The Case of the Gypsy Goodbye: An Enola Holmes Mystery

 
　　「妳從孩提時代開始就一直孤獨地活著，注定一輩子孤獨，除非妳起身反抗命運。」
 
　　在改變命運的那一天之前，艾諾拉正在調查布蘭季弗蘿．德坎普公爵夫人神祕失蹤案。但她發現哥哥夏洛克也積極尋找她，而且這一次，他真的必須找到她！
 
　　夏洛克收到一個奇特的包裹，來自他們那位下落不明的母親，但顯然只有妹妹艾諾拉能夠破解包裹上的密碼。於是他和大哥麥考夫必須追隨艾諾拉的行蹤，深入漆黑的倫敦地下鐵，一同解決最後的謎題：福爾摩斯夫人出了什麼事？布蘭季弗蘿．德坎普公爵夫人究竟在哪裡？還有，這兩件事與三兄妹有什麼關聯？
 
本書特色
經典「福爾摩斯」英倫推理x創意進化的青春成長
 
★ 想像創意的故事設定：擁有家族天賦的少女從尋找母親開始，走出屬於自己的偵探之路，以女孩的角度詮釋「推理」、「冒險」及「親情」。
 
★經典與現代的新生命：透過艾諾拉的冒險，故事巧妙地結合永恆的「福爾摩斯」探案與渴望獨立自主的現代主題，以及青少年的懵懂成長，是經典的再進化！
 
★顛覆傳統的少女思維：既有復古的英式風情，同時也呈現傳統社會對女孩的限制與刻板想法，能夠感同身受艾諾拉追求自由的意志。
 
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☆ 已售出法、德、義、澳、葡、巴、日、韓、中、俄等十數國版權
☆「艾諾拉是個聰明、理性、機智又勇敢的主角。讀者會繼續期待這位女英雄為自己發聲。」——《出版者週刊》
☆「艾諾拉的孤獨、聰明、幽默感和純粹的勇氣，讓她成為一個極富魅力的女主角。」——《學校圖書館雜誌》 
 
——中文書介摘錄自《天才少女福爾摩斯6：道別吉普賽》，三采出版
 

As Enola searches for the missing Lady Blanchefleur del Campo, she discovers that her brother Sherlock is just as diligently searching for Enola herself Sherlock and Enola must solve a triple mystery: What has happened to their mother? And to Lady Blanchefleur? And what does either have to do with their brother, Mycroft?

"Flat-out among the best mysteries being written for young people today." - Booklist, starred review

Nancy Springer has published forty novels for adults, young adults and children. In a career beginning shortly after she graduated from Gettysburg College in 1970, Springer wrote for ten years in the imaginary realms of mythological fantasy, then ventured on contemporary fantasy, magical realism, and women’s fiction before turning her attention to children’s literature. Her novels and stories for middle-grade and young adults range from contemporary realism, mystery/crime, and fantasy to her critically acclaimed novels based on the Arthurian mythos, I AM MORDRED: A TALE OF CAMELOT and I AM MORGAN LE FAY. Springer’s children’s books have won her two Edgar Allan Poe awards, a Carolyn W. Field award, various Children’s Choice honors and numerous ALA Best Book listings. Her most recent series include the Tales of Rowan Hood, featuring Robin Hood’s daughter, and the Enola Holmes mysteries, starring the much younger sister of Sherlock Holmes.

Ms. Springer lives in East Berlin, Pennsylvania.