A Beautiful and Terrible Murder

By Claire M. Andrews

Book Overview

Perfect for fans of Stalking Jack the Ripper, this historical murder mystery follows the cunning Irene Adler as she teams up with the mysterious Sherlock Holmes to discover who is murdering Oxford's elite students in the All Souls class.

Irene Adler is no ordinary young lady. She's at the top of the ranks in the All Souls cohort, a competitive preparatory class reserved for Oxford's brightest minds. But her peers and professors don't know she's a lady at all. To them, she is Isaac Holland.

Keeping up her disguise gets trickier when All Souls students start dying, one by one. Determined to find out who's responsible for the deaths, Irene--as Isaac--teams up with fellow classmate and roommate Sherlock Holmes to track down clues. Their mission grows more dangerous by the day as someone tries to frame Isaac for the murders, and Irene's own father, Dean Moriarty, begins to threaten her seat in school.

Readers will love following these classic and beloved characters through the twists and turns in the dark halls of Oxford, and discovering what secret lies behind the glitz and glamor of the elite.

Irene's investigations continue in:
A Lovely and Deadly Dance (available August 2026 )

Don't miss the Daughter of Sparta series, also by Claire M. Andrews:
Daughter of Sparta
Blood of Troy
Storm of Olympus

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0316575356
• ISBN13: 9780316575355
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.8" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 13 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 8 to 12