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> Tag: Sherlock Holmes

The Enola Holmes (movie) book

The Case of the Missing Marquess (Enola Holmes #1) by Nancy Springer

December 30, 2022 by kfishgirl Leave a Comment

This book was pretty short. I think it was about a five hour audiobook. I liked the narrator though and the story moved along. If you’ve seen the Enola Holmes movie, you know the general plot of this book. The movie was not fully true to the book, but I could understand why the movie changed the parts that it did. I pictured Millie Bobby Brown as Enola the whole time though. Watching the movie first doesn’t actually spoil the book either, which was fun. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: enola holmes, London, Nancy springer, Sherlock Holmes

kfishgirl's CBR14 Review No:61 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: enola holmes, London, Nancy springer, Sherlock Holmes ·
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“The woman was a holy terror: the sweetest face, the pillowiest bosom, and a perspicacity that stripped a man naked in seconds.”

The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) by Sherry Thomas

December 4, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This series is so fun. I think this is my favorite one so far, because it did two things. First, the plot hinges on Charlotte/Sherlock saving her dear friend and would-be paramour Lord Ingram from murder charges when his wife turns up dead on his estate in a gruesome fashion. And second, we finally get to see Charlotte in action at crime scenes and investigating herself. She does this by inventing another Holmes brother and dressing up as a man, saying she is both there […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: historical mystery, Lady Sherlock, mystery, narfna, reimaginings, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear

narfna's CBR14 Review No:203 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: historical mystery, Lady Sherlock, mystery, narfna, reimaginings, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear ·
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The human side of Sherlock Holmes.

Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye

January 3, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Lyndsay Faye is a consummate player of The Great Game, and this book was a lovely little treat. If you’re somehow unaware, The Great Game is the practice of Sherlockians to act as if Holmes and Watson were real, and to make existing canon and facts fit together. This book plays into that in that Faye acts like she is just the editor of these stories, which are all told from the first person perspectives of people in Sherlock Holmes’s life who aren’t Dr. John […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes ·
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Very satisfying Sherlock Holmes pastiche, with bonus Jack the Ripper.

Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson by Lyndsay Faye

December 30, 2020 by narfna 1 Comment

I would not be lying if I say that this is the best Sherlock Holmes novel I’ve ever read, and that’s including the actual Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. I have some thoughts about why this is, none moreso than ACD never seemed to love his characters as much as other people did, and the popularity and lovabilty of the character has maintained, even grown in some circles, in the one hundred years since he first appeared in the pages of […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: dust and shadow, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, historical fiction, jack the ripper, john watson, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, pastiche, Sherlock Holmes

narfna's CBR12 Review No:190 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: dust and shadow, Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson, historical fiction, jack the ripper, john watson, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, pastiche, Sherlock Holmes ·
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Lady Charlotte Holmes investigates closer to home

Murder on Cold Street by Sherry Thomas

December 4, 2020 by Malin Leave a Comment

Spoiler warning! This is the fifth book in an ongoing series, and as such, this review may and probably will contain spoilers for earlier books. If you’re not caught up, go start at the beginning, with A Study in Scarlet Women.    Official book description: Inspector Treadles, Charlotte Holmes’s friend and collaborator, has been found locked in a room with two dead men, both of whom worked with his wife at the great manufacturing enterprise she has recently inherited.   Rumours fly. Had Inspector Treadles killed […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian

Malin's CBR12 Review No:79 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: cbr12, historical fiction, Lady Sherlock, Malin, Murder on Cold Street, mystery, retelling, romantic, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, Victorian ·
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She really is smarter than everyone else

A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas

September 28, 2020 by teresaelectro 1 Comment

I have recommended A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas to nearly everyone it feels like. It seems very appropriate to review it for the Gateway CBR12 bingo square. I started reading it last year for Cannon Book Club, but never went back to finish. So I went in fresh with the audiobook to jumpstart my brain and finally finish my paperback copy. Charlotte Holmes is a clever woman who is smarter than almost everyone she meets. All she wants is independence to do […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: a study in scarlet women, book one, book remix, cbr12bingo, Gateway, historical romance, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas

teresaelectro's CBR12 Review No:10 · Genres: Romance · Tags: a study in scarlet women, book one, book remix, cbr12bingo, Gateway, historical romance, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas ·
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