“Sherlock, Lupin & Me” by Irene Adler is a series of chapter
books for middle grade reader about the adventures of three young detectives:
Sherlock Holmes - British, Arsène Lupin - French, and Irene Adler - American.
It was originally published in Italian by Piemme. It’s a solid series, a bit systematic
like many other series aimed at children, but very exciting.
Irene Adler by BP
The plots are really interesting. The stories are seen from Irene’s point of view and narrated
by her. It gives that slightly more girly feeling that you can’t find in the
original Sherlock Holmes detective series. It isn’t overpowering though, the
stories are still about the mystery and the murder rather than dresses or beauty
appearance. 
“Sherlock, Lupin & Me: The Dark Lady” is the first, introductory book
from the series. A little child version of Sherlock, a bit mischievous but as
intelligent as in the original books, with Irene Adler - just wonderful and Lupin
- very charming and mischievous, but in a different way to Sherlock. It is nice
to see how the three characters interact.
The actual mystery didn’t work out how I expect. I had my
suspicions on what might have happened, who did it, but I was wrong and surprised to find
a completely different outcome.
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