#2 in a series
Mystery
1860s
England
In the second
installment of the Lady Sherlock series, Charlotte Holmes has established her
reputation as a consulting detective, albeit under the alias of Sherlock, her
bedridden fictional brother. Here, she finds herself investigating the case of
Lady Ingram’s first love, the man she would have preferred to marry rather than
Charlotte’s friend Lord Ingram. The two former lovers have an agreement to meet
but this year he misses the appointment, causing Lady Ingram to seek out help
in finding him. At the same time, Charlotte’s sister Livia meets a handsome
stranger and is being wooed by him, though he may not be who he seems. Through
it all, Charlotte learns that her illegitimate half-brother may be involved, and
she also has to decide what to do with an intriguing marriage proposal to boot.
I thoroughly enjoyed
the first book in this series, and I liked this one even better. Charlotte is
growing as a person and it is interesting to see how it affects her logic. She
kind of reminds me a lot of Cristina Yang in some ways - all cold logic and
lack of emotions but hiding a caring person once she gets to know you. The way
Thomas is handling original characters is really good. I still love Mrs Watson, and how shadowy Moriarty is
in his (or her!) off-page debut in this novel. I really love the conclusion to
this novel’s case, which is, I would like to believe, how Thomas will handle
The Woman/Irene Adler. Maybe? I can see this particular character taking on
that role, at any rate. I’ll be so interested to see how that plays out in
later books. And that last line - loved it! I hadn’t actually seen that one
coming. I love when that happens.
I really can’t talk
in detail about the plot without giving spoilers, but this entire series so far
is a genuine delight and I can’t wait to read the 3rd one!
© Kristen McQuinn
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