{"id":10222,"date":"2019-02-28T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10222"},"modified":"2019-02-28T09:34:39","modified_gmt":"2019-02-28T15:34:39","slug":"stolen-from-sinclairs-mystery-of-the-painted-dragon-by-katherine-woodfine-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=10222","title":{"rendered":"Stolen from Sinclair’s! MYSTERY OF THE PAINTED DRAGON, by Katherine Woodfine (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A famous painting!
A locked-door <\/a>theft!
A dread criminal threatens everyone\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Better than the “Boy Detective<\/a>” penny thrillers that Billy reads, the cases that the young employees of Sinclair’s (amazing, astounding) Department Store all seem to have terrible villain The Baron at their core – but why is he targeting Sophie and Sinclair’s in particular?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is third in the Sinclair’s series set in 1909 London, following The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow<\/em> (my review here<\/a>) and The Mystery of the Jeweled Moth<\/em> (here<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many strands come together in the fourth book, The Mystery of the Midnight Peacock<\/a><\/em> (fireworks! hidden passageways! The King visiting Sinclair’s Department Store!), so ask for the whole paperback set at your local library<\/a> or independent bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which friends do you want by your side when there’s a mystery to unravel?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: The Mystery of the Painted Dragon (Sinclair’s Mysteries, book 3) \/ Katherine Woodfine. Kane Miller\/EDC Publishing, 2017. [author site<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My book talk<\/strong>: Sophie and Lil are on the case again when a famous painting is stolen from Sinclair’s Department Store in 1909, and the investigative teens suspect that London criminal mastermind The Baron is involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Snobbish art critic Mr. Lyle allows sudents of the Spencer School of Art to assist with the exhibition at Spencer’s, where a rare dragon painting loaned by the King himself holds a place of honor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art school instead of university? Lil’s brother Jack is hiding his enrollment at the Spencer from his parents – scandalous!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hobbled as much by the expectations of British society as by her crippled leg, Leo eagerly escaped her parents’ country estate to attend art school in London. New friends, new opportunities, an attack in the train station?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leo and Jack join the team as Sophie (ladies’ hats), Lil (dress model and actress), Jack (stable hand), and Billy (office boy and avid reader of detective fiction) work on their third case together as ruthless crime boss The Baron moves ever closer to his prize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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