Award winning author Shane Peacock reads from his latest title, Vanishing Girl, in an event for children aged nine and up.

The third case in the compelling Boy Sherlock Holmes series is full of as many twists and turns as the back streets of Victorian London.

When a wealthy young girl vanishes as if by magic in Hyde Park, Sherlock Holmes is once again driven to prove himself. In a heart-stopping race against time, an innocent boy’s survival depends on Holmes’s ability to solve the mysterious puzzle of the Vanishing Girl. As complex as the maze that protects the missing girl’s hiding place, this case takes Sherlock Holmes racing to the countryside, the coast, and into the lair of a menagerie of exotic, dangerous creatures.

Shane Peacock was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and grew up in Kapuskasing. A biographer, journalist, and screenwriter, he is also the author of several novels and plays. He has received many honours for his writing, including the prestigious Arthur Ellis Award for Eye of the Crow, the first of his Boy Sherlock Holmes series. Shane Peacock lives with his wife and three children near Cobourg, Ontario.