Sharon (Catspaw) reviewed on 3/2/2010

Helpful Score: 3

What a great book! It captures the flavor of early Victorian London; the locale, the meals, the weather and the nuanced texture of the social interactions. Its a thoughtful, subtle and well crafted book. One that needs to be read slowly to catch the nuances.

The protagonist, Lenox, is a man of some means and many interests, who occasionally engages in detective work. As someone else mentioned, he definitely reminds of Holmes as he puts the clues together, and addresses issues in his personal life. The mystery had some satisfying and unexpected twists and turns, with a great whodunit ending. The author also provided a couple of chapters at the end to address the whatever became of..? questions, rather than the far more common Big reveal. The end.

A word of warning: If you're looking for soap opera drama, pornography, explosions, car chases, histrionics, gore and pistols at dawn, this isn't the book for you.

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