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The Chess Queen Enigma

by Colleen Gleason

A stolen letter and a missing chess queen

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A stolen letter and a missing chess queen

Set in a steampunk version of London, the third Stoker and Holmes installment pairs Evaline Stoker with Mina Holmes on a mission involving Princess Lurelia of Betrovia. Their assignment combines social chaperoning with undercover protection, until the letter revealing the location of a centuries-missing chess queen is stolen. The search carries political weight: the queen’s recovery is tied to healing a longstanding rift between England and the Betrovians. The premise brings family legacies of vampire hunting and detective work into a mystery with a historical artifact at its center.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in steampunk fiction.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries involving undercover assignments and historical artifacts.
  • Those familiar with the Stoker and Holmes series or drawn to stories featuring descendants of Bram Stoker and Sherlock Holmes.

Themes

Family legacyMystery and investigationPolitical reconciliationSteampunk adventure

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Book overview

Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes never meant to get into the family business. But when you're the sister of Bram and the niece of Sherlock, vampire hunting and mystery solving are in your blood, so to speak.

 

In this third installment of the Stoker and Holmes series, Evaline Stoker and Mina Holmes have reluctantly agreed to act as social chaperones and undercover bodyguards for Princess Lurelia of Betrovia, who has arrived in London to deliver a letter that details the secret location of an ancient chess queen that's been missing for centuries.

 

But when the letter-which will heal a centuries-old rift between England and the Betrovians-is stolen out from under Evaline and Mina's watchful eyes, the two girls are forced into a high-stakes race to ensure they find the chess queen before anyone else does.

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