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Violence
Some
Thriller violence and danger
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
Barely any
Brief substance use — Charlotte's drug use from the Sherlock canon is referenced
Emotional Intensity
Some
Themes of trust, trauma, and the detective's particular relationship to emotional vulnerability
What this book is about
The second Charlotte Holmes novel follows the modern teenage Sherlock and Watson to England, where Charlotte's family becomes entangled in a case involving art forgery, an organized crime network, and a missing professor. Cavallaro's YA series is sharper and more emotionally complex in its second installment, with the central relationship tested by revelations about Charlotte's past.
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Thriller violence
Drug use reference
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