Saturday, March 20, 2021

Sherry Thomas

“Under the cover of “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," Charlotte Holmes puts her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. Aided by the capable Mrs. Watson, Charlotte draws those in need to her and makes it her business to know what other people don’t.

Moriarty’s shadow looms large. First, Charlotte’s half brother disappears. Then, Lady Ingram, the estranged wife of Charlotte’s close friend Lord Ingram, turns up dead on his estate. And all signs point to Lord Ingram as the murderer.

With Scotland Yard closing in, Charlotte goes under disguise to seek out the truth. But uncovering the truth could mean getting too close to Lord Ingram – and a number of malevolent forces …"

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The firs three books that I can borrowed from the library are probably also the only three books I would read in this Lady Sherlock series. I was always fighting with the annoying feeling when I started the second book. I don’t like Charlotte Holmes. I decided to finish these three books, because I can find them in the library!! A completist just can’t say no to it!

Anyway, this could be the last one of the Lady Sherlock series I’d read.

Monday, March 1, 2021

Sherry Thomas

Berkley

“Being shunned by Society gives Charlotte Holmes the time and freedom to put her extraordinary powers of deduction to good use. As “Sherlock Holmes, consulting detective," aided by the capable Mrs. Watson, she’s had great success helping with all manner of inquiries, but she’s not prepared for the new client who arrives at her Upper Baker Street office.

Lady Ingram, wife of Charlotte’s dear friend and benefactor, wants Sherlock Holmes to find her first love, who failed to show up at their annual rendezvous. Matters of loyalty and discretion aside, the case become even more personal for Charlotte as the missing man is none other than Myron Finch, her illegitimate half brother.

In the meanwhile, Charlotte wrestles with a surprising proposal of marriage, a mysterious stranger woos her sister Livia, and an unidentified body surfaces where least expected. Charlotte’s investigative prowess is challenged as never before: Can she find her brother in time – or will he, too, end up as a nameless corpse somewhere in the belly of London?"

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I enjoyed reading the first Lady Sherlock book, however, I had to try very hard so I could finish this one. The story was boring. Charlotte Holmes was so unbearably headstrong.

I have reserved the third book anyway. I’d like to give it another chance.

Thursday, February 25, 2021

Sherry Thomas

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“With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of London.

When the city is struck by a trio of unexpected deaths and suspicion falls on her sister and her father, Charlotte is desperate to find the true culprits and clear the family name. She’ll have help from friends new and old – a kindhearted widow, a police inspector, and a man who has long loved her. But in the end, it will be up to Charlotte, under the assumed name Sherlock Holmes, to challenge society’s expectations and match wits against an unseen mastermind."

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At first, for a moment, I felt like I was reading Pride and Prejudice, but not for long. It was weird that a woman would have done such a thing to ruin herself, so she could get the liberty, the opportunity to get away from her family.