
Part of the The Great Shelby Holmes series
Young detectives go undercover as skaters to crack a coded mystery.
Nine-year-old sleuth Shelby Holmes and her friend John Watson face their toughest challenge yet: going undercover as figure skaters. When a star athlete receives cryptic threats, the duo must decipher the code and uncover the culprit. As they navigate the rink, Shelby's sharp mind and Watson's journalistic flair are put to the test. Can they maintain their disguise and solve the mystery before it's too late? Join Shelby and Watson in a thrilling adventure where the stakes are high and the ice is slippery.
Acclaimed author Elizabeth Eulberg continues her hilarious middle-grade twist on Sherlock Holmes as detective duo Shelby and Watson tackle their trickiest case yet–going undercover . . . as figure skaters! Being friends with a super sleuth isn’t easy, especially when she’s nine years old, four feet tall, and full of attitude. But for eleven-year-old John Watson, being friends with Shelby Holmes is just the adventure he’s looking for. After Watson’s online journal chronicling his and Shelby’s case-closing abilities attracts the attention of a newspaper reporter, the pair becomes a small “media sensation” in their Harlem neighborhood. So it’s no surprise (at least, to Shelby!) when the article lands them a new client–a figure skating coach whose star athlete, Jordan Nelson, is receiving strange, threatening messages, written entirely in code. There’s no one better to crack the cipher than dynamic duo Shelby and Watson! But to gather information, Shelby decides that they’ll have to go undercover . . . as an award-winning pair skating team. Can they use the laws of physics and their acting skills to maintain their covers and figure out who’s sending Jordan such strange messages before it’s too late?
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