Enola Holmes and the Clanging Coffin (The New Adventures of Enola Holmes #4) by Nancy Springer
Publication Date: February 10th 2026 by Macmillan Audio
Pages: 336
Audio Book Length: 6hrs 59min
Narrators: Tamaryn Payne & Matt Biddulph
Source: Publisher
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
Enola Holmes is attending a graveside burial when she hears a
bell ringing from a freshly dug grave. When she investigates, she makes a
chilling discovery: a young woman named Trevina, buried alive and with no
memory of how she ended up there.
Realizing Trevina is still in danger, Enola brings her home
and nurses her back to health while trying to uncover who sealed her in that
coffin, and why. Soon, Enola and her charge are thrust into a deadly game of
cat and mouse as the culprit, none other than Moriarty himself, sends his thugs
after them. To complicate matters further, Enola learns that her brother,
Sherlock Holmes, is investigating the same villain and warns her to stay away
from the case.
I haven’t read the previous Enola Holmes books, though I’ve
enjoyed the movies, and I’m not usually a big YA reader, but I found Enola
Holmes and the Clanging Coffin a page-turner! It was clever, suspenseful,
occasionally funny, and had a dark, sinister edge. Mystery and suspense fans
will find plenty to enjoy here.
I thoroughly enjoyed the audiobook. Tamaryn Payne narrates
most of the story, with Matt Biddulph voicing the epilogue. Payne delivers
excellent performances across the board, male and female characters alike, with
just the right emotional nuance, and her English accent is a delight. The audio
format really brought the story to life.
4 Stars
Book Description:
Enola Holmes—international bestselling and Netflix streaming sensation—returns when the rescue of a young woman sends her into battle with her brother Sherlock against his most deadly, implacable enemy - Professor Moriarty.
In February 1891, London, Enola Holmes—the much younger sister of Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes—is attending a burial when she hears the faint sound of a handbell in the graveyard. It is not in Enola’s nature to ignore such oddities, no matter the occasion and when she investigates further, as is the Holmes' family instinct, she discovers something absolutely chilling. The ringing bell is attached to the tombstone erected over a recent gravesite and someone, buried within, is pulling the string to ring the alarm.
Galvanized into action, Enola and her companions swiftly and successfully unearth the coffin within, freeing a still-living young woman, one Trevina Trairom. Enola, by predilection and by trade a Scientific Perditorian, a finder of lost things, finds herself comforting and protecting this young girl. The girl herself is a mystery – she remembers very little, including her identity, and has no idea who has buried her alive, much less why. While protecting this mysterious girl from an enigmatic enemy, she discovers that Sherlock is engaged in a related mystery. Enola joins Sherlock in his battle against the scourge of London, the Napoleon of Crime himself, Professor Moriarty. Facing her most brutal foe ever, determined to protect and unravel the secrets surrounding the mysterious Trevina, Enola takes her place more fully than ever as a proud member of the Holmes family.
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