The Great Shelby Holmes and the Haunted Hound by Elizabeth Eulberg

Author:Elizabeth Eulberg
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781547601486
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2019-11-18T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER

17

“There’s one thing I can’t figure out,” Bryant said the next day as we walked to his apartment after school.

One thing? He had only one thing he couldn’t figure out? Because I had, like, a gazillion. And not just about this case. About Mom. About Dad. About everything.

“What would that be?” Shelby asked as she unwrapped one of the four Levain cookies Bryant bought her.

“If there’s somebody doing this, how do they know you?”

Good point. Someone knowing Shelby’s name should worry us instead of pleasing Shelby.

“It is safe to presume that your building and those coming and going from it are monitored,” Shelby replied.

“Okay, let’s say that’s true.”

“It’s true,” Shelby stated flatly.

“Yeah, but how do they know you?” Bryant glared at Shelby.

“Why would someone know about two young detectives who solve cases? Ones with numerous satisfied clients? Who are well known in this neighborhood? Who were recently featured in the Harlem Observer, not to mention Watson’s blog, which is gaining readers daily?”

Wait a second. Shelby told me she didn’t read my blog since she’d lived it. Hmm, maybe she did like reading what I had to say about her.

Uh-oh. Sometimes I wasn’t very flattering because I told the truth.

Shelby continued, “Bryant, you often underestimate my abilities. Granted, I haven’t thus far been able to properly put all the pieces in place for you. But I will. I’ve done it before. I’ll do it again. And must I remind you how detrimental it has been for you to underestimate me in any capacity?”

Bryant sulked for the rest of the walk to his place.

Although he had a reasonable question. How did this person foresee that Shelby would get involved—since she wasn’t even brought in until yesterday at lunch? How did they know enough to use her name on the very day she showed up?

My online journal about our adventures had gained new readers. We were recognized around the neighborhood, but we weren’t that famous. There were only a few photos of us online. (Okay, yeah, I googled myself once. Or a few dozen times.)

How did Shelby fit into all of this?

Maybe Shelby was onto something when she said that Bryant would want to see her fail. Not that Bryant was involved, but maybe it was someone from one of her past cases who had a vendetta against her. Maybe someone she’d been rude to.

So, like, everybody.

Could it be Belle from the figure skating cipher? Or maybe one of the Lacys from the dognapping case? I’d hate to think Zane could be behind this, but I’d been wrong about him before.

Wait a second. Shelby had been wrong before. The whole Mr. Crosby case. She was blinded by her own ego to see that there was someone pulling the strings. She had simply believed that Miss Adler’s School for Girls would move heaven and earth to bring her back. I was the one who thought that seemed fishy.

And then we’d met Moira Hardy. Aka the only person to outsmart Shelby. Moira almost got away with blackmailing our teacher and being an all-around horrible person.

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