Lock & Mori (19 page)

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Heather Petty has been obsessed with mysteries since she was twelve, which is when she decided that stories about murders in London drawing rooms and English seaside villages were far superior to all other stories.
Lock & Mori
is her first novel. She lives in Reno, Nevada, with her husband, daughter, and four hopelessly devious cats. You can visit her online at
heatherwpetty.com
.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Petty, Heather.

Lock & Mori / Heather Petty. — First edition.

pages cm

Summary: In modern-day London, sixteen-year-old Miss James “Mori” Moriarty is looking for an escape from her recent past and spiraling home life when she takes classmate Sherlock Holmes up on his challenge to solve a murder mystery.

ISBN 978-1-4814-2303-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-4814-2305-2 (eBook)

[1. Mystery and detective stories. 2. Characters in literature—Fiction. 3. Love—Fiction.

4. Family problems—Fiction. 5. London (England)—Fiction. 6. England—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title: Lock and Mori.

PZ7.1.P48Lo 2015

[Fic]—dc23

2014028105