Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Great Shelby Holmes | 2016 | Elizabeth Eulberg | Buy |
| 2 | The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match | 2017 | Elizabeth Eulberg | Buy |
| 3 | The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case | 2018 | Elizabeth Eulberg | Buy |
| 4 | The Great Shelby Holmes and the Haunted Hound | 2019 | Elizabeth Eulberg | Buy |
Girl Detective reimagines Sherlock Holmes as Shelby Holmes, a brilliant and blunt eleven-year-old detective living in Harlem. The series begins with The Great Shelby Holmes (2016) and continues through The Great Shelby Holmes Meets Her Match, The Great Shelby Holmes and the Coldest Case, and The Great Shelby Holmes and the Haunted Hound.
Each book presents a new mystery for Shelby and her reluctant partner John Watson to solve, with the narration coming from Watson’s more grounded perspective. The Doyle parallels are played with affection rather than reverence, and the Harlem setting gives the series a distinctive identity within the crowded field of kid-detective fiction.