Sprawa cmentarnego dzwonka

Enola Holmes #10

by Nancy Springer, Elżbieta Gałązka (Translator)

Dzwonek z grobu, Moriarty na horyzoncie i Enola, która nie zna strachu.

Nowa książka z serii, którą kocha Netflix – 10. tom już 18 marca!

Czy da się pokonać samego Moriarty’ego? Młoda detektywka właśnie zamierza to sprawdzić! Bohaterka bestsellerów wraca w nowej, elektryzującej odsłonie. Enola Holmes. Sprawa cmentarnego dzwonka ukaże się nakładem wydawnictwa Poradnia K.

Tym razem stawka jest śmiertelnie wysoka. Podczas pogrzebu na londyńskim cmentarzu rozlega się tajemniczy dźwięk dzwonka. Enola odkrywa coś, co nie powinno się wydarzyć nigdy: z grobu ktoś wzywa pomocy. Uratowana dziewczyna nie pamięta, kim jest ani dlaczego została pogrzebana żywcem. Jeden z tropów prowadzi do największego przeciwnika Holmesów – Moriarty’ego.

Wciągnięta w niebezpieczną grę pełną intryg, pościgów i fałszywych śladów, Enola prowadzi śledztwo wbrew ostrzeżeniom Sherlocka, który nakazuje jej trzymać się z dala od tej sprawy. Depczą jej po piętach zbiry, czas ucieka, a przeciwnik… nie popełnia błędów. By ocalić niewinną dziewczynę, Enola będzie musiała sięgnąć po całą swoją inteligencję, odwagę i spryt.

Dwie świetne ekranizacje przygód Enoli Holmes z Millie Bobby Brown w roli tytułowej i Henrym Cavillem jako Sherlockiem należą do najchętniej oglądanych filmów na platformie Netflix. Trzeci film z serii już wkrótce – zapowiada się równie wyśmienicie!

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

330 pages, Paperback

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!

[Pseudonymous d'Elder · Rating 4 out of 5]

__________________________
“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.

[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.

[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.

[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!

[Maxine · Rating 5 out of 5]

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

[♥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.

[Zellizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[jo ୨୧ · Rating 2 out of 5]

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

[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

[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.

[Meg GlitteryOtters · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 stars

[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!

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another book I loved by Nancy Springer.

[Christopher Cannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great one in the series! I loved it. A good mystery, and wonderful growth by all the characters- Enola and Mycroft especially. The audiobook is wonderful!

[Clay · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[bluerose · Rating 5 out of 5]

The dedication of this book reads "For Sherlockians everywhere." As a proud Sherlockian and lover of this series, what a treat to follow Enola as she encounters a Moriarty for the first time and to see the events at the Reichenbach Falls from her perspective.

[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.

[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.

[Donna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent from start to finish. This felt like it could be the end of the series but I certainly hope not.

Outstanding narration as always by Tamaryn Payne.

[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.

[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.*

[Elizabeth McFarland · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was genuinely surprised by how much I loved this book. It's obviously a long running series and I hadn't read any of the previous installments. I didn't have any issues jumping in this far in and following along. Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin was a truly fun adventure with an intriguing mystery.

I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are my own.

[Andrea · Rating 5 out of 5]

BEST BEST BEST ending to a perfect series! I love every single installment! I’m a huge fan of the original Sherlock Holmes and this did not disappoint. Nancy Springer did a phenomenal job with this series. My only regret is that it is finished…

[Deborah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enola finds herself in a precarious situation trying to help a girl while Sherlock has his hands full.