Quin S. (Quin) reviewed on 3/27/2008 + 48 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

Recommended by another PBS member, this was a very pleasant surprise. We follow Holmes' Scandal in Bohemia from Irene Adler's point of view (by way of her own 'Watson', Miss Buxleigh) and while the author does incorporate Holmes, but only very slightly as the framework required it, the story is not in the least dependent on his character. Instead, we are given a fully fleshed out version based on the already known story. It was slow to start off but then that may be a result of the quicker paced items I'd been reading just before rather than a fault of the writer. All in all it was a very satisfying read, very much an 'Irene Adler' story rather than a 'Holmes', and I have already requested the next 2 in the series.

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