarty. And Enola isn’t the only Holmes in trouble with him. It seems that going up against the fiend is a family affair.
This is a much darker Enola story than the others have been. The title should have alerted me, as I understood this would be someone buried alive, but I hadn’t read the synopsis because I just applied for the ARC, as I had liked the earlier books. Nancy Springer takes Moriarty to even darker places. And anyone who knows Sherlock lore knows where this book is going and what Enola is about to go through. But this emotional turmoil doesn’t last too long as Enola is as smart as the rest of the Holmes family. But overall, there is a blackness over this novel that hasn’t been over others I have read.
I am still a fan of Enola even as she does some of the stupidest things (even though she is so smart!). Her desire for justice has grown even stronger as she has gotten older. While her job may be finding lost things, her desire is feminine justice, especially in times when women were thrown aside. That’s why it bothers me when Enola gets holier than thou with the servants at the beginning of the book. By missing one book, I seemed to have missed where she grew snooty to other women who weren’t being rude to her. But otherwise, having grown up where the smart men were more important, she always knew women needed someone to care for. So, when she learns Trevonia’s family is to blame for her situation, nothing will stop her. And that is what keeps me going through the book.
In the 10th entry in the Enola Holmes series, Nancy Springer goes dark to give readers her version of Moriarty. While not my favorite, I enjoyed seeing how she dealt with family issues.


I received an ARC through NetGalley; all opinions are my own.

[Sandy Quill · Rating 4 out of 5]

My thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books/St. Martin's Publishing for the ARC of "Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin" in exchange for an honest review.

This can't be anything but the happiest news of all of us followers of the feisty, independent and indomitable young sibling of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, as created by author Nancy Springer. And even fans of Sherlock Holmes who've never sampled this series might want to join up with this one.........which pits young Enola and her legendary detective big brother against no less than the 'Napoleon of Crime' himself, Professor Moriarity.

Enola's entry into the mystery begins with her literally unearthing a helpless young woman who's been buried alive., yet sealed in a coffin with a breathing apparatus and a bell with which the victimized girl can summon rescuers. What kind of twisted, malignant mind could conceive of such a thing? Let's just say it won't be long before you can stop guessing.

As Enola nurses the traumatized girl, Trevonia, back to health, the pieces of the tortured girl's memory begin to assemble, clearing up the puzzle of her origins and at whose hands she suffered such physical torment. Everything points to that forbidding cadaverous gentlemen who occupies a nearby mansion.........and who also commands an army of vicious, murderous thugs who'll stop at nothing to recapture Trevonia.

While Enola dodges and outwits the violent goons pursuing both Trevonia and herself, she finds her brother Sherlock rendered haggard and exhausted from his quest to collect evidence against the fiend at the very heart of all these dark doings........... a certain mysterious professor of mathematics reputed to be London's most notorious criminal Kingpin.

This is simply a terrific fun package of Holmes-ian, lore, action, intrigue and suspense, all of it unfolding across a vivid recreation of late 19th century London. And in Enola, the members of her beloved Women's Club, and the one and only Florence Nightingale, there's some wickedly sharp humor at the expense of the entrenched British patriarchy and the class distinctions of the era.

For all fans of this series and anyone who loves nothing better than a wonderfully atmospheric tour through the world of Holmes, this one's an automatic 'don't miss'.

(My other reviews can also be found at www.thesandyquill.blogspot.com)