Search - The Art of Detection (Kate Martinelli, Bk 5)

I love Laurie King - I think she is one of the best out there, with 2 distinctly different series and several stand alone books. The Art of Detections weaves together two of her series topics. Kate Martinelli, a San Francisco cop, encounters a case involving Sherlock Holmes devotees. (Her other series involves Mary Russell, the wife of Sherlock Holmes). King is a very intelligent, literate writer who can write a great, very human mystery. Compelling characters and good plots. Highly recommended for those who like novelistic mysteries rather than quick and simple who-dunnits.

I have greatly enjoyed both strands of Laurie R King's novels--the current day Martinelli and the past Holmes-and-young-friend. Reading the blurb on the back of this book got me excited that the two strands would actually merge in this book. I guess I was expecting something a little sci fi--either time travel, or nonaging, or at least a grandson of a character we're familar with from the other series.
Not getting that deep connection was a disappointment for me, but I think it the fault of the jacket blurb rather than the fault of the author.

I'm already hoping for the next book in either series. Soon, I hope!

I absolutely loved this book! I love the Kate Martinelli series & like the Mary Russell series, but King has managed to merge (at least Sherlock Holmes) into a Martinelli mystery in this one. And she's done a terrific job of it. I highly recommend this book & no I don't even have a copy to trade....

Not bad. I vastly more enjoy the Mrs. Sherlock books.

This was a good addition to the Kate Martinelli series with a huge nod to the Sherlock and Mary series. A Sherlock Holmes expert is murdered and a possibly previously unknown Conan Doyle manuscript is at the heart of it. She even includes the complete "manuscript" in the book. Last 100 pages are unputdownable!

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