Shirley Holmes investigates two mysteries with all the cunning and logic of her famed ancestor. In The Case of the Blazing Star, Shirley aims to uncover what is happening at the race track to make a horse that always loses suddenly a big winner. In The Case of the King of Hearts, Ms. Stratmann, the headmistress of Shirleys school, begins acting rather oddly. At first Shirley thinks the headmistress is ill. Upon investigating, Shirley finds that the headmistress is in love with a swindler who is secretly out to get her money. Will Shirley be able to save Ms. Stratmann from this man without breaking her heart?
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