The Last of August (Charlotte Holmes Trilogy)

Cavallaro, Brittany

ISBN 10: 1470859556 ISBN 13: 9781470859558

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2017

Synopsis

[Young Adult Fiction (Ages 12-17)]
[Read by Graham Halstead and Julia Whelan]

Cavallaro brings Arthur Conan Doyle's sleuths (or their distant relatives, anyway) into the 21st century, casting Holmes as a brilliant young woman and Watson, who narrates, as her admirer and accomplice. In this second brilliant, action-packed book in the Charlotte Holmes trilogy, Jamie and Charlotte are in a chase across Europe to untangle a web of shocking truths about the Holmes and Moriarty families.

Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are looking for a winter break reprieve in Sussex after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But nothing about their time off is proving simple, including Holmes and Watson's growing feelings for each other. When Charlotte's beloved uncle Leander goes missing from the Holmes estate -- after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring -- the game is afoot once again, and Charlotte throws herself into a search for answers.

So begins a dangerous race through the gritty underground scene in Berlin and glittering art houses in Prague, where Holmes and Watson discover that this complicated case might change everything they know about their families, themselves, and each other.

About this title

From the Back Cover

In this second brilliant, action-packed book in the Charlotte Holmes series, Jamie Watson and Charlotte Holmes are in a chase across Europe to untangle a web of shocking truths about the Holmes and Moriarty families.

Jamie and Charlotte are looking for a winter-break reprieve in Sussex after a fall semester that almost got them killed. But nothing about their time off is proving simple, including Holmes and Watson’s growing feelings for each other. When Charlotte’s beloved uncle Leander goes missing from the Holmes estate—after being oddly private about his latest assignment in a German art forgery ring—the game is afoot once again, and Charlotte throws herself into a search for answers. 

So begins a dangerous race through the gritty underground scene in Berlin and glittering art houses in Prague, where Holmes and Watson discover that this complicated case might change everything they know about their families, themselves, and each other.

About the Author

Brittany Cavallaro is the author of Girl-King and A Study in Charlotte. Individual poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in AGNI, Gettysburg Review, Tin House, Poetry Northwest, and Best New Poets, among others. In 2011, she received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin, where she received the Milofsky Prize in Creative Writing. She is the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, the Vermont Studio Center, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where she is a PhD candidate.

Audiobook Narrator Bio: Graham Halstead is a professionally trained actor and voice artist born and raised in Virginia and now living and working in Brooklyn. As an actor, Halstead has worked internationally in Edinburgh and London, as well as back home at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. His youthful, easy-flowing voice can be heard on television and radio voicing spots for Airborne and Allegra.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1470859556
• ISBN 13: 9781470859558
• Binding: Audio CD