A review by brandypainter
The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer

4.0

I was worried after reading[b:The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan|3039234|The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan (Enola Holmes Mysteries, #4)|Nancy Springer|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255638407s/3039234.jpg|3069858]that the series may have lost some of its quality as it continued. It only took reading the prologue of this one for me to say, " Ah, now that's more like it." This book is my favorite in the series after the original. Not only do we have more delightful encounters, or near encounters, between Enola and Sherlock but there is also the added presence of Florence Nightingale as a character. Ms. Springer does a delightful job of again accurately displaying history but also giving her own twist to the motivations of a well known figure in history. (She does include a very brief end note explaining what is true and what is fabricated.) The mystery in this one is tied up in the work of Florence Nightingale during the Crimean War and gives the reader a graphic picture of what life was like for those who fought it and the people who cared for them.