The Sherlock Society

De: James Ponti

Narrado por: Mark Sanderlin

In the tradition of Nancy Drew, four kids and one grandfather in Miami tackle a decades-old mystery in this first book full of “atmosphere, history, and lively humor” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) in the Sherlock Society middle grade series from New York Times bestselling, Edgar Award–winning author James Ponti!

Siblings Alex and Zoe Sherlock take their last name as inspiration when choosing a summer job. After all, starting a detective agency has to be better than babysitting (boring), lawn mowing (sweaty), or cleaning out the attic (boring and sweaty). Their friends Lina, an avid bookworm, and Yadi, an aspiring cinematographer, join the enterprise, and Alex and Zoe’s retired reporter grandfather offers up his sweet aquamarine Cadillac convertible and storage unit full of cold cases.

The group’s first target is the long-lost treasure supposedly hidden near their hometown Miami. Their investigation into the local doings of famed gangster Al Capone leads them to a remote island in the middle of the Everglades where they find alarming evidence hinting at corporate corruption.

Together with Grandpa’s know-how and the kids’ intelligence—plus some really slick gadgets—can the Sherlock Society root out the conspiracy?

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Sanderlin captures the excitement and emotions of the characters as they encounter uncertainty and danger. Listeners, especially mystery fans, will eagerly cheer on Alex and his companions on their daring adventure."

"Sherlock" society is not a good title

This is a great story, Its well written and fun, but Framed is better. I was let down from the lack of Sherlock. I was disappointed due to lack of "Sherlock" in the story. It should be named, "Grandpa and his rag tag team of teenagers" . When you use the name of Sherlock, one must actually include the iconic detective or at least his side kick Dr. Watson. The kids in this story use deduction and learn a lot of detective skills but Grandpa should have been "Sherlock" in hiding while helping these kids solve the million dollar question. But it was a fun story for middle school students to listen to while reading the story as well. Good intentions mixed with great titles equal lack luster results.

Nice book-Mermicorn1819

It was an amazing mystery book and I loved the suspense. I can’t wait for the second book!

Awesome

I loved that it included kids lives and relates to real life experiences and situations

The drama and action!

This book is amazing especially for people who love drama and adventure plus a bit of fun and dramatic storytelling here and there!!!

A great first mystery for the Sherlock Society Kids!

I’m a fan of all of James Ponti’s mysteries for young readers, so I was excited to read this new series. Filled with good lessons about how to solve a mystery and four bright kids, this book was interesting and only got better as I read further. The locales and characters aren’t as “exotic” as in the City Spies series, but this series feels like it might be a good entry point for mystery buffs who are a little younger.

Great for adults too!

I couldn’t stop listening, it was a wonderfully written mystery, I usually guess/solve mysteries in books and tv/movies well ahead of ending and I mostly did with this too but was still surprised by many twists. It was intelligent, wholesome, thoughtful and loved the entire story. Great character development and growth. No plot holes that I noticed or dumbed down characters.

READ JAMES PONTI IF YOU LIKE GOOD BOOKS!!!

This was not his best work- a very slow start, I was excited by chapter 20- but I still highly recommend this book! Ponti is a writing genius! Very emotional, touching, exciting, adventurey (which should TOTALLY be a word) and a great dononstration of teamwork! The Framed! series took all, Coy Spies was very exciting, and although this is my least favorite, it is still very good. I love the puns, grammar geek jokes (I am one of them…) and the otherwise witty yet riveting realizations. Yet another cool mystery, very funny, I highly recommend. Brian Holden and Lisa Flanagan were incredible narrators, (especially Holden, want to give a shout-out to you) and Mr, Sanderlin had a cool sarcastic tone but the narration could be better. I love the complex relationships with Zoe and her parents. I little emotional for a young kids book, but I still think everyone should try this out! (I don’t understand the reviews about “Sherlock” not being a good title, obviously from the cover, overview and the author being a children’s author anyone who pays attention won’t be dissatisfied).

Fun, clean, and engaging!

I liked the fast pace and fun and innocent nature of the characters. It hard to find a clean book that is good. Ponti does not disappoint!

OMG AMAZING!!!!!!!

love it best story ever! so fun and exciting! it is so funny and Awesome!!!!!

😱 OMG🥳🤩😍😘🥰🥹 greatest story ever made in the history of the world 🌎

I loved 😍 the overall story perfect balance between suspense & mystery!!!!!!! The exploding 🤯 yacht was a great part of the story 🤩 but I did not like how much it talked about the mom😭 but the story made up for that 😇🙂😊☺️😉😌😆😁😄😃😀🥹😅