(4) 4-6 Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Though their detective agency has been forbidden from pursuing any more cases, nineteenth-century tweens Ada Byron (Lovelace) and Mary Godwin (Shelley) are enlisted to help Princess Alexandrina Victoria (future Queen Victoria) locate her special book of doll sketches, which has gone missing. The fourth installment once again reimagines history with humor, wit, and good-natured implausibility. Front- and back matter clarify the imagined events and relationships.

Reviewer: Grace Enriquez

(4) 4-6 Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Plucky nineteenth-century detectives Mary Godwin, fourteen, and Ada Byron, eleven, pursue a new case. For the safe return of her kidnapped dog, paleontologist Mary Anning is being blackmailed to fake authenticity of forged dinosaur bones. The third installment again blends history, mystery, and science entertainingly if implausibly. Notes explain liberties taken with the historical setting and characters.

Reviewer: Grace Enriquez

(4) 4-6 Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. Mary Godwin and Ada Byron's detective agency, now an open secret, is available for hire. For their second case, they investigate why a young woman's fiancé wants access to her fortune before their marriage. Despite contrived relationships, this entertaining mystery benefits from an imaginative premise and a nicely reimagined historical setting featuring a mix of real, literary, and fictional characters. Appendices address historical inaccuracies.

Reviewer: Grace Enriquez

(4) 4-6 Wollstonecraft Detective Agency series. Illustrated by Kelly Murphy. In a reimagined nineteenth-century London, Mary Godwin, fourteen, and Ada Byron, eleven, form a secret agency to pursue the case of a missing jewel. Percy Shelley and Charles Dickens assist their efforts. The characters are entertaining, but the plot feels forced at times. Detailed bios of the real historical figures and an author's note addressing the liberties taken are included.

Reviewer: Grace Enriquez