![]() I am glad that his daughter was allowed to shine alongside her father, as her mind worked in similarly unique and wonderful ways. This book can be summed up as, in a word, fun! This evoked the flavour of classic crime, where both poor Watson and the reader attempt their own sleuthing but find themselves woefully inadequate to Holmes, when his most recent works of detective brilliance are ultimately revealed. The pair, however, worked well together, just as Watson's friendly and more emotive response always correlated well with Holmes' cool calm, in the original canon. Lucy James bore a resemblance to her father's character, and yet she had a more humane response to human suffering and a somewhat passionate approach to her detecting skills. Paternal worry reigns over his usual distant calmness and it was interesting to read of his character's arc, that remained unknown to Doyle's original readership. ![]() We also get to see a relative thaw to this notoriously icy facade, when his daughter finds herself in repeated trouble. ![]() His greatest flaws are also his greatest strengths, and were depicted as such. Holmes was portrayed as he always has been - emotionally cold, greatly intellectual, and with an unruffled demeanour. This made the plot both alike to the originals, but with a female addition that altered things entirely. The pair find themselves deducing and sleuthing to find those responsible for the worst of the crimes to plague Victorian London society. Holmes was brought back to life with an authenticity I admired and getting to explore how his illegitimate daughter, Lucy James, was added to the plot, gave events an innovative twist. Yet I can undoubtedly state that this was such a worthy addition to the Holmesian canon: it felt both like a case I could easily imagine born from Sir Arthur Conan's Doyle own brilliant mind, and also something that had a distinct flavour that could only have been the authors' own. To accurately portray an already renowned character and to dually make them the author's own sounds like quite a precarious feat. Retellings must be a difficult subject for an author, I can imagine. I felt great joy in being reintroduced to the most infamous and favourite of literary detectives, Sherlock Holmes, and thought both authors did a marvellous job of re-opening up his world, to a modern-day readership. Can this nameless woman find her way into the past to restore her memories? And what further mysteries will unravel if she manages to do so?ĭespite not having read the first two instalments to this series I found I could immerse myself in the plot with relative ease, able to understand both the characters, themselves, and their various relationships to one another. What she also has is a policeman who believes her. What she does have is a blinding headache, a golf ball-size lump on the back of her head, and an intuitive knack for reading both people and her surroundings, that she soon finds she can rely on to keep her alive. She has no name, no home, and no memories that stretch further than the last few minutes. If you like Victorian intrigue, stunning surprises, and old-fashioned page-turners, you'll love Anna Elliott and Charles Veley's exciting mysteries.This is the third instalment in the A Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Mysteries series.Ī woman awakens to find herself on the steps of the British Museum. The Collected Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James Short Stories: Volume One takes the reader on a breathless journey through five connected tales, plus two Christmas bonus cases. But failing to bring their enemies to justice may cost them the one thing they both hold dear.Ĭan Holmes and Lucy catch a monster, or is this the evildoer who will defeat them at last? Each time they close in, a powerful criminal mastermind intervenes, and she slips through their fingers. Tracking the enigmatic killer through London Zoo, a fancy-dress ball, and a sinister occult organization, the erudite duo stays hot on her heels. And when they're called to London's Olympia Theatre to investigate the strange death of a circus clown, they quickly discover their cunning foe has struck again. But one murderous woman has evaded their grasp. Sherlock Holmes and Lucy James have become a formidable family crime-fighting team. ![]() Seven short stories published in one volume for the first time, featuring Sherlock Holmes and his long-lost daughter. Have the world's greatest detective and his intrepid American daughter finally met their match?
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