Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
In this second brilliant, action-packed book in the Charlotte Holmes trilogy, Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are looking for a winter-break reprieve after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But Charlotte isn t the only Holmes with secrets, and the mood at her family s Sussex estate is palpably tense. On top of everything else, Holmes and Watson could be becoming more than friends but still, the darkness in Charlotte s past is a wall between them.
A distraction arises soon enough, because Charlotte s beloved uncle Leander goes missing from the estate after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring. The game is afoot once again, and Charlotte is single-mindedly obsessed.
Their first stop? Berlin. Their first contact? August Moriarty formerly Charlotte s crush, currently believed by most to be dead whose powerful family has been ripping off famous paintings for the last hundred years. But as they follow the gritty underground scene in Berlin to glittering art houses in Prague, Holmes and Watson begin to realize that this is a much more complicated case than a disappearance. Much more dangerous, too.
What they learn might change everything they know about their families, themselves, and each other "
Synopsis
In the second brilliant, action-packed book in the Charlotte Holmes trilogy, Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are in a chase across Europe to untangle a web of shocking truths about the Holmes and Moriarty families.
Jamie and Charlotte are looking for a winter break reprieve in Sussex after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But nothing about their time off is proving simple, including Holmes and Watson s growing feelings for each other. When Charlotte s beloved Uncle Leander goes missing from the Holmes estate after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring the game is afoot once again, and Charlotte throws herself into a search for answers.
So begins a dangerous race through the gritty underground scene in Berlin and glittering art houses in Prague, where Holmes and Watson discover that this complicated case might change everything they know about their families, themselves, and each other.
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