A woman murdered in the lonely alleys of Whitechapel with only the crows as witness. Holmes is on the case!
- 2008 Arthur Ellis Award - Best Juvenile Crime Novel
- 2008 IODE Violet Downey Book Award
- 2008 Moonbeam Children's Book Award Gold Medal
- 2008 Honor Book CLA Young Adult Book of the Year
- 2008 Honor Book CLA Children's Book of the Year
- Silver Winner, The Nautilus Award
- OLA Silver Birch Top 10 Young Adult Fiction
- 2008 Shortlisted, Hackmatack Children's Choice Award
- 2008 Shortlisted, TD Canadian Children's Literature Award
- 2009 Shortlisted, Red Cedar Award, BC Children's Choice
- 2008 American Library Association (Booklist) Top Ten Youth Mystery
- 2007 A Quill & Quire Book of the Year
- 2007 Junior Library Guild of America Premier Selection
- ForeWord Magazine Gold Medal Award for Juvenile Fiction
- Booklist Top Ten in Young Mysteries
- 2009 Shortlisted, Manitoba Young Readers Choice Award
- 2008 Book of Note, Tri-State Young Adult Fiction Books