Shiva's Fire

6 best books like Shiva's Fire (Suzanne Fisher Staples): Aurora Blazing, The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline, The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan, The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Treasury, Homeless Bird

Aurora Blazing

Author	Jessie Mihalik
ISBN	0062802461

Bianca von Hasenberg did her duty for High House von Hasenberg and ended up trapped in a terrible marriage. When her husband dies unexpectedly and leaves her a happy widow, she vows never to marry again. Instead, she uses her connections to save other young women. Information is power and Bianca has a...

The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline

Author	Nancy Springer
ISBN	0399247815

3.5 stars
Audio version - narrated by the incredible Katherine Kellgren!!!

In this, the fifth installment in the Enola Holmes mystery series, Enola must help solve a mystery entangling her dear old landlady, Mrs. Tuppper. And the start of the mystery dates all the way back, some several...

The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan

Author	Nancy Springer
ISBN	0399247807

I will come right out and admit that I definitely allowed myself to picture a particular Mr. Cumberbatch throughout the Sherlock cameos in this story, which had me laughing quite heartily. I loved the scenes that Sherlock shared with Enola, the sibling relationship was humorous and tense, quite realistic...

The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder

Author

Daniel Stashower

On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detective,...

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle Treasury

Author	Betty MacDonald
ISBN	0060248122

First of all I am still trying to figure out why they skipped book three in the series since it really doesn't make any sense to me. Instead all of the books should have been included or they could have done a series treasury to also make sure all the books were still being used instead of leaving one out as it...

Homeless Bird

Author	Gloria Whelan
ISBN	0064408191

Like many girls her age in the India of her time period, thirteen-year-old-Koly is getting married. Full of hope and courage, she leaves home forever. But Koly's story takes a terrible turn when in the wake of the ceremony, she discovers she's been horribly misled about exactly what she is marrying into....