What if Sherlock Holmes never truly defeated the Baskerville Hound? What if they’re still embroiled, still vying, still wrestling for control? Varti Weller’s promising career as a badge ended the day he was cursed by an Olde Childe to only speak in lies. While others from his cohort protect the ... more >
This entry, the eighth in the Lady Sherlock series, begins with Charlotte Holmes being interrogated in her London hotel room by recently unretired Chief Inspector John Talbot and his erstwhile protege Inspector Treadles. Treadles is ambivalent – he is an ally (and perhaps after a long period of ambivalence, a ... more >
DISCLOSURE: I am Sherry Thomas’s critique partner and critiqued this manuscript but I have not contributed to this review. —Janine. Dear Sherry Thomas: This is the seventh book in the Lady Sherlock series, and when I found out it was set on a ship, I was excited. I like closed ... more >
Dear Sherry Thomas: I have been a fan of this series since the first book, even though byzantine plots sometimes confuse me. This book, the sixth in the series, features the highly anticipated meeting, at last, between Charlotte Holmes and notorious baddie Moriarty. There’s a lot going on in this ... more >
Disclosure from DA reviewer Janine: Author Sherry Thomas is my friend and critique partner. Jennie, who wrote the review, has no personal relationship with her, however.-Janine Blurb time!: Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, investigates a puzzling new murder case that implicates Scotland Yard inspector Robert Treadles in the USA Today bestselling ... more >
Dear Katherine Addison, Your steampunk fantasy novel, The Goblin Emperor, was my second favorite book of 2014 (my favorite being Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel). The Goblin Emperor held a tinge of melancholy, but also of hopefulness, and the balance of the two made the reading experience an ... more >