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Poisoners. Saboteurs. Thieves. Amanda hoped the discovery of an ancient secret would finally render the detectives secure. She was wrong. What should have saved them has only helped the enemy. Now she faces an impossible choice: figure out how to close Pandora's box, or let the detectives be destroyed.

Hackers. Kidnappers. Zombies. With the Lake District so explosive, Amanda must figure out who's threatening the detectives before they get her too. But when the sky begins to crackle with purple rainbows, she discovers that the only way to save her friends is to confront an old adversary . . . and a new one who's even more dangerous.

Whether you are ten or a hundred you will love this exciting tale readers are calling "Sherlock Holmes meets Nancy Drew meets Harry Potter."

If only Sherlock Holmes's great-great-grandson weren't such a dork.

There's a new student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives and Amanda is supposed to work with him. Scapulus Holmes is a descendant of the great Sherlock and he's crazy about her. Unfortunately she thinks he's a loser and would rather die than have anything to do with him.

But when the kids discover a dead body encrusted with strange living crystals, Amanda realizes she needs Holmes's help. If the crystals fall into the wrong hands they could be used for nefarious purposes,...

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Twelve-year-old Amanda Lester wouldn't be caught dead going into the family business. Just because she's related to Inspector G. Lestrade, that bumbler who sometimes worked with master sleuth Sherlock Holmes, doesn't mean she should become a detective and give up her dream of becoming a filmmaker. Unfortunately, her plans are in jeopardy. Her latest project with the Stick Dog Filmmakers Club and Production Company isn't coming together, and her control freak tendencies have driven away all her actors. If she doesn't make a winning film soon, her parents will insist that she go into the...

There's a new student at the Legatum Continuatum School for the Descendants of Famous Detectives and Amanda is supposed to work with him. Scapulus Holmes is a descendant of the great Sherlock and he's crazy about her. Unfortunately she thinks he's a loser and would rather die than have anything to do with him.

But when the kids discover a dead body encrusted with strange living crystals, Amanda realizes she needs Holmes's help. If the crystals fall into the wrong hands they could be used for nefarious purposes, and only he knows how to protect them.

Can the detectives keep...

Some people just can't catch a break. Born and raised in a chicken coop, brain-damaged by scarlet fever, and blamed for the death of his baby brother, Ed Lantzer became what everyone expected him to be: unworthy of love and unable to give it. Knowing no other way, he made sure he lived up to this label by concealing his feelings for his wife and children, eventually abandoning them and setting off in search of his purpose-a purpose he was sure existed, even though he had no idea what it was. He couldn't write and his only skills involved working with wood, but he had a gift. When he put...

Purple rainbows, a mysterious crypt, and pots of gold . . .

Things are not going well for Amanda and the secret detective school. A priceless artifact has disappeared, a dangerous hacker is manipulating matter, and zombies are being seen all over the Lake District.

Then the real trouble starts. When her cousins go missing and her friend Clive is kidnapped, Amanda is forced to turn to someone she'd rather not deal with: her old boyfriend Scapulus Holmes. But then he vanishes too. Now's she's sure that arch-villain Blixus Moriarty is involved . . . or is he?