Springer credits her editor at Philomel, Michael Green, with planting the inspiration for her Enola Holmes series, back in the early 2000s. Enola’s quest for self-realization is set against the historical backdrop of the women’s suffrage movement and the 1884 Reform Bill, which significantly expanded male voting rights in the U.K. While solving cyphers and engaging in feats of derring-do, Enola must also dodge her older brothers, renowned detective Sherlock and government official Mycroft, who aim to send her to boarding school, where she can become a “proper” lady. Along the way, she encounters a runaway boy her own age, who turns out to be at the center of a kidnapping case. The mystery follows the brilliant but sheltered teenager Enola as she sneaks off to London to investigate the disappearance of her mother. Brown also served as a producer along with her sister Paige. Meanwhile, the movie tie-in edition has made PW’s children’s fiction bestseller list for the second consecutive week.ĭirected by Harry Bradbeer ( Fleabag Killing Eve) with a screenplay by Jack Thorne ( Harry Potter and the Cursed Child playwright), the movie stars Millie Bobby Brown ( Stranger Things) in the titular role Helena Bonham Carter ( The Crown The King’s Speech) as Enola’s mother, Eudoria Holmes Henry Cavill ( Man of Steel) portraying Sherlock Sam Claflin ( The Hunger Games) as elder brother Mycroft and Louis Partridge ( Paddington 2) as Viscount Tewksbury, the missing Marquess. Enola Holmes premiered at #2 on the streaming platform on September 23, and by October 4 it was the #1 trending Netflix film. The adaptation was originally slated for a theatrical release by Warner Bros., but in April, Netflix acquired distribution rights due to the pandemic. Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess (2006), the first in a YA series by Edgar Award-winning author Nancy Springer that imagines the life of Sherlock’s younger sister, targets a new generation of Sherlockians, and a film version is currently available for streaming. Actors from Basil Rathbone to Benedict Cumberbatch have since embodied the mercurial genius on screens big and small, and innumerable prequels, pastiches, and parodies across all media have built on the Holmes legacy. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fictional consulting detective Sherlock Holmes continues to lead a life of adventure and intrigue long after his first case in 1887.
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